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imastawka · ‎10-04-2015

@gleee58 wrote:
@imastawka wrote:
I believe, ahem, cough, Baby Boomers use the term 'togs'

I know I do
Is it a Queensland thing?

Wash ya mouth out!

gleee58 · ‎10-04-2015

Like Cossies are a NSW thing 😄

And bathers are Victorian 😄

ten*teeny*tiny*toes · ‎10-04-2015

If you google a duchess it wont tell you what it is in Queensland. They must have made it up.

I think its a dressing table.....but dressing table also sounds stupid I guess

We had soo much trouble moving up here with the lingo.

cherry*135 · ‎10-04-2015

Used to call swimsuits 'togs' when I was a child (long time ago, in NZ)

A duchess sounds grand - set of drawers with a mirror attached? or just set of drawers . Tall set of drawers was a tallboy.

lionrose.7 · ‎10-04-2015

I just call the dressing table the Dresser

ten*teeny*tiny*toes · ‎10-04-2015

I think it has a mirror (the duchess) ...a tallboy is just a set of drawers but I grewup not knowing that

imastawka · ‎10-04-2015

Never heard of a duchess.

But if they look like these ones, I'm impressed

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=duchess+dresser&biw=1131&bih=558&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=06o...

debra9275 · ‎10-04-2015

There is one word that I really love hearing Americans say .. It's boooeeee as in life buoy. Australians pronounce it life boy, same spelling as the U.S. but totally different pronunciation and I just like it 😃

The American version of barracking for a team, has a totally different meaning here ( and I'm not saying it) 😃

imastawka · ‎10-04-2015

I was taught to say 'boooey' too. Got laughed at as an adult,

so use 'boy' now

*sigh

debra9275 · ‎10-04-2015

I like the sound of booey better stawks, lol