Jim Elbrecht > wrote in
:

> Aussie > wrote:
> -snip-
>>
>>Australian for chicken........
>>
>>http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cho2.htm
>>
>>
>>Coincidentaly, I used to belong to a Regiment in the Army that had the
>>(affectionate) nickname of "Chicken Stranglers" :-)
>
> ewwww---- You do know how that sounds to US ears, right?


Nope.


'Spose I'm just used to what we know over here.

Another 'nickname' given to the Regiment during Vietnam, but it stuck.....
is Ma Rung.


But as for Chicken Stranglers....... there is a Signals Squadron attached
to the Regiment, 152 Sigs.

They are 'affectionately' known as "Chooks" :-)


--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania

The act of feeding someone is an act of beauty,
whether it's a full Sunday roast or a jam sandwich,
but only when done with love.