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My flatmate Nora has been collecting money for the Salvos in a middle class street and reports a number of salvos of the I'm not giving any money if it's going to Indonesia! variety, one furnished with an odd handful of New Zealand small coinage.

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I've never heard them called 'salvoes' before. The oldest UK term - cockney, I think - is the 'Sally Ann'.
Posted by Dick at May 29, 2005 03:56 PM

I consulted answers.com:
"In Australia, the Salvation Army is frequently referred to as the "Salvos", and has adopted a popular secular expression "Thank God for the Salvos" for their annual fundraising campaigns."

I think the term 'Sallies' is also known here?

I realise this was a rather parochial post, Dick.
The anti-indonesian sentiment is related to this item that has dominated our news:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1379422.htm
Posted by boynton at May 29, 2005 04:31 PM

The collectors in Collingwood are called the Daicos.
Posted by Tony.T at May 29, 2005 07:54 PM

The Collectors in Glenferrie are called the hawkers.
Posted by boynton at May 29, 2005 08:38 PM

The Salvos in Australia officially refer to themselves as The Salvos - look on their web page and newsletters and documents etc.
Posted by Francis Xavier Holden at May 29, 2005 10:13 PM

Officially?
Seems more like a sanctioned nickname - a brand almost - alongside "The Salvation Army.org" and Salvationists"?
Posted by boynton at May 29, 2005 10:22 PM

The collectors in Collingwood are called the Daicos.

The collectors in Carlton are called the so-and-sos.


Posted by boynton at June 1, 2005 04:58 PM

The collectors in Fitzroy are called Queenslanders.

Is that too obscure?
Posted by David Tiley at June 3, 2005 10:33 PM

No not too obscure for this old South Melbourne supporter...
Posted by boynton at June 5, 2005 01:42