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What do you know about Australia
I am interested in what you know about Australia,as when I was in the States the people that I spoke to had very funny ideas about it.So bring it on good or bad~
Well I'll be buggared!! LOL By the way Im cack handed!! fair dinkum!!
Here is some Aussie Slang you would here this in parts of the bush ( out back) although
my dad talks like this sometimes and my kids think its a crackup!
I went for a walkabout and was hungry and thought about going to macca's with some mates in the avro. A cacky hander served us and the ningnong spilled my cuppa. no worries though. I just had a blue with bluey, fair dinkum, I thought he was true blue, but he's madder than a cut snake! it was time for me to go fix the jack and jill so I said hooroo to my mates.
I live in Australia and its a beautiful country we are mainly laid back by nature,but there arent kangaroos jumping around everywhere, we are actually very simiilar to canada ive been told apart from the freezing winters.
Possum cant stand barry humphries !!
Healesville eh!! well I'll be buggared LOL Im down the Peninsula area!! Enjoy NZ I had a good time when i was there 30 years ago!!
Bwaaa haa haaa... Oh how I love it! I can't believe how many of you overseas guys have swallowed the marketing of our precious little continent!
When I was in the States 4 years ago a guy thought Australia was the size of England! I had to educate him...sad really that people really don't know enough about us.
Oh btw ChitChatNine invited me over here for a gas bag...(that's a chat)
I am afraid Australia has taken on a LOT of Americanisms, my 15, 18 and 21 year old really don't know much of the slang I am used to as I grew up. I grew up in a semi country town and now live close to Melbourne city...too much has gone from our culture that you see in the movies. Yes there are still VERY Aussie people.
Funny when I was in the States only a few weeks ago I was at a dance lesson and I made mistake after mistake and I said...'Damn...buggered that one up' The guy I was dancing with, looked at me perplexed...I said, 'Oh! I made a boo boo! It's an Aussie thing! ' He was fascinated by it and we got chatting about Australia just like you guys are now, and he too had no real idea except from movies and the rare television show. Sad really!
We have mobile phones, not cell phones...we drive on the left, not the right, yes we have McDonald's, our summer holidays are in December/January, we do Halloween more now than 20 years ago, we listen to ipods, play Wii, and see all the latest movies not long after the US.
Rarely do women get called sheilas, a guy is a bloke usually but the word guy is used often. I heard women in US saying to their kids to Go Potty...our kids would be told to go to the toilet. I usually say I am going to the dunny or the loo....We have taps not faucets. We have porches not stoops.
I loved the US and I love Australia and I am proud we have our own way of doing things. I am in New Zealand at present on holiday and while it is similar to Aus it is still very different again. Very British in a lot of ways, very American in others and yet very Australian too! Very confusing!
Ok well that's my two cents worth..hang on, ...we don't have two cent pieces any more! Hee hee.
Cheers to you all!
When I was in the States 4 years ago a guy thought Australia was the size of England! I had to educate him...sad really that people really don't know enough about us.
Oh btw ChitChatNine invited me over here for a gas bag...(that's a chat)
I am afraid Australia has taken on a LOT of Americanisms, my 15, 18 and 21 year old really don't know much of the slang I am used to as I grew up. I grew up in a semi country town and now live close to Melbourne city...too much has gone from our culture that you see in the movies. Yes there are still VERY Aussie people.
Funny when I was in the States only a few weeks ago I was at a dance lesson and I made mistake after mistake and I said...'Damn...buggered that one up' The guy I was dancing with, looked at me perplexed...I said, 'Oh! I made a boo boo! It's an Aussie thing! ' He was fascinated by it and we got chatting about Australia just like you guys are now, and he too had no real idea except from movies and the rare television show. Sad really!
We have mobile phones, not cell phones...we drive on the left, not the right, yes we have McDonald's, our summer holidays are in December/January, we do Halloween more now than 20 years ago, we listen to ipods, play Wii, and see all the latest movies not long after the US.
Rarely do women get called sheilas, a guy is a bloke usually but the word guy is used often. I heard women in US saying to their kids to Go Potty...our kids would be told to go to the toilet. I usually say I am going to the dunny or the loo....We have taps not faucets. We have porches not stoops.
I loved the US and I love Australia and I am proud we have our own way of doing things. I am in New Zealand at present on holiday and while it is similar to Aus it is still very different again. Very British in a lot of ways, very American in others and yet very Australian too! Very confusing!
