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by lelanthran 720 days ago
> P.S. I've never heard of sparky being used as slang for an electrician, sounds very aussie.

I'm surprised to find out it's aussie slang; I always thought it was slang local to South Africa :-/
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Lio 720 days ago
We say the chippie in the UK too.

We also use sparkie for electrician.

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SideburnsOfDoom 720 days ago
It's local to UK and more recent British colonies

ZA and AUS included. USA less so.

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