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  • It comes as a shock to those Australians who study the origins of their idiom to realize that the fine outback terms are yet another legacy of our birthstain.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4 1984

  • Earl Beauchamp gave great offense when on his way to become Governor of New South Wales he greeted colonists by adapting Kipling's "Song of the Cities," beginning "Your birthstain have you turned to good."

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4 1984

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