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Reply: 4.1.1.2.1.1.1 From: Michael Keleher Hi Jye........I wondered when this might come up. To be fair I do not have any problem with the people calling Brisbane "Brissy" it is just how childish it sounds. Tasmania has 4 syllables and Tassie shortens it to two. Brisbane has 2 syllables and...

Reply: 4.1.1.1 From: Michael Keleher Jacque,thanks so much for telling me about little boys being called cheerios in Brisbane-all is forgiven-that is priceless. You are quite right about shortening place names but it is hardly exclusive to Australia.eg USA and UK. My point I guess is that of...

From: Michael Keleher I know I will cop it for this , but here goes....... I live and invest in Melbourne but travel to, and stay in all capitals often. Every place is fascinating and different enough to make all stays interesting. But please could somebody tell me why anyone would call...