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Forum: The Barbie
Jan 13th 2024, 6:48 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

I read an interesting book several years ago, “Why You Are Australian.” It was written by a woman for her children, and it was a memoir of her decision to leave the UK and return to Australia to...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 10th 2024, 6:02 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

Saw a mouse-sized cockroach in a department store today. Checking out the jewellery bargains. Live and let shop.
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 6th 2024, 12:08 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

I haven’t heard that one in a long time, but yes. Thanks Old Sparkles for the link to its origin.
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 1st 2024, 11:45 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

I thought grubby always had that secondary meaning of distasteful or sordid. Easy to see the tabloidisation (!) of grub as someone of unsavoury character. It’s a word my FIL (in his late 70s) uses...
Forum: The Barbie
Dec 26th 2023, 11:10 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

I haven’t been back for 7.5 years. I’ll probably need an interpreter when I finally visit, I’m sure the slang has well and truly moved on :lol:
Forum: The Barbie
Dec 26th 2023, 9:00 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

Firies is my favourite diminutive. Also like bushies (bush flies) but only the word, not the actual pest.
Forum: The Barbie
Dec 26th 2023, 8:55 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

Sorry, only just saw your reply, old sparkles. I love that idea! Ferries before Facebook. Very plausible. I travelled on the ferries a few times as a teen to visit family in England. I definitely...
Forum: The Barbie
Dec 1st 2023, 8:17 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

Here’s a controversy. ‘Minging’ was a term of disparagement in Northern Ireland when I was in my first year of high school, in 1984. No idea where/when it originated, but it’s obviously been a slow...
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 12th 2023, 12:51 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

The thread makes me realise how some milder swear words are dying out, like dipstick. I don’t hear that often anymore, and definitely not in Aus.

I like git. Very straight to the point.
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 8th 2023, 2:17 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

Why do you think so? I read that it’s come via an archaic Spanish gesture equivalent to the v-sign.
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 4th 2023, 4:56 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

I always assumed berk was a fairly benign expletive. Definitely not in the same league at the c-word.

I nominate skitter, a term used in Ireland to signify hot splattering cow poo at the moment of...
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 16th 2023, 1:59 pm
Replies: 76
Views: 8,042
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Will I Vote In The Referendum?

Good question! I think in part because I don’t think the issues have been interrogated enough before voters go to the polls. A longer national conversation could have given proper time to debate the...
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 16th 2023, 10:19 am
Replies: 76
Views: 8,042
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Will I Vote In The Referendum?

I’m not a citizen, so I am watching on. I think clarity is lacking in both camps. And whatever the outcome, I will bet my bottom dollar that there is no consensus on why we got that outcome.
Forum: Back Home
Sep 15th 2023, 7:01 am
Replies: 11
Views: 3,248
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Home 10 years!!

That’s a lovely full circle OP.

I am nostalgic about going home but realistically I know we have a better life and less binfires in Australia. Bushfires, yes, but less crises. Plus DH Is...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Jul 27th 2023, 7:03 am
Replies: 13
Views: 3,213
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: How things change..

It sounds as if life has given you some good fortune after recent hardships. A new job will also offer the opportunity for new connections. There is so much upheaval everywhere at the moment that I...
Forum: Canada
Jul 26th 2023, 12:09 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,509
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Death of my beloved husband in Nova Scotia

I’m very sorry for your loss, Alvic.

I have no practical advice to offer but agree with PP not to rush any decision about returning to NI. And I say that knowing it is a choice I may face myself...
Forum: The Barbie
Jun 14th 2023, 1:26 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

Smoko is alive-o and well. My favourite shortform is firie. As well as arvo. I had a funny book years ago, a guide to Australia, which explained that words were shortened to expedite the time your...
Forum: The Barbie
Jun 3rd 2023, 8:54 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

I live in a western NSW town with a large indigenous population. I’ve only heard ‘abo’ used exactly as you describe, disparagingly, and not at all by Aboriginal people themselves. It’s not a neutral...
Forum: Rest of the World
May 22nd 2023, 2:41 am
Replies: 309
Views: 31,765
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Back in the Day

If you have old photos or documents from a specific area and time, they may be of interest to a local museum?

No advice about repairing the pastel, sorry Gordon. Only that you couldn’t possibly...
Forum: The Barbie
May 21st 2023, 4:38 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

Thanks Gordon Barlow I’m sure you will. Yabbies are easily enticed!
Forum: The Barbie
May 21st 2023, 4:36 am
Replies: 426
Views: 47,996
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

I just want to reiterate my sincere gratitude for all your advice and support during my spouse visa saga aeons ago. You won’t remember it because I’m sure you were providing the same advice to many...
Forum: Australia
May 1st 2023, 3:39 am
Replies: 39
Views: 4,873
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: I want to emigrate but partner is really on the fence. Any advice?

Absolutely. I think back and wonder if for these families the research was watching that lifestyle show that used to show British families swapping the UK for a beachfront lifestyle in Australia. It...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 27th 2023, 8:29 am
Replies: 0
Views: 786
Posted By Rainydaze

Australia to streamline visa system

Including re-writing the points test. Good read. It makes the point that some of the jobs required didn’t even exist at the last visa overhaul in 2013.
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Forum: Australia
Apr 27th 2023, 3:07 am
Replies: 39
Views: 4,873
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: I want to emigrate but partner is really on the fence. Any advice?

I’m sorry to hear of your experience Chocolate eclair. Best wishes for the move back home.

JDWoowoo50, I appreciated the grace and candour of your thoughts. Your buoyancy is inspiring. Like a...
Forum: Australia
Apr 26th 2023, 3:23 am
Replies: 39
Views: 4,873
Posted By Rainydaze

Re: I want to emigrate but partner is really on the fence. Any advice?

Fair point Quoll. This scenario describes my husband’s English GGF to a tee. He never truly settled and he never felt “home,” but the hourglass turned and all his life and family was in this...
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