At 17:42 18/03/98 +1030, David wrote: >I would say prat is common in British English, and fairly well known >in Australian English (this might be changing, though, with the >increasing amount of American shows on TV here ... ). I'd imagine >anyone who watched the ABC [1] over here would have a good idea what >prat means ... >> What is Foxtel, a cable station? >Yes. >[1] Australian Broadcasting Commission, modeled on the BBC. Although, unlike the BBC, there's no,licence fee > Government-funded[2] national TV station. I don't know if > there's an equivalent in the USA Well, I don't *think* there's a gov't-funded one - but PBS is non-commercial isn't it? (Crystal? Kevin?). - the ABC shows current affairs, > news, some sports (usually not the major ones, because the > commercial networks outbid them), Australian-made drama, > documentaries, and quite a few shows from British TV - Press Gang > is just one example. Things like Dr Who, Yes Minister, and > dozens of British comedies ... And they are one of the few repositories of Australian comedy... >[2] Except they keep reducing the funding, <sigh>. Bastards!... Murray (Why do I suddenly feel it necessary to finish evey letter with "..."?) ___________________________________________________________________ Murray Head "The only way to atone for being occasionally muzza@omen.net.au a little overdressed is by being always http://www.omen.net.au/~muzza/ absolutely overeducated." - Oscar mhead@anhb.uwa.edu.au (Anatomy and Human Biology, UWA) Wilde -- T H E P R E S S G A N G M A I L I N G L I S T By default, pressing 'reply' will send mail back to the list, not to the author of the message you're replying to. To unsubscribe, mail "unsubscribe" to "pressgang-request@lists.yoyo.org" |