Another word I’d like to ban
The stupid short word ‘uni’
If you can’t do four syllables
You don’t deserve to be there.
There’s no such thing as ‘uni’
It’s uni-vers-it-y.
Why must you use Australian slang?
Have you even been there?
Now it’s universal
The proper word has gone
You’re supposed to be intelligent
But look at what you’ve done.
Let’s have English words back
Forget this dreadful slang.
Let’s have proper joined up words!
I’m sorry everyone.
I love to be an old git
Complain about the young
But surely it’s not so very hard
To get around your tongue.
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