Talk:Smoko
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[edit]This page is a valid and helpfull contribution to the Wikipedia project. I must insist that it is kept uploaded.
210.80.182.230 04:20, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I agree, Smoko is an integral part of the Australian culture. 210.11.34.9 05:19, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Smoko is also an independent music festival and art group started by Nick Jeffries and a group of other musicians/artists in melbourne's western and northern suburbs. Anyone wanna add information about that? www.myspace.com/smokomf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.28.183.62 (talk) 03:39, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm a UK seafarer and all UK seafarers I know know and use the word 'smoko' in exactly the same way. Not sure I can source that information, but I'm surprised to see that it has been designated purely Australasian slang.--178.99.205.52 (talk) 14:33, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
- As a former seafarer I too share this view. The term was current on UK flagged ships in the sixties and is no doubt still in use Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 16:15, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
- The article does say the term originated and is still used in the British Merchant Navy. --Canley (talk) 00:29, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
- As a former seafarer I too share this view. The term was current on UK flagged ships in the sixties and is no doubt still in use Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 16:15, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
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Smoko as an Australian institution
[edit]There's a bit of confusion here. Is "smoko" a twice-daily shared break with a cup of tea, or an hourly five-minute break for one or more smokers to dose themselves? Each of the refs is potentially referring to a different case. Snori (talk) 01:35, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
- It's a break from work, like morning tea or afternoon tea. Eg, lunch isn't referred to as smoko, so smoko is a short break. 118.208.22.8 (talk) 00:42, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
A smoko, the smoko
[edit]As an Aussie, it's simply called smoko, not "a smoko" or "the smoko". No one says it like that. It's: "time for smoko". I suggest the article be edited to be true to Australian culture at its roots. 118.208.22.8 (talk) 00:40, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
Merchant Navy
[edit]I used to work with a bunch of old sea dogs. One would call "smoko" at which point everyone stopped working and rolled cigarettes! ~2026-99128-5 (talk) 08:15, 25 April 2026 (UTC)