Aussie Cheese

**Saint Willy** · 14-01-2021, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by sabang

asking them to remove 'abo', 'coon' and 'boong' from Scrabble's dictionary of playable words.

A very reasonable request.

**panama hat** · 14-01-2021, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by TheRealKW

A very reasonable request.

Yup, very reasonable. Th 'n' word isn't there anymore, so why the above?

You have to love sabang teaming up with chico. One trying to be edgy, as usual, the other just being thick.

**sabang** · 14-01-2021, 08:23 AM

What sort of cheese would sir prefer with his whine? Sorry, no coon.

**panama hat** · 14-01-2021, 08:37 AM

The establishment which address patrons as such wouldn't be serving lower end quality cheese

**sabang** · 14-01-2021, 11:02 AM

Said establishments would not have me as a waiter.

**VocalNeal** · 14-01-2021, 11:27 AM

Surely abo is an Aussie word just as is servo or bottle-o or....Indiginous peple should be proud the word is truly Australian,

I eat New Zealand chuuse

**Chico** · 14-01-2021, 02:52 PM

I bet Willy used to eat coon in his childhood on the reserve he was brought up on.

**cyrille** · 14-01-2021, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Indiginous peple should...

...understand the need to keep these terms short and very, very simple.

**Edmond** · 14-01-2021, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Surely abo is an Aussie word just as is servo or bottle-o or....Indiginous peple should be proud the word is truly Australian,

During my 'time' there it was advisable to use the term Koori, which is also the term they used.

Which, upon a bit of looking is for those from NSW and Victories, with Murri used in Queensland.

**Chico** · 14-01-2021, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by Edmond

During my 'time' there it was advisable to use the term Koori, which is also the term they used.

Which, upon a bit of looking is for those from NSW and Victories, with Murri used in Queensland.

I take it you where living amongst the Abo communities or your just Gammin us.

**panama hat** · 14-01-2021, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by Edmond

During my 'time' there it was advisable to use the term Koori, which is also the term they used.

That's pretty much the preferred term

**sabang** · 14-01-2021, 06:44 PM

There is no such thing as an indigenous language- there are many, and not mutually intelligible. If we, for convenience, adopted the lingo of an east coast tribe clustered around the Sydney area you can be sure the other aboriginal 'nations' would be up in arms about it. Over to you, but I'll stick with abo. After all, that is what they usually term themselves- either that or 'our mob'.

**Saint Willy** · 14-01-2021, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by panama hat

That's pretty much the preferred term

For a particular group from around Melbourne area.

I believe Aboriginal is acceptable and First Nations people preferred.

ETA: just checked, I was wrong.

Indigenous Australians

Why saying ‘Aborigine’ isn’t OK: 8 facts about Indigenous people in Australia | Amnesty International

or better yet just ask what they want to be called as different people prefer different terms

What is the correct term for Aboriginal people? - Creative Spirits

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