Comments on: The rise and sprawl of the Ladette http://viewfromwitsend.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/the-rise-and-sprawl-of-the-ladette/ Wit's End. A destination. A state of mind. The view from the edge-of-reason is one of righteous indignation; where sanity falters and reasonable doubt is snuffed out. Judgement is nigh. Grab a drink and pull up a chair... Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:42:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mark O'Neill http://viewfromwitsend.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/the-rise-and-sprawl-of-the-ladette/#comment-201 Mark O'Neill Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:09:12 +0000 http://viewfromwitsend.wordpress.com/?p=128#comment-201 "When Oscar Wilde said: ‘We’re all in the gutter, but some of us are looking up to the stars’; he didn’t mean passing out at the curb, and paying homage to Paris Hilton." That is classic stuff. The "ladette" thing is by no means confined to Australia. I think it's another of those exports from the people you refer to as the "Poms". We have the phenomenon in Ireland too: http://bostonirish.blogspot.com/2008/08/irish-ladette-girls-who-want-instant.html . What's good for the goose.... “When Oscar Wilde said: ‘We’re all in the gutter, but some of us are looking up to the stars’; he didn’t mean passing out at the curb, and paying homage to Paris Hilton.”

That is classic stuff.

The “ladette” thing is by no means confined to Australia. I think it’s another of those exports from the people you refer to as the “Poms”. We have the phenomenon in Ireland too: http://bostonirish.blogspot.com/2008/08/irish-ladette-girls-who-want-instant.html . What’s good for the goose….

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