Ok well that's my two cents worth..hang on, ...we don't have two cent pieces any more! Hee hee.
Cheers to you all!
I learned about the water thing from watching the Simpsons lol
You don't like Dame Edna? Why not, Possum? Isn't Possum what she or he calls people?
You don't like Dame Edna? Why not, Possum? Isn't Possum what she or he calls people?
I didnt believe the bit about the water so when i was there i took notice when i flushed the toilet and it was true LOL Also there is a heap more water in the toilet bowl,I thought it was broken LOL again!! Mel Gibson had a farm not far from where i used to live.Now i live in the same town as Rupert Murdochs mother!! She lives 5 minutes down the road.She is a dear old girl!! As for dame edna YUK !! I cant hack that bloke at all.
By the way aborigines do wear clothes.how can ya not tell an Aussie apart from a Kiwi?? They have a accent of their own!!
Australia - Crocodile Dundee; Dame Edna; Mel Gibson and water goes down the drain the opposite direction than in North America.
that instrument you are talking about is a diggeredoo the Aboriginals play them.those big assed frogs are called cane toads and are up north when i lived there one of them spat on my dogs face and he had to go to the vet and it cost a heap,those little buggars are bad news,glad they dont have them where i live now.The box jellyfish sting like crazy but they dont kill ya straight away,if you pour vinegar on the sting that does the trick.Also if you are dumb enough to swim where they are, if you were pantyhose they cant sting you legs through them. So there ya mate aheap of useless info LOL
E passes are called E Tags and in Melbourne they are used to not for going over bridges but under a river called the Yarra River,and its a big tunnel.I think you may mean the Syndey Harbour Bridge i think you can walk over that.Topless beaches are well theres heaps of them,but I dont go there,everyone would leave from fright LOL
Vegemite is nice on a sandwich or toast but not to much of it though,its also good to mix in dog food when there appetite isnt so good,for some reason they like it.
Yeah we have phonecards and I am from Victoria down southern end of Aus ,and I like lime cordial!!
Vegemite is nice on a sandwich or toast but not to much of it though,its also good to mix in dog food when there appetite isnt so good,for some reason they like it.
Yeah we have phonecards and I am from Victoria down southern end of Aus ,and I like lime cordial!!
yeah why not the more the merrier,and she may know more than me!!
Picnic at hanging rock was a true story!!Ive been there,but there was no way that i was going to go in the part where those girls dissapeaered thats for sure.As for our cities I have been to sydney thats where the famous bridge is and the opera house,Melbourne has Captain cooks cottage,and heaps of other interesting things,cant remember them all at the moment.My brain is running out of thinking power~~~~~sorry about that savas!!
May I invite a friend from thyroid community .. not sure if she qualifies .. she lives in Australia!
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I hear that kangaroos are a real nuisance in parts of Australia.
I loved the movie Danny Deckchair (check it out if you haven't seen it).
You have some very unique animals and insects, but you have a real problem with some big-assed frog or toad that secretes poisonous **** out of it's skin...and it's killing alot of the indigenous wildlife and it is spreading from the east and south to north and west.
The Aborigines have a great tolerance of both heat and cold and don't use clothing or coverings when it gets cold at night...
You have several many celebrities but people get confused as to whether they're from Australia, or they're from New Zealand for some reason.
Y'all have that cool gigantic instrument that I can't for the life of me remember the name...Does it begin with a B? Is it a billibong or a dugong? LOL ( I think a dugong is a manatee, lol)
Besides all of the dangerous wildlife y'all have on land, you have some wicked tiny box jellyfish called Irukandji (sp?) that will kill ya immediately if you encounter 'em.
The Aurora Australis are the southern lights to the Aurora Borealis or northern lights....not sure that has anything necessarily to do with Australia at all, lol...
Friends are usually referred to as "mates".
I loved the movie Danny Deckchair (check it out if you haven't seen it).
You have some very unique animals and insects, but you have a real problem with some big-assed frog or toad that secretes poisonous **** out of it's skin...and it's killing alot of the indigenous wildlife and it is spreading from the east and south to north and west.
The Aborigines have a great tolerance of both heat and cold and don't use clothing or coverings when it gets cold at night...
You have several many celebrities but people get confused as to whether they're from Australia, or they're from New Zealand for some reason.
