down under

[Adam Blatner]

Yes, it's colloquial, but shall I spell it Down Under, down under, or put quotation marks around it? 
        I can't tell from googling it, because dictionaries have it all capitalized, but that's because it's an item. Other terms are also capitalized. But in actual use, it doesn't say whether it needs to be capitalized.

     And what does it mean to use this term, for you grouptalk members Down Under?  Is it annoying, friendly?
                 (One of my authors is using the phrase in a chapter in a book I'm editing about varieties of applied theatre.)
      (Another thing I've found--folks in Australia have been pioneering creative ritual design and conducting ceremonies. They have a role called "celebrant." (I wrote about psychodramatists and drama therapists taking on a similar role, Master of Ceremonies, in a psychodrama journal article a few years back.)

              (I'm struggling also with words like website,  web site   Web site,  
              internet,  Internet     style books vary--some of these terms are in flux, as is role playing, roleplaying, role-playing, role play, 
        warm up,  warm-up,  ... etc.)

    Warmly, Adam
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Johanna and Hamish 
  To: 'Adam Blatner' 
  Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 1:58 AM
  Subject: RE: down under


  Hullo Adam

   

  I think 'down under' is always colloquial.

   

  Cheers Hamish

   

  Hamish Brown

  Director

   

  Zenergy

  Whole People Co-operating in a Sustainable world

  119 Mt Eden Rd,

  Auckland

  www.zenergyglobal.com 

   


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  From: list-bounces at grouptalkweb.org [mailto:list-bounces at grouptalkweb.org] On Behalf Of Adam Blatner
  Sent: Saturday, 11 mmmm 2006 4:16
  To: list at grouptalkweb.org
  Subject: down under

   

  Dear Colleagues in Australia & New Zealand,

        Is "Down Under" always capitalized, or may it be used colloquially as down under   ?   

                   -- trying to get things right... 

  Adam Blatner, M.D.
  (please reply to adam at blatner.com)    and also to ablatner at verizon.net , just in case
  website: www.blatner.com/adam/   



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