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Leading article Australia

Sam’s own goal

16 March 2024

9:00 AM

16 March 2024

9:00 AM

‘WATCH UNDER!’ was the warning cry made famous by one of Australia’s original expat Aussies living in London, as he would lean out over the deck of the Cross Channel Ferry in choppy seas after one too many cans of the amber liquid, giving rise to the popular abbreviation ‘chunder’.

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