I used the word to mean farewell on a sports forum and I received so many comments like “Did he die? features things to spot from native animals to funny quirks of the city as well as fun facts kids and parents will both enjoy.

LinkedIn and 3rd parties use essential and non-essential cookies to provide, secure, analyze and improve our Services, and to show you relevant ads (including professional and job ads) on and off LinkedIn. Many thanks to Dani Bragança, Regional Manager of SCU, Damon Ferris, Executive Director, Tess McLennan, Delegation Officer, and the other members of the Southern Cross University team, as well as Juliane Haag, SCU international student, for the impeccable reception. Frankly it strikes me as crassly lazy and I challenge most users to know what they are actually saying when they use it. Take in the sights, sounds and smells of this beautiful country and along the way, say kia ora to many of New Zealand’s friendly residents.

Depending on the situation, your Australian counterpart may expect you to do it yourself as opposed to introducing you to others.

I do some sports reporting, too, and have noticed this use of the term ‘versing’ among some of my reporter colleagues.The turnout was truly remarkable, and we were delighted to receive glowing feedback from participants, partners, teams, and students. Well, my wife left in mid-90s so we’re narrowing down when it was introduced if you didn’t know it in the late 90s! Along the way, you'll meet some friendly quokkas, take a ferry to Kangaroo Island, marvel at the Big Things and learn about some places that are sacred to the traditional owners of the land. You might think it’s linked to Twitter users’ creative use of language to save a character, but RIP is shorter than Vale, so that can’t be it.

Around Australia, you’ll be looking for the places, animals, plants, foods and things that make Australia so unique. After four years in Yorkshire, where every parting is marked with a ‘Bye, now’, I’m working hard to drop the ‘now’. The completion of staff surveys underscores the agency’s commitment to delivering professional, high-quality services. HELLO AUSTRALIA has offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast and is part of the Hello Study Group with offices in Brazil. The only additional information I can give, as I am an American who recently moved to Melbourne in 2017, is that I have never heard this term used in the US, and being fairly well read and one who likes to determine the etymology of new words (and having lived in Europe/UK and China and experienced their versions of ‘English’), this is the first place I have seen the word ‘Vale’ used in any context.

Audible Australia have selected the audio version of my book, How to Be Champion for inclusion in their upcoming members-only BEST NARRATION sale, which will run for the month of September. Before we arrived, we heard a lot of concerns from friends about the cost of living in Australia (all exaggerated, we think after 6 weeks, by the way). It’s not that nobody uses it here; it just isn’t the every day end to an exchange which it seems to be in Yorkshire.