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Note to McGrath of Harlow
The word 'bloke' is, or at least was, in fairly common usage in Australia - "G'day bloke" is not an uncommon greeting, though young'uns are unlikely to use it.
One of our more famous 'blokes' was The Sentimental Bloke - written by C.J. Dennis around 1915.
An hilarious account of our hero discovering true love, written in the Aussie slanguage of the time.
Click here for the full text of The Sentimental Bloke
Click here for info about the 1919 movie of the same name
Cheers from the Aussiechap, errr - Aussiefellow - well, you get the idea...
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