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Fuzzies. Mozzies. Woolies. Why Aussies have a thing for shortening nouns and suffixing it with “-ie,” “a” or “o” is lost on this foreigner. As it is, following their accent takes some getting used to even as their slang goes beyond the familiar “G’day” and “Mate!”

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Save for a shaky first round showing, the Aussies had little trouble in subduing a raw local squad, formed only six weeks ago but given a tough task to come up with a creditable performance in a tournament of this magnitude.
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Just like their previous performances, the Filipinos gave the Aussies a tough time before crumbling in the end. The Aussies went on to prevail, 96-91. The Filipinos really went out for the win after the Aussies absorbed their first loss of the tournament Friday night against Lokomotiv Novosibirsk of Russia, 69-77. [DatePublished] => 2002-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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Fuzzies. Mozzies. Woolies. Why Aussies have a thing for shortening nouns and suffixing it with “-ie,” “a” or “o” is lost on this foreigner. As it is, following their accent takes some getting used to even as their slang goes beyond the familiar “G’day” and “Mate!”

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Save for a shaky first round showing, the Aussies had little trouble in subduing a raw local squad, formed only six weeks ago but given a tough task to come up with a creditable performance in a tournament of this magnitude.
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Just like their previous performances, the Filipinos gave the Aussies a tough time before crumbling in the end. The Aussies went on to prevail, 96-91. The Filipinos really went out for the win after the Aussies absorbed their first loss of the tournament Friday night against Lokomotiv Novosibirsk of Russia, 69-77. [DatePublished] => 2002-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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