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Toeslayer's Dancing Shoes: The Dancing Traffic Light
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A brief history of social dance custom and shoe costume. Monday, December 1, 2014. The Dancing Traffic Light. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Modern Dance: The Waltz - The dirty dancing of its time. During the 17th century ballrooms became popular and being dressed for a ball all the more so. The best finery was the order of the day a. Kenzo World: Margaret Qualley dances in bespoke shoes. A brief history of pointe shoes. Modern Dance: The origins of Hip Hop from funk to break. Teen dances in the 195...
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Talking Australian: Australian Larrikins
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A blog dedicated to the origins of Australian English. Thursday, June 18, 2009. 8216;A gang of "larrikins" . had been the terror of Little Bourke-Street and its neighbourhood’. The (Melbourne) Age (1870). It took another ten years before larrikin. Something happened at the beginning of the 20th century and the negativity associated with larrikin synonymous with hooligan died out in Australia and instead became a term affectionately used to describe persons who did not always adhere strictly to polite soc...
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Talking Australian: Just add O
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A blog dedicated to the origins of Australian English. Friday, May 29, 2009. In the movies of course where stereotyping is the norm there are three main Australian accents i.e. Broad, General and Cultivated. Very few women use broad Australian accents with one notable exception ex Curtin University graduate, comedian and actress Judith Lucy. Cultivated Australian is akin to formal BBC English which is more often than not spoken by women in Australia wanting to portray a feminine and sophisticated image&#...
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Talking Australian: History of Australian Rock: Part One
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A blog dedicated to the origins of Australian English. Saturday, July 25, 2009. History of Australian Rock: Part One. By the late fifties rock and roll groups consisted of two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), an electric bass guitar (which replaced the double bass) , and a drum kit. In most people’s minds Bill Haley’s Rock around the clock was the beginning of the movement, but honours should go to “Crazy Man, Crazy" which first hit the American charts in 1953. Rock Around the Clock" was recorded...
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Talking Australian: Robert Stigwood: Greatest pop empresario of all time
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A blog dedicated to the origins of Australian English. Sunday, June 12, 2011. Robert Stigwood: Greatest pop empresario of all time. As John Leyton’s agent, Stigwood managed to get him cast in the role of a pop star, Johnny St. Cyr ("sincere") in a new TV soap called, Harper's West One. The role called for Leyton’s character to perform a song on the show. The single, ‘Johnny Remember me’ became an instant Number One hit in the UK. In 1973 Stigwood moved into film and produced Jesus Christ Superstar as a m...
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Talking Australian: Happy as Larry - the origins
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A blog dedicated to the origins of Australian English. Monday, May 4, 2015. Happy as Larry - the origins. The earliest printed reference to “Happy as Larry” (meaning extremely happy or content) is from New Zealand writer G. L. Meredith, dating from around 1875:. We would be as happy as Larry if it were not for the rats". When Australian middleweight boxer, Larry (Laurence) Foley. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bodgies, Bludgers and Bogans. The origins of Flash Talk: Convict speech in the colonies.
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Talking Australian: Australian English: The influence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
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A blog dedicated to the origins of Australian English. Friday, June 5, 2009. Australian English: The influence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. The word cooee appears in place names like Cooee, a suburb in the Tasmanian city of Burnie. There is also the Cooee March which was staged by 35 men from Gilgandra, New South Wales as a recruiting drive after enthusiasm for the World War I waned in 1915. The men marched to Sydney calling "Cooee! Yallum which describes a natural well, denotes a slow deli...
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Talking Australian: Talking Australian: UK words in Australian English
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A blog dedicated to the origins of Australian English. Friday, May 15, 2009. Talking Australian: UK words in Australian English. Chook was first recorded as chuckey and is thought to derive from British dialect chuck which was word derived from the sound of a hen's cluck. Australians use 'chicken' to mean ‘the meat of the bird’ but chook is reserved for the live bird In Australia there are chook raffles which are held in pubs with the prize a ready-to-cook chooks. A nark was someone who told tales;.
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All about shoes: Amazon: Good news for online shoe customers
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In the interests of intellectual exchange, the author explores the world of shoes in an attempt to inform and entertain. Saturday, April 11, 2015. Amazon: Good news for online shoe customers. A problem tormenting online shoe retailers like Zappos.com. Is how best to serve their customers with comfortable fitting shoes. Seems Amazon. May have the answer after they bought up Shoefitr. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Shoe Lasts and Metrology. The anatomy of the shoe. Methods of Shoe Construction. The le...
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Talking Australian: Surfies, Roof Racks, the Stomp and Uggs
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A blog dedicated to the origins of Australian English. Thursday, July 30, 2009. Surfies, Roof Racks, the Stomp and Uggs. Hawaiian swimmer Duke Kahanamoku came to Australia in 1914 and brought with him his long surf board. His magnificence on the waves captured the imagination of the beach crowd who naturally wanted to acquire the same skills. Who could afford to spend time perfecting surfing were the well off and the beach culture then was a middle class preoccupation. A couple of jackeroos from Victoria...