Y'all have that cool gigantic instrument that I can't for the life of me remember the name...Does it begin with a B? Is it a billibong or a dugong? LOL ( I think a dugong is a manatee, lol)
Besides all of the dangerous wildlife y'all have on land, you have some wicked tiny box jellyfish called Irukandji (sp?) that will kill ya immediately if you encounter 'em.
The Aurora Australis are the southern lights to the Aurora Borealis or northern lights....not sure that has anything necessarily to do with Australia at all, lol...
Friends are usually referred to as "mates".
I know its a beautiful country. Can get really warm in your summers, heard its never so cold you need to wear big coats. You have e-passes for the big bridge, and you can walk over that bridge. That the wiggles are from there..:P That Bondi beach is a topless beach.
You eat vegamite and drink cordial(?)
Was wondering what part are you from? and also, do you all have long distance overseas phone cards there?
You eat vegamite and drink cordial(?)
Was wondering what part are you from? and also, do you all have long distance overseas phone cards there?
I don't know much about Australia, but it sure has been fun reading the comments. This really is a fun forum.
All of the movies you mentioned were excellent movies but "Once Were Warriors" is not an Australian movie. It was made in New Zealand and it's about the native people of that country, the Maori's.
If you're interested in reading about Aboriginal culture and customs, and you found "Dream Time" interesting, do some research on what is called "Going Walk About" and "Secret Womans Business". I could tell you about "secret womans business" but then I'd have to kill you.... :P
If you're interested in reading about Aboriginal culture and customs, and you found "Dream Time" interesting, do some research on what is called "Going Walk About" and "Secret Womans Business". I could tell you about "secret womans business" but then I'd have to kill you.... :P
I remember being very irked that they didn't teach anything about Australia in high school. The teacher had no really good explanation as to why.
I do remember reading "Morgan's Run", which was a great fictionalization about the trials and tribulations about being an english convict prisoner sent to Australia. You're right, the English judicial system WAS barbaric, sending people there for the most ridiculous of reasons.
If you were lucky enough to survive the prisons in England, and then the prison ships...well, you had a slim chance of making it! There were three attempts at prison colonies, correct? And two of them were abandoned when they lost everyone to a man, I believe.
Australians should be proud of their convict heritage. A whole nation of people who were prisoners and then told their gaolers to "Sod Off!!!" and made a successful go of it on their own.
Otherwise I've read a great deal about the Australian Aboriginal culture and the Aborigine "Dream Time", which is a fascinating concept.
Of course, that doesn't tell me much about about your cities and the like. i have seen "Rabbit Proof Fence" and "Once Were Warriors", Gallipoli, and "Picnic At Hanging Rock" though. :-)
I do remember reading "Morgan's Run", which was a great fictionalization about the trials and tribulations about being an english convict prisoner sent to Australia. You're right, the English judicial system WAS barbaric, sending people there for the most ridiculous of reasons.
If you were lucky enough to survive the prisons in England, and then the prison ships...well, you had a slim chance of making it! There were three attempts at prison colonies, correct? And two of them were abandoned when they lost everyone to a man, I believe.
Australians should be proud of their convict heritage. A whole nation of people who were prisoners and then told their gaolers to "Sod Off!!!" and made a successful go of it on their own.
Otherwise I've read a great deal about the Australian Aboriginal culture and the Aborigine "Dream Time", which is a fascinating concept.
Of course, that doesn't tell me much about about your cities and the like. i have seen "Rabbit Proof Fence" and "Once Were Warriors", Gallipoli, and "Picnic At Hanging Rock" though. :-)
margypops ,we call it a foothpath!1 Are you part Brit? WE say stoller or pusher.So where do ya go on ya holiday?
As for you PK1 gidday wanna dogs eye for lunch???
Dogs eye=meat pie YUK LOL
As for you PK1 gidday wanna dogs eye for lunch???
Dogs eye=meat pie YUK LOL
G'day, my friend. I know slang heh heh
Well now you understand how I get on , as an American/ Brit I go there on vacation and use the US terminology, I get in trouble from my kids there who say "Mum its not a side walk, its a Pavement"its not a stroller its a pushchair,' and correct me when ever they get a chance.
Yup -- Labour party roughly corresponds to a US liberal (though it isn't exactly the same). Howard list for a lot of reasons, Iraq was one, Kyoto was another. Interestingly, the economy was quite good at the time, which in most cases tends to favor keeping the same person in power.
Australia has a British style government. The Prime Minister is head of the government, but the Queen is still Head of State.
Australia has a British style government. The Prime Minister is head of the government, but the Queen is still Head of State.
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