Well, I’m a bit surprised and bit not – ‘Selfie’ originates from Australia!
According to the Oxford dictionary, which has now put its definition onto their online website (“A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to social media website”), the first documented version of a selfie appeared in an online ABC forum.
A drunk (must be Australian clue #1) wrote
“Um, drunk at a mates 21st, I tripped ofer [sic] and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie.”
The fact that it ends in ‘ie’ rather than ‘y’ is a second clue lending towards an Australian origin. Apparently we like to end words in ‘ie’ to make things more endearing and in this case, turning a possible narcassitic action into something cute and fun.
And final supporting argument, even our former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd helped to promote the expression, by sharing selfie pictures of himself while shmoozing the public.
Interesting and funny! …or should that be funnie? 😉
Good one GD. I used to spell my name as Martie, but at some point stopped – don’t know why – maybe time saving
Time saving? As a fellow engineer that makes perfect sense to me. 🙂
Hey GD, never knew you were an engineer – Which stream – I’m mechanical
I’m a “mech”, too! Maybe that’s one of the many reasons I find your humour so funny.
🙂
funny and a great drawing!
Hey Ray, many thanks. Had fun drawing this one. It really helped having layers that I could transform to assemble it all