Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Feb 1st 2005, 1:03 am
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Originally Posted by scoobydoo
I just read that Hevs likes beetroot now!! It made me think ( 
) what habits have you picked up since you have lived here that have made you think you are turning Australian!!!
Mine is thongs (flip flops!!!)...I wear them everywhere...even found myself off to a smart BBQ in them the other day and had to turn back to change!
) what habits have you picked up since you have lived here that have made you think you are turning Australian!!!Mine is thongs (flip flops!!!)...I wear them everywhere...even found myself off to a smart BBQ in them the other day and had to turn back to change!
Feb 1st 2005, 1:07 am
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Previous poster who claimed that Queenslanders end each sentence with "aye"? ---- not sure what you are talking about.
Has anyone picked up this one yet --- Pass US the screwdriver?
and how are you going is pronounced howzitgoin
Some nasty so and so picked up that I was a Queenslander whilst I was in Yorkshire. Asked How they did it they told me that Qlders talk slower. Meanie
Has anyone picked up this one yet --- Pass US the screwdriver?
and how are you going is pronounced howzitgoin
Some nasty so and so picked up that I was a Queenslander whilst I was in Yorkshire. Asked How they did it they told me that Qlders talk slower. Meanie
Feb 1st 2005, 8:25 am
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Originally Posted by GCS15
Previous poster who claimed that Queenslanders end each sentence with "aye"? ---- not sure what you are talking about.
Im sure I'll work it out but.
Feb 1st 2005, 8:48 am
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
Yeah Im not sure what they are talking about either, hey?
Im sure I'll work it out but.
Im sure I'll work it out but.
It wiz that sed "aye" but spode its more like eyye lol dunno how to spell it, bloke accross the road alwyas says it and its rubbin off on us now lol
Queenslanders do talk slowly, when I talk the y look at me all wierd and say ffs slow down woman....and when they hear me and my Scottish mate talking they say we talk so fast it sounds like Chinese lmao
Feb 1st 2005, 9:25 am
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
I think the real test is if you use the phrase "fair dinkum"
After 18months in the UK I was over joyed when me mate came over and used it in a sentance
The other "real" test is if you can pull off "g'day" naturally. The Howzyagoin' after it really helps
or how would you pronounce "maroon"
MA - ROON
or
MA - ROAN ?
Gcs15
After 18months in the UK I was over joyed when me mate came over and used it in a sentance
The other "real" test is if you can pull off "g'day" naturally. The Howzyagoin' after it really helps
or how would you pronounce "maroon"
MA - ROON
or
MA - ROAN ?
Gcs15
Feb 1st 2005, 9:27 am
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Originally Posted by mlbonner
me too 
Heaps, for sure, hey, no worries, you'll be right, bucks, cracking the sh'ts, rooted. Still saying yoghurt, data, garage and pasta the English way, but its getting harder
Heaps, for sure, hey, no worries, you'll be right, bucks, cracking the sh'ts, rooted. Still saying yoghurt, data, garage and pasta the English way, but its getting harder
Feb 1st 2005, 9:37 am
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Originally Posted by jimtrish
what is cracking the sh#ts?
having a sook
going into a mood/strop/tantrum/sulk/annoyed
Last edited by mlbonner; Feb 1st 2005 at 9:44 am.
Feb 1st 2005, 9:40 am
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Originally Posted by jimtrish
what is cracking the sh#ts?
. It means you are really pissed off
Feb 1st 2005, 10:11 am
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
How do you pronounce Vitamins?
Vit a min
or
Vy (like why) tar min
Vit a min
or
Vy (like why) tar min
Feb 1st 2005, 10:23 am
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Referring to a space to park your car as a "park", as in "I can't find a bloody park". Similarly using the phrase "car parks" to refer to more than one space to park your car as in "there might be some car parks on the next level up" (in the car park).
Look, people in Oz know what I'm talking about...
Look, people in Oz know what I'm talking about...
Feb 1st 2005, 10:35 am
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Taking as many syllables and letters out of words and phrases as is possible such as:
chook
garbos
firies
PJs
There is a suburb near me called Indooroopilly which should be said "In-do-roo-pilly" which is shortened to "In'dr'pilly" or even better "Indro".
chook
garbos
firies
PJs
There is a suburb near me called Indooroopilly which should be said "In-do-roo-pilly" which is shortened to "In'dr'pilly" or even better "Indro".
Feb 1st 2005, 10:36 am
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Originally Posted by jayr
Referring to a space to park your car as a "park", as in "I can't find a bloody park". Similarly using the phrase "car parks" to refer to more than one space to park your car as in "there might be some car parks on the next level up" (in the car park).
Look, people in Oz know what I'm talking about...
Look, people in Oz know what I'm talking about...
Sure do, amazing how you don't even think twice about these phrases anymore
'I'm going to get fuel at the servo' or ordering a pot/schooner/midi of beer, just second nature now, dammit, no wonder my mum thinks I sound like an Aussie and yet the Aussies still think I sound like a Pom
Feb 1st 2005, 10:42 am
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Originally Posted by jayr
Taking as many syllables and letters out of words and phrases as is possible such as:
chook
garbos
firies
PJs
There is a suburb near me called Indooroopilly which should be said "In-do-roo-pilly" which is shortened to "In'dr'pilly" or even better "Indro".
chook
garbos
firies
PJs
There is a suburb near me called Indooroopilly which should be said "In-do-roo-pilly" which is shortened to "In'dr'pilly" or even better "Indro".
rego
servo
convo
arvo
and all (boys) names are similar
Tomo
Bretty
Scotty
Shauny
Paul-o
Johno
Feb 1st 2005, 12:00 pm
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Originally Posted by jayr
There is a suburb near me called Indooroopilly which should be said "In-do-roo-pilly" which is shortened to "In'dr'pilly" or even better "Indro".
Had taken down directions over the phone and written phonetically.
Do you think I could find Indrapilly on a sign post?
Feb 1st 2005, 12:17 pm
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Re: Australian habits you have picked up!!!
Techo is the phrase I often use. It took about 6 months to day 'rowter' rather than say router. I don't say 'Linnux' yet.
