>"chum" - now that's a nice English word. In English refers to a familiar
>friend, in strine is short for "new chum" and usually was a kind of
>derogatory referral to a recently arrived pommie who disn't know anything
>and was in general rather useless. If my understanding of Roy's reference
>is correct then American's chop up their friends and new immigrants,
>semi-digest them and throw them over the side of a boat and expect to
>catch edible fish as a result of this bizarre ritual ;-))
>
>What a tragic use of a previously useful word. Haven't they heard of the
>word berley;-)
>
Yes, that and hops go into making beer.
Cary Hostrawser
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