# Free Association **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 6, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048 "2012-05-06T04:21:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 305
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6081 "2012-11-08T20:37:33Z")
slit skirt ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6082 "2012-11-08T21:30:46Z")
Pleats ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6083 "2012-11-08T21:34:47Z")
leather ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6084 "2012-11-08T21:44:25Z")
Pleather ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6085 "2012-11-08T21:45:46Z")
place ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6086 "2012-11-08T21:50:07Z")
here ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6087 "2012-11-08T23:59:33Z")
There ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6088 "2012-11-09T00:02:04Z")
everywhere ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6089 "2012-11-09T02:26:11Z")
under there! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6090 "2012-11-09T02:28:59Z")
Down Under ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6091 "2012-11-09T03:04:17Z")
Men at Work ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6092 "2012-11-09T03:06:26Z")
Strine > **[Strine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strine)** > > Strine, also spelled Stryne /ˈstraɪn/, describes a broad accent of Australian English. The term is a syncope, derived from a shortened phonetic rendition of the pronunciation of the word "Australian" in an exaggerated Broad Australian accent, drawing upon the tendency of this accent to run syllables together in a form of liaison. > The term was coined in 1964 when the accent was the subject of humorous columns published in the Sydney Morning Herald from the mid-1960s. Alastair Ardoch Morrison, un... ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6093 "2012-11-09T03:09:26Z")
Aussie ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6094 "2012-11-09T03:12:11Z")
Kiwi ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6095 "2012-11-09T04:01:26Z")
Shinola ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6096 "2012-11-09T04:17:04Z")
Shit ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6097 "2012-11-09T04:20:44Z")
hat ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6098 "2012-11-09T05:14:55Z")
cat ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6099 "2012-11-09T09:25:29Z")
pajamas ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/6100 "2012-11-09T11:08:30Z")
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