Barney the bandicoot,eats roots,shoots and leaves.
In Australia,the word "root" is interchangeable with the word "fuck"
This can be a problem when young thing sports reporters use American English,
and say comments like: "The entire Nation is rooting for our Olympic team"
It was hilarious in the late 50s and early 60s when Chrysler Australia was in
partnership with the British Rootes Automotive group.
On the heater blank off plate on the firewall there was a large decal,
"Chrysler Rootes Australia", a lot of Australians got a good laugh out of that!
Eats, leaves and shoots - book on this point. (A Panda eats leaves and shoots)
Barney the bandicoot,eats roots,shoots and leaves.
In Australia,the word "root" is interchangeable with the word "fuck"
This can be a problem when young thing sports reporters use American English, and say comments like: "The entire Nation is rooting for our Olympic team"
It was hilarious in the late 50s and early 60s when Chrysler Australia was in partnership with the British Rootes Automotive group.
On the heater blank off plate on the firewall there was a large decal,
"Chrysler Rootes Australia", a lot of Australians got a good laugh out of that!