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The Top 20 Dog Names in both Australia and the United States.

Australia ---- U.S.A.


1. Max ---- Max

2. Jessie ---- Jake

3. Molly ---- Buddy
dobermann


4. Sam ---- Maggie

5. Jack ---- Bear

6. Chloe ---- Molly

7. Bonnie ---- Bailey
corgi


8. Lucy ---- Shadow

9. Jake ---- Sam

10. Toby ---- Lady

11. Oscar ---- Sadie

12. Sasha ---- Lucky
terrier


13. Sally ----- Rocky

14. Tess ----- Lucy

15. Daisy ----- Daisy

16. Zoe ---- Buster

17. Charlie ---- Casey

18. Jess ----- Cody
labrador retriever


19. Zac ---- Brandy

20. Monty ----- Duke

I must confess my own Hound of Terror is in the above named Australian list.
But that's only because I named her after the first bottle of expensive perfume I ever received when I was 18. (Gee, like that doesn't narrow it all down for you to guess her name.)

But at least I didn't do what one guy I know of did - he named his first dog "Bundy", with designs on aquiring a second dog just so he could call it "Coke". (For those who don't know, Australia's own bottled rum is called Bundaberg Rum, affectionately known as 'Bundy', so Bundaberg rum and Coca-Cola is known around here as 'Bundy & Coke".)

Tell us what your dog's name is and lets see how many of us pick 'standard' type names, or really original ones?
Does your dog make the top 20 list or does it have a snowball's chance in hell?
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Even More Australian Facts

February 20th 2007 00:25
Parliament House, Canberra
* In 1977, Alan Jones scored a surprise victory in the Austrian Grand Prix. Initially officials were going to play the Austrian anthem but then realised that Australia and Austria were not the same country. Unfortunately, they didn't have the Australian anthem so instead a local drunk played "Happy Birthday to You" on a trumpet.

* In 1983, the yacht "Australia II" ended the Americans 132 year dominance of the America's cup.

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Australian Slang Translations

January 25th 2007 00:25
Australia map
With Australia Day occurring tomorrow on the 26th of January, I thought some Aussie lingo or Australian definitions might be in order for the overseas onlookers.

I will point out though that some of the most commonly occurring slang is due more to the shortening of words. In these cases they are generally shortened and then a suffix is attached to the end. Such as:

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