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Originally Posted by ThinkTank

I always wondered if Australian criminals used the phrases and linguistic stylings of the Dreadnoks in the cartoon. I refer specifically to terms like "gor" and "blimey" and stuff like that. I can hear them in my head, but it's been so long since I saw any of the cartoons, I could be imagining them, or confusing them with illiterate pirates. anyway, it would be interesting to have the group translate a phrase to "Australian anti social criminal-speak." lol

The way the 'Noks (and Major Bludd for that matter) spoke in the cartoons was laughable. They sounded more like London Cockneys than Aussies. "Gor"and "Blimey"are not terms you will hear used here. I suppose the producers of the cartoons thought no-one would know any better!