johnfowles
01-24-2006, 12:13 AM
I guess to an Aussie nothing is sacred eh?
"Strewth, it's the story of Genesis in Strine"
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/24/wbible24.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/24/ixworld.html
The Australian broadcaster who translated large sections of the New Testament into Strine has turned his attention to the Bible once again
This time has rewritten well-known Old Testament stories in the Australian vernacular.
Published in 2003, the 90-page Aussie Bible (well, bits of it anyway) proved an unexpected hit and sold 100,000 copies in Australia.
It was promoted as a "ripping yarn about Jesus of Nazareth" in which Mary was "a pretty special sheila" and the Three Wise Men were "eggheads from out east."
The sequel, More Aussie Bible,
http://www.theaussiebible.com.au/images/onsale_ad.jpg
which recasts Genesis and Proverbs, will be published in May by the Bible Society of New South Wales.
"Strewth, it's the story of Genesis in Strine"
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/24/wbible24.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/24/ixworld.html
The Australian broadcaster who translated large sections of the New Testament into Strine has turned his attention to the Bible once again
This time has rewritten well-known Old Testament stories in the Australian vernacular.
Published in 2003, the 90-page Aussie Bible (well, bits of it anyway) proved an unexpected hit and sold 100,000 copies in Australia.
It was promoted as a "ripping yarn about Jesus of Nazareth" in which Mary was "a pretty special sheila" and the Three Wise Men were "eggheads from out east."
The sequel, More Aussie Bible,
http://www.theaussiebible.com.au/images/onsale_ad.jpg
which recasts Genesis and Proverbs, will be published in May by the Bible Society of New South Wales.