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AluminiumPoint
2842 days ago
I learned it in australia many years ago from these guys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYBw7k_8EbE
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schoen
2842 days ago
Do Australians commonly say "elephant" to count seconds as the presenters do? In the U.S. it's usually "one-thousand" or "Mississippi". (I guess I can imagine that Australians wouldn't say "Mississippi"!)
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yesenadam
2841 days ago
I've never heard of "elephant", no. (Sydney here)
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JoeAltmaier
2842 days ago
or 'chimpanzee'!
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