tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736491153222766177.post252925567503707847..comments2023-07-11T00:57:35.907+10:00Comments on do you speak-a my language?: I say Maccas, You say Macker's, Apostrophe optionalMs Ellipsishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05009589672808600558noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736491153222766177.post-53195368749493573882016-04-17T03:25:22.789+10:002016-04-17T03:25:22.789+10:00I got here by Googling "mackers australia&quo...I got here by Googling "mackers australia"! INteresting . . .C in Seattlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736491153222766177.post-25309394435646680262007-07-23T00:12:00.000+10:002007-07-23T00:12:00.000+10:00Absolutely. We should embrace the ambiguity. It's ...Absolutely. We should embrace the ambiguity. <BR/><BR/>It's like the debate between a writer's/writers'/writers festival. I think the perfect fence-sit is writers but some insist on the apostrophe going somewhere. I say, relax, leave it be. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736491153222766177.post-13585606696616941262007-07-23T00:03:00.000+10:002007-07-23T00:03:00.000+10:00I think of it as a conflation between the 's' of b...I think of it as a conflation between the 's' of big shops - DJ's, Macys, Woolworths/Woollies and the curious ending '-ers' on 'chockers', 'preggers', 'Sinkers' [Sinclair/Singapore...]. Delightfully ambiguous between a possessive and a plural and a weird weird thingJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14195801380723397615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736491153222766177.post-31242388614043836432007-07-15T19:52:00.000+10:002007-07-15T19:52:00.000+10:00Hi Will El-dropper, Thanks for dropping by. Fairl...Hi Will El-dropper, Thanks for dropping by. <BR/><BR/>Fairlie @ fairliearoundthetraps.blogspot.com asked a broad sample of two Year 4 girls and they thought "Macas" for the txt generation.Ms Ellipsishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009589672808600558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736491153222766177.post-12992731860912357212007-07-15T19:41:00.000+10:002007-07-15T19:41:00.000+10:00Well neither spelling is in my Nokias dictionary, ...Well neither spelling is in my Nokias dictionary, so I dont know how the txting generation would spell it.Wil El Dropperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365572256175148269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736491153222766177.post-80313461950875267412007-07-14T18:15:00.000+10:002007-07-14T18:15:00.000+10:00Excellent summary newdew. I agree, an "a" ending ...Excellent summary newdew. I agree, an "a" ending results in the right amount of nasal twang - an "er" ending is too BrE (British English) or AmE (American English).Ms Ellipsishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009589672808600558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736491153222766177.post-84777429048554460722007-07-14T18:07:00.000+10:002007-07-14T18:07:00.000+10:00I think the colloquialism is defiantly "Maccas" as...I think the colloquialism is defiantly "Maccas" as it is an extension of the familiar nic name Macca re: Mackenzie, max, McDonald etc...) You would say your going to Maccas place not Mackers. We (Australians) are too lazy to say "er" instead of "a". It takes too long. And it would make you sound like a tosser!<BR/><BR/> <BR/>MaccasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736491153222766177.post-71752606810052072352007-07-14T17:39:00.000+10:002007-07-14T17:39:00.000+10:00What a cutting edge entry on a pertinent great Aus...What a cutting edge entry on a pertinent great Aussie question. There is no debate- it should be Maccas! Check out what the youth of today think- they have their finger on the pulse. Looking forward to the next great debates and adding my "2 bobs worth".Team SAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14331595661285098871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736491153222766177.post-62456071879784863962007-07-14T16:59:00.000+10:002007-07-14T16:59:00.000+10:00OMG hadn't even thought about the spelling of Obie...OMG hadn't even thought about the spelling of Obie/OB/Obee. And that is an OLD colloquialism from our deep dark past. <BR/><BR/>Must get onto changing the world one spelling query at a time...Ms Ellipsishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009589672808600558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736491153222766177.post-81498820960338028722007-07-14T14:38:00.000+10:002007-07-14T14:38:00.000+10:00Fascinating post - this truly is an issue of natio...Fascinating post - this truly is an issue of national importance. <BR/><BR/>We'll need to also poll<BR/> - Bogan or bogun<BR/> - Scotchy pants or Scotchie pants<BR/> - The Obie, The OB or The ObeeMs Asteriskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885488912729446487noreply@blogger.com