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[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Walked in to one school a while back as a supply, HMI were in, observing an Ofsted inspection team.

Nice if someone had told me, no planning, no support, no class info.

Good luck. If you get anywhere as stressed as I did...

[Techno]

Good luck Gareth.
Cheers - Phil

[getagrip]

Thanks for all the support guys 

[Roy]

Just do what my old school did.
Gave the most troublesome students the week off.
True story.

[getagrip]

Yep,  seen it happen.

Bit of a problem though,  I'm responsible for them 

[Upgraydd]

Rather like the days before Neighbours reached our shores and the only sentences which rose in pitch at the end actually were questions.

What really annoys me about the Australian language at the moment is when people end a sentence with or? Are we going to the cinema or...? Are we shagging a sheep or...? I don't know when or why it started but I wish it would stop.

And what does lucked out mean? My wife and I argue about it constantly. I contend that it means that you have run out of luck and she says it means that you have got lucky.

[fsn]

I always too "lucked out" to be a good thing.

[getagrip]

Lucked out is lucky in my book but it doesn't really make sense 

[FierceKitty]

I think your wife is right. That phrasal verb's been with us for decades.

[FierceKitty]

What really annoys me about the Australian language at the moment is when people end a sentence with or? Are we going to the cinema or...? Are we shagging a sheep or...? I don't know when or why it started but I wish it would stop.

Do Aussies still end sentences with "but" to imply strong emphasis?

That Fierce Kitty's a beaut tactician but!

[Upgraydd]

Yeah they do, I wouldn't worry about it but.

We will also never tell you how things are, just how they aren't;

How are you? - "Not bad"

How's your broken arm? - "It's not good"

and so on.

[FierceKitty]

Is that different from classic Anglo-Saxon understatement?

[getagrip]

Is that different from classic Anglo-Saxon understatement?

it's exactly the same but with better barbecues.

[Leman]

Never really liked barbecues - vastly overrated in my opinion. Then again I don't like meat very much.

[FierceKitty]

We do them much better in SE Asia.