In article >,
bugalugs > wrote:

> On 19/03/2011 8:12 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:
> > "Tiger > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> On 3/19/2011 12:28 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>> Tiger Lily wrote:
> >>>> On 3/17/2011 4:15 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>>> > wrote in message
> >>>>> ...
> >>>>>> On 18/03/2011 7:14 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>>>>> Ozgirl wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> There is very little sugar in cinnamon sugar compared to cinnamon.
> >>>>>>>> And I don't put much on. Lucky if 1/8 teaspoon is sugar. But we
> >>>>>>>> didn't invent this. It became popular here after the introduction
> >>>>>>>> of American style steakhouses.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> That's weird because our steakhouses don't serve sweet potatoes at
> >>>>>>> all. They serve French fries, steak fries and baked potatoes.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> We also have Outback Steakhouse, purportedly an Austrailian style
> >>>>>>> place with
> >>>>>>> Bloomin' Onions. This is an onion cut to look like a flower,
> >>>>>>> battered and
> >>>>>>> deep fried. Quite nasty and greasy it is.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I have heard about that place I don't think there is too many
> >>>>>> Aussies involved with it, I haven't heard an Aussie say "blooming"
> >>>>>> since umm ummm *ever* :-) Now if they were Bloody onions, that
> >>>>>> would show an Aussie involved in it somewhere.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ewww.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> Julie, read 'damned' instead of Bloody, you will get a better
> >>>> interpretation
> >>>> i await further clarification from "countries divided by a common
> >>>> language"
> >>>
> >>> I don't know. I worked with a woman from England. Her husband was from
> >>> Australian. One of them gave me a different definition of the word. Not
> >>> one I could say with little children around.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> that was very leading............. i thought my interpretation was pretty
> >> clear
> >>
> >> care to eludicate?
> >
> > I was told it had to do with the bleeding that occurs with the taking of
> > virginity. Of course they could have just been messing with me.
> >
> >
>
> In the Australian version of English. 'bloody' is an adjective which
> used in front of every noun. e.g.bloody computer, bloody keyboard,
> bloody shopping, bloody bloke down the road.

I believe the origin of "bloody" is religious. It's either a
contraction of "by our lady" or reference to "christ's bloody wounds."
It's definitely not biological.

PP