Comments: Concentrate on writing sensible questions. Learn the pattern and construction from the answers given to you and build on it. Don't try to be creative and start your own brand of English. I mean it in a positive way. Ok, for

So I've just discovered. Is that widely used? It's the only meaning of 'bushwhacking' that I grew up with. I suspect one of the two main Aussie characters on BBC radio (Bill Kerr or Bentley) in the 1950s must have used it. COD10

back Every Saturday morning serial oater had bushwhackers hiding in the canyon. They were the ones in the black hats. Oh, I know about bushwhackers, having grown up on a steady diet of Tom Mix and Hopalong Cassidy. But I ... am asked to believe

It was a mild form of humour, Michael. One meaning ... tie back to the footpads, which are highwaymen, you see. So I've just discovered. Is that widely used? It's the only meaning of 'bushwhacking' that I grew up with. I thought it

It was a mild form of humour, Michael. One meaning ... tie back to the footpads, which are highwaymen, you see. So I've just discovered. Is that widely used? It's the only meaning of 'bushwhacking' that I grew up with. I suspect

I don't understand why it should be so, but every English-speaking nation seems to have a different word for walking in the wilderness: hiking, bushwalking, hill-walking, tramping, trekking, etc. It was a mild form of humour, Michael. One

Yes, strange, isn't it? I wondered if it was because, of course with exceptions, it's generally something we do in ... to drive in another country, so there's little pressure to develop a different word for conning a car. According to

I don't understand why it should be so, but every English-speaking nation seems to have a different word for walking in the wilderness: hiking, bushwalking, hill-walking, tramping, trekking, etc. Yes, strange, isn't it? I wondered if it

So that's where it comes from, does it? I've seen "footpads" used for "paths" or "trails" in some Aussie bushwalking guidebooks. Are you sure they weren't Aussie *bushwhacking* guidebooks? I don't

Which, confusingly, is how some Irish people call country footpaths. So that's where it comes from, does it? I've seen "footpads" used for "paths" or "trails" in some Aussie bushwalking guidebooks. Or perhaps