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"It has become a matter of some debate as to what the one word vocabulary the seagulls use actually is. The choices are Mate or Mine. Being set in Sydney the majority of harbour life speak in an Australian accent and the vast majority of Australians questioned having watched the film recognized the word said as Mate. However a great deal of Americans are certain that the word is Mine. Its massive repetition in both contexts is funny but is considered more humorous by Australians and those who have spent a lot of time amongst them as Mate than Mine. Conversely Americans don't understand why Mate is at all funny and consider Mine!Mine!Mine! to be a more valid term of phrase given the Seagull's behavior."
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