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[quote author=Stymie link=topic=12112.msg218688#msg218688 date=1513745820]
"root
n. An Australian may take the noun to refer to his or her sexual partner. Even so, saying ``I tripped over a root'' will occasion only the tiniest frisson of delight in your Australian correspondent; he or she will understand."

I don't think I'll be able to listen to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" the same again.
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As an undergrad I traveled to the 1988 World Expo in Brisbane Australia where I attended a party hosted by Stanford benefactor, Sunset Magazine publisher, and then-ambassador Bill Lane.  (Embarrassingly in my youthful ignorance I had no idea who he was and what a rare opportunity I had.)

I asked Mr. Lane who he was going to root for in an upcoming rugby match.  His eyes opened wide, he leaned in, and he whispered, "We don't say that here!"

My biggest memories of the trip are that and the fact that Australians completely ruin hamburgers by putting on a giant slab of beet with the juice soaking into the bun.

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[quote author=Stymie link=topic=12112.msg218688#msg218688 date=1513745820]
"root
n. An Australian may take the noun to refer to his or her sexual partner. Even so, saying ``I tripped over a root'' will occasion only the tiniest frisson of delight in your Australian correspondent; he or she will understand."

I don't think I'll be able to listen to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" the same again.
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As an undergrad I traveled to the 1988 World Expo in Brisbane Australia where I attended a party hosted by Stanford benefactor, Sunset Magazine publisher, and then-ambassador Bill Lane.  (Embarrassingly in my youthful ignorance I had no idea who he was and what a rare opportunity I had.)

I asked Mr. Lane who he was going to root for in an upcoming rugby match.  His eyes opened wide, he leaned in, and he whispered, "We don't say that here!"

My biggest memories of the trip are that and the fact that Australians completely ruin hamburgers by putting on a giant slab of beet with the juice soaking into the bun.