http://wordie.org/words/bloke Comments for the word 'Bloke' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/bloke#comments Aussie too. <br /><br />The Sentimental Bloke was a <a href="/words/verse novel">verse novel</a> by poet C.J. Dennis (1876–1938), subsequently turned into a film in 1919 and now regarded as "one of the greatest silent films Australia every produced". But over time the complete film was lost and only shortened versions survived. That is, until a researcher <a href="/words/pottering">pottering</a> around in an American film archive found original reels catalogued as "The Sentimental Blonde". It had been decided that "bloke" was a misprint!<br /><br /> Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:59:52 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/bloke#comments http://wordie.org/words/bloke#comments UK vernacular Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:35:33 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/bloke#comments