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Unread 12-05-2011, 03:00 AM   #1
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I've noticed a few things about my country, and at this stage in my life I figure I should just clarify a few things about where I come from and exactly where it sits in the grand scheme of things.

Do American news reporters and politicians drop semi-archaic American slang into random sentences in an attempt to seem like common people? Like, this current affairs program just did a story on how drunk people are violent, and all through the story the reporter was referring to the drunks as 'yobbos'. It's like reporters and speechwriters take their formally written speeches and runs it through a filter changing random words into slang.

Is 'fuckwit' a common term outside of Australia? I've heard Americans in particular prefer 'fucktard', but I could have sworn I picked it up from the internet, but then I heard people on TV say it and now I don't know what to think.

Finally, does anyone at all refer to something bad as 'shithouse'? If not, you should, it's great.
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Unread 12-05-2011, 11:32 AM   #2
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A shithouse is an outdoor toilet. Stop destroying your own culture by making up new meanings for things.
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Australia doesn't have a culture beyond getting hammered then stealing things.
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And dealing with wild animals.
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Boning wild animals maybe.

e: wait no that's New-Zealand
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Do American news reporters and politicians drop semi-archaic American slang into random sentences in an attempt to seem like common people? Like, this current affairs program just did a story on how drunk people are violent, and all through the story the reporter was referring to the drunks as 'yobbos'. It's like reporters and speechwriters take their formally written speeches and runs it through a filter changing random words into slang.
Depends on context. Easiest way to put it is in any reporting, speech, or journalism courses they tell you flat out to avoid slang in any form. So regardless of whether or not its used, academically we view it as a tool for hacks.
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Boning wild animals maybe.

e: wait no that's New-Zealand

No, it's not New Zealand. I know a few people from there.

Might be Sweden though.
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