OK, so what's a "bogan"? Anybody know an American translation??? Jan in San Diego ----- Original Message ----- From: <sahpjh@people.net.au> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 4:04 PM Subject: [CORNISH] Chav > > > Norma > > The Australian equivalent of a 'chav' is a 'bogan'. > > Hope that helps. > > Stephen > > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com > with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, > MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm with Jan.... :) Lainie California On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Jan Davis <jandavis3@cox.net> wrote: > OK, so what's a "bogan"? Anybody know an American translation??? > Jan in San Diego > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <sahpjh@people.net.au> > To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 4:04 PM > Subject: [CORNISH] Chav > > > > > > > > Norma > > > > The Australian equivalent of a 'chav' is a 'bogan'. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Stephen > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to > CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, > > MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.comwith the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, > MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

White trash is a good starting point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogan From the Urban Dictionary: "The majority of the species are hideously repugnant and unintelligent, and yet they manage to breed in ever-increasing numbers and populate an area known as the outer west. It is quite common to find five or six offspring in each family group, often with a different father for each new baby." See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav On 01/31/2013 12:54 PM, Jan Davis wrote: > OK, so what's a "bogan"? Anybody know an American translation??? > Jan in San Diego > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <sahpjh@people.net.au> > To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 4:04 PM > Subject: [CORNISH] Chav > > >> >> Norma >> >> The Australian equivalent of a 'chav' is a 'bogan'. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Stephen >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, >> MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >