Being "good value" in Australia refers not so much to something being $10 when it could have been $20*, but to someone being what we referred to at Calvin as a "quality" person. It's a compliment -- the person is assuredly fun, amusing and clever -- but sometimes a bit of a backhanded one, as it patently does not refer to beauty.
*it can also have this meaning
Saturday, February 7, 2009
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hey kim! your blog is awesome and funny. so exciting that you'll experience a major birthday down-under, i hope you enjoy every second! do aussies share our tradition of blowing out candles and gobbling down birthday cakes? i look forward to following your adventures. take care :o)
This is the closest you have come to a rerun on the blog. On Jan. 24 with "more vocab" you did define "good value", albeit more succinctly. It is fine to have the greater details, however.
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