etc – callanswall

The heavily ironic Australian use of mate is enshrined in a famous quotation from Australian political history. In 1983, Labor Party leader Bill Hayden recalled a moment when there were rumours that he was to be dumped as leader, and a colleague comforted him ‘Oh, mate, mate’. Hayden commented: ‘When they call you “mate” in the N.S.W. Labor Party it is like getting a kiss from the Mafia.’

The story of ‘mate’ in Australian English | Ozwords (via oupacademic)

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Stephen fry. Stop it.

You are clearly being too smart. You are not of this Earth.