Hard News: Meme Syndicate
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Email Web
Where did munter come from Russell? I heard it was South African but can never find anything to back that up
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Sacha, in reply to
I'm all establishment and shit now
so Te Standard tells me
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Where did munter come from Russell? I heard it was South African but can never find anything to back that up
No, people assume that but I'm certain it's not true. It predates any South African influence on the vernacular. Which is just as well, because "munt" is a nasty word in Afrikaans slang.
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Hebe, in reply to
Christchurch in the 1980s? I remember my little brother using it when he had a mullet.
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kowhai montgomery, in reply to
Snort.
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Hey I was supposed to be the one who bought Russell Brown a bloody Maru calendar! What is the world coming to. Have trip planned and it is only just hitting me now how amazing it is going to be to go back 4 years later to Japan and make people happy by taking pressies and bringing pressies back, just like a real Japanese person would.
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Sacha, in reply to
mullet
say no more
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Man that edit function is great. It really suits the pendant in me.
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Hebe, in reply to
mullet
say no moreYep munted mullets. Kinda like that late night music channel on Sky.
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I especially revere the term bogan and the pressure Kylie Mole exerted on the red neck township.
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Seems it's even older :-)
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Sue, in reply to
Email Web
Hey I was supposed to be the one who bought Russell Brown a bloody Maru calendar! What is the world coming to. Have trip planned and it is only just hitting me now how amazing it is going to be to go back 4 years later to Japan and make people happy by taking pressies and bringing pressies back, just like a real Japanese person would.
kowhai if you wanted i suspect you could do a roaring trade in maru calendars
and we would all pay in advance - i'd like 2 one for me and on for my catalthough people can buy them online http://www.jbox.com/product/CLNIE001
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Hebe, in reply to
Yes they went as silly as a two-bob watch.
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Emma Hart, in reply to
We certainly had it in Timaru in the 80s, and one of the KAOS flats in the early 90s was known as "Munting-Spak Hall".
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Hebe, in reply to
I'm picking the word came from Australia; don't recall it pre-1985 in NZ. then I was OE and it was definitely in current usage when I came back for a visit in the summer of 1987.
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Email Web
Munters AB | Isafjordsg 1, Kista Entré | P.O. Box 1188 | S-164 26 Kista| Sweden
So now you know. ;-)Or As wiki says
munter (plural munters)
(UK, slang, pejorative) An ugly woman
I’m never going to date her, she’s a right munter.
(New Zealand, slang) A person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs
He’s a real munter; He was really munted at the party. -
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Thank you Steve and Russell
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Email Web
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Sacha, in reply to
now that's smart campaigning.
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Email Web
ok, I'm in heaven. A "missing" 1990 documentary about The Blue Nile on their US tour has just resurfaced. American imagery just suits their music to a tee.
watch here (29 minutes) -
I thought he was wearing fake comedy teeth, but they're real.
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JacksonP, in reply to
A "missing" 1990 documentary about The Blue Nile
Thank you. I need a distraction.
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Topical, albeit a sad song. They sure did melancholy well.
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