为什么digger代表澳洲人？

肉丝

为什么digger代表澳洲人？ 难道因为澳洲人喜欢挖矿？
hi, digger = hi, mate
有的地方又说digger专指澳洲士兵
是不是有什么起源的典故，谁知道噢？

naughtybaby

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digger_(soldier)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digger_(soldier)

不知道为什么最后那半个括号(in black)就算手动输入也没法加进地址源,lz记得加上.

四香油饼

我也想知道

NEWGAY

Digger (soldier)
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Digger is a New Zealand and Australian military slang term for soldiers from New Zealand and Australia. It originated during World War I.

There are numerous theories about the origin of the term. Before the war, the term "digger" had been widely used in Australasia to mean a miner, or a Kauri gum-digger in New Zealand. On 25 April 1915, General Sir Ian Hamilton sent a message to the commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), General William Birdwood, following the landing at Gallipoli. It contained the postscript: "P.S.—You have got through the difficult business, now you have only to dig, dig, dig, until you are safe." However, there is no hard evidence to support the theory that Hamilton's message is the reason why digger was applied to ANZAC troops in general. W. H. Downing, in Digger Dialects (1919), a glossary of words and phrases used by Australian personnel during the war, says that Digger was first used to mean a New Zealand or Australian soldier in 1916. It appears to have become popular among New Zealand troops, before being adopted by Australians. The word was not in wide use amongst soldiers until 1917. One other theory is the fact that ANZAC troops were especially good at digging tunnels between their own trenches and the enemies, and were regarded by both sides as diggers, one being derogatory and the other more in jest. The job of digging between the trenches was very hard, especially when both sides' diggers met in the tunnels. ANZACS believed that it was a compliment to be referred to diggers, because it indicated you were good at a very difficult job.

While New Zealanders would call each other "Digger", all other nationalities, including Australians, tended to call them "Kiwis". The equivalent slang for a British soldier was "Tommy" from Tommy Atkins. However, while the Anzacs would happily refer to themselves as "Diggers", British soldiers generally resented being called "Tommy".

Throughout Australia when one refers to "digger", one is referring to the Australian Army.

Between 1998 and 2003, the term was used in the name of a team in the Victorian Football League, the Bendigo Diggers. This was partly in reference to Bendigo's history as a centre of the gold-mining industry. The team changed its nickname to "Bombers" when it became a feeder club for Essendon. In 2001, Athletics Australia suggested that it would use "Diggers" as the nickname of the Australian athletics team. The proposal was withdrawn after a public outcry and protest from the Returned and Services League of Australia.

John Campbell Ross (born 11 March 1899) is the last surviving Digger from World War I.

ritaclin

This is the 1st time I heard of digger

NEWGAY

my old neighber is turkish, very old man, and had been a general in turky army. he had ever talked a little bit with me about that battle. but embarrased, neither he nor me is good english speaker.

both australian and turkish are proud of that and australian and new zelander army named themselves "digger".

[ 本帖最后由 NEWGAY 于 10-1-2009 22:17 编辑 ]

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gold digger?