eddie007

I'm teaching the kids the Australian National Anthem

we only just all got our passports (there are 6 of us) and I have sent off my application for registration with NBNSW... so I can get a modified skills assessment from ANMC...

Is it too soon?

I am also working on the "scream when you see a spider and run..." rather than the boys usual..."here mum look what I found" (displays slightly crumpled eight legged thing in palm of hand)

They picked up quite easily that it's okay for them to say 'bloody' and 'bastard' (politely of course)

What else should I teach them about Oz before we go, to help them fit in... we have plenty of time...

Luke I Amyofath

"bugga mate, I aint no bladdy whinging pom"

National anthem ? You want the mp3 or just lyrics ? waltzing matilda's easy to come by

NIGENABBY

Hi
I wouldn't bother learning anything but the chorus and first verse, nobody in Aus knows anything else!

OzTennis

Remember we had to re-learn 'our' anthem, that old one about happy and glorious, god save our gracious queen etc didn't have much in it.

OzTennis

Pollyana

Teach them that its ok to go to supermarkets with no shoes on ......... (disgusting habit, I hate seeing little kids doing it - so scared they will hurt their feet on something)

OzTennis

You need to do some missionary work in the outback teaching all those people with no shoes on that it is a disgusting habit.

OzTennis

Luke I Amyofath

they are just kids afterall, they dont have money for their own shoes

gogdownunder

That's cos Advance Australia Fair is mostly racist rubbish & the rest of it is generally ignored

OzTennis

Go on, enlighten one?? You've claimed it's racist, explain.

I'll accept nationalistic because it lauds the country and its riches etc but how is that racist? Does it run down other countries or races? Most national anthems are nationalistic by definition - except maybe the Spanish which is one of the few without words.

Incidentally it was written by an early British Expat - a Scotsman - and was first performed on St Andrew's Day in 1878 - hence the girt etc language.

Just in case anyone wants to know its origins and how it was voted in as the anthem:

http://www.hamilton.net.au/advance.html

OzTennis

Vash the Stampede

They'll stick out like a sore thumb; most Aussies take great pride in knowing the first verse and little else.

eddie007

ok... I haven't got as far as the second verse so will stop there...

LesleyM

pmsl. So they'll be getting off the plane saying gday mate ROFL.
I make cards for a hobby and have already bought peel off stickers with Oz greetings and rubber stamps of 'drop' bears (kaola bears)

Vash the Stampede

Sorted!

eatstatic

Id just make sure that they have all the relevant paperwork for when they hit 18 and decide to earn real money and get a proper life in Britain/Europe.

Vash the Stampede

Booked your flight yet?