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| 570.1 | how much is that sheila in the window woof woof | UNTADI::ODIJP | Elefanten springen nie | Wed Oct 12 1988 17:10 | 8 |
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I'm not an Australian myself , but I have it on good authority from
some 'sheila' friends that it is actually a term for a dog , and
is impolitely but unoffensively used for women in general .
Why they call a dog 'sheila' is another question entirely .
John J
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| 570.2 | G'day Bruce! | AYOV27::ISMITH | Considering a move to Memphis | Wed Oct 12 1988 17:26 | 4 |
| As all Monty Python fans know, Australians are called either Bruce
or Sheila depending on gender. No other names exist in Oz.
Ian.
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| 570.3 | BLOKE and MATE | ADOMV1::MANDERSON | the wind don't blow..... it sux | Thu Oct 13 1988 02:36 | 6 |
| others for the male of the species are 'BLOKE' and 'MATE'
regards
kevin
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| 570.4 | | SEEK::HUGHES | Thus thru Windows call on us(Donne) | Thu Oct 13 1988 23:40 | 6 |
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> others for the male of the species are 'BLOKE' and 'MATE'
and 'COBBER'?
Jim
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| 570.5 | Some (more)good oil | LAMHRA::WHORLOW | Living on a rope,tape & a prayer | Fri Oct 14 1988 01:48 | 20 |
| G'day,
Yair, thoug 'casionally a sheila 'l make a good cobber - tho anly
if'n she can take her grog (an not mine!). Very 'casionally a sheila'l
make a good bloke but not offen.
'Spect the ref to sheila as a dog is soem now forgotten rhyming
slang sheila fogg = dog or somesuch named after a some female that
was good at rounding up sheep :-)
Intresting tuh note (aint it?) that a species of poor, often stunted
tree found in the outback aways is called a 'she-oak' cos it aint
much use to a feller, cos it dont get hot enough to be useful :-):-)
Oh my, what a male oriented society it is here!
derek
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| 570.6 | Sheila origin? | THEONE::PARSONS | So many notes, so little time..... | Mon Oct 17 1988 09:36 | 11 |
| There's a lot of Irish in early Australia, and "sheila" (now only
rarely used) could have come from there. Can any Irish noters shed
any light on this? Similar usage there perhaps? Or maybe the first
female convicts here were mostly Irish and usually named Sheila?
Regards.............Bruce
BTW Male equivalent is "bloke" and is still fairly common, "mate"
is commonly used when addressing someone directly, but of course
American influence (no comment) has caused "guy" to become widely
used (both sexes), hence my name change! :-)
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| 570.7 | Irish Eyes and Smileys :-) | GAOV08::DKEATING | Roamin' Cadillac Church SAVES | Mon Oct 17 1988 14:18 | 13 |
| Irish connections...um!!! Maybe....it used to be a common name
for females but not as much nowadays. Parents now like to copy
their favourite TV soap etc...so ye get names like Tara,Sinead,
Dawn etc. I have a feeling that 'Sheila' might have evolved from
an old song or ballad featuring the above named *lady* (can't
remember any such song though!!!)
As for similar usage here in Ireland...well NOT really. Usually
it's 'Yer Wan' for females and 'Yer Man' for males...sometimes
you may get 'The Queer Wan'(females) and 'The Queer Fella'(males)
!!!! but don't worry about that....it's all in good *fun* ;-)
- Dave Keating.
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| 570.8 | | TKOV51::DIAMOND | This note is illegal tender. | Fri Apr 13 1990 07:46 | 4 |
| You didn't know that the Australian language is half French,
did you? The term for "that there female", i.e. "she-la",
has been corrupted only slightly through the ages. The male
equivalent, "he-le", has been corrupted to "heel".
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