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Thread #124681 Message #2755398
Posted By: Rowan
29-Oct-09 - 10:38 PM
Thread Name: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
Subject: RE: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
As do I, Bill.
"Jump rope" I've never heard in Oz, and the "skip rope" was a rarity too, in my experience. When in primary school I always heard it as "skippy", as in "let's play skippy" and the rope was always a skipping rope, whether long or short.
But I suspect changes started happening when the TV series "Skippy" (aka "Skippy, the bush kangaroo) and its theme song became popular. Which was well after my school days.
Cheers, Rowan