Saturday, August 27, 2011

quicko: go the wallabies

The Wallabies are a sports team.  I'm guessing rugby, but I might be guessing wrong.  The main thing is that, linguistically, this genuine Australian quote is quite intriguing.  We wouldn't say, for instance, "Go the Red Sox!"

Can you get over that inventive use of the definite article?  I know, neither can I.

"Go Wallabies!" is also okay to cheer, I believe, but if you're talking about them and not yelling directly at them, "Go the Wallabies!" is a very real option.

Oh, and, yeah.  They totally won.

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