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  • Grant Me The Serenity

    Damn, life has been so serene recently, I have literally had to pinch myself to tug my mind back to reality. A mate dragged me back into the real world fiercely and abruptly today. And that was because the mate died. It was not completely unexpected. Some might say it was God’s will. He had come close before. And had survived multiple bouts of cancer. Vexastiously, things had spiralled downward this year, though. And maybe even futher back. I realized that even though we had shared some of the most intimate details of our lives on an almost daily basis for more than a decade, I obviously didn’t know him…

  • Propagation Station

    Even though it’s the middle of winter, I’ve turned my attention to trying to conjure up some pretty plants by propagating cuttings from the star of Kangaeroo Corner, our grevillea. I set up a propagation station using cuttings from our tree. I’ve dipped the cuttings in growing hormone and hope they will sprout roots after a few monnths in the solution stored on the station. We started the garden in 2022, at which time I had no idea or interest in gardening. I didn’t know what a grevillea was. But ours has me smitten. This winter, it has remained in constant bloom, unabated since April of last year, and with…

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    Why Do Aussies Ride On A “Deadly Treadly?”

    What Does “Deadly Treadly” Mean? Aussieはなぜ自転車を「Deadly Treadly」と呼ぶの？ Imagine you’ve just bought a brand-new bicycle. You wheel it out of the shop, admiring the shiny frame. An Aussie mate walks over, grins and says, “Nice deadly treadly!” Nobody thinks the bike is dangerous. In fact, it’s a compliment. Deadly treadly is one of those classic Aussie rhyming expressions that simply means “bicycle.” It’s playful, memorable and unmistakably Strine. 日本で自転車といえば、「自転車」「チャリ」「ママチャリ」など、いろいろな呼び方があります。Aussieにも、ユーモアたっぷりの呼び名があります。それが、”deadly treadly”です。意味、とてもシンプル。「自転車」。それだけです。でも、語感がよく、一度聞いたら忘れられないのがAussie英語らしいところ。\友達同士で使う、親しみのある表現です。 Expression Deadly treadly Pronunciation /ˈdedli ˈtredli/ Meaning 自転車。 特に日常生活で使う普通の自転車を親しみを込めて呼ぶ表現です。「deadly（命にかかわる）」という本来の意味はほとんど意識されておらず、リズムを楽しむ言葉になっています。 Example I rode my deadly treadly to work today. 「今日は自転車で会社へ行ったよ。」 また、 My old deadly treadly finally gave up. なら、 「長年乗った愛車の自転車が、とうとう寿命を迎えた。」 という意味になります。 日本語で言うと？ 日本語なら、「チャリ」「愛車」などが近いでしょう。ただし、”deadly treadly” は少しユーモラスな響きがあり、「チャリ」よりも遊び心のある言い方です。 Australia–Japan Connection オーストラリアは広い国ですが、シドニーやメルボルンなどの都市では、自転車を通勤や通学に利用する人も増えています。休日にはサイクリングロードを家族で楽しむ姿もよく見られます。日本も自転車文化が盛んな国。だから “deadly treadly” という言葉は、日本人にも親しみやすいStrineのひとつかもしれません。 Aussieは、何でも短くしたり、語呂を楽しんだりするのが大好きです。”deadly…

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    The Times, They Are A Changed

    Japan will finally re-open its doors to unrestricted travelers in October 2022, over 2 1/2 years since imposing strict entry requirements (especially on foreigners) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the yen at its weakest against most major currencies since the early 1990s (and effectively even weaker still in real terms as the yen of the early 1990s carried far greater purchasing power than the yen of the 2020s), tourists are predicted to flock back into Japan. Japan is one of the world’s great tourist destinations and it is Kangaeroo’s belief that the hospitality of many Japanese people show toward tourists make it this way. Japan has an extremely well-deserved…

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    豪キャブラリー： Fossick

    Fossickは古くから使われている独特なオージー英語であり、珍しく今でもよく使われている言葉だ。意味は、あっちこっちにものを探すことだ。由来はオーストラリアの19世紀での発展に大きく貢献したゴールド・ラッシュである。当時、金を探す人たちはfossickerと呼ばれ、その後金以外どんなものでも探すのがfossickするということになったようだが未だに鉱業に全く縁がない考えRooでも最初に思い浮かぶのが「金を探る」のが不思議でしょうがない。