Aussie Alternatives to UK words...
Sep 25th 2009, 9:45 pm
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Re: Aussie Alternatives to UK words...
A goony's a nightie.
Sep 25th 2009, 10:14 pm
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Sep 25th 2009, 10:29 pm
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Sep 25th 2009, 11:12 pm
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Sep 26th 2009, 12:37 am
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Re: Aussie Alternatives to UK words...
Me too! It's only a lolly if it has a stick... I have to correct my work mates EVERY time they call sweets lollies. Its just WRONG!!!
singlet - vest top, spaghetti strapped top, you get the idea!
i hate the lollies thing - it's bloody sweeties!
england - uk
pointing arnie at the armitage - going for a slash
capsicum - pepper
bogan - smelly aussie
drongo - eejit
budgie smugglers - speedos
whipper snipper - grass strimmer
i hate the lollies thing - it's bloody sweeties!
england - uk
pointing arnie at the armitage - going for a slash
capsicum - pepper
bogan - smelly aussie
drongo - eejit
budgie smugglers - speedos
whipper snipper - grass strimmer
Sep 26th 2009, 12:48 am
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Re: Aussie Alternatives to UK words...
I thought the 'roots' part replaces the 'shoots' part in the non-fiction book Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach by Lynne Truss.
Sep 30th 2009, 4:49 pm
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Sep 30th 2009, 6:08 pm
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Re: Aussie Alternatives to UK words...
i love it. Goony is a brilliant word for a nightie 
Oct 1st 2009, 8:59 pm
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Re: Aussie Alternatives to UK words...
Heard one today I hadn't heard before...
"as cross as a frog in a sock"
"as cross as a frog in a sock"
Oct 1st 2009, 11:36 pm
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Re: Aussie Alternatives to UK words...
A few we picked up on our recent trip:
'He has a Bondi body'...far from Manly!
'As crook as Rookwood'...Rookwood being a cemetary in Sydney apparently
'Should have got off at Redfern'...one should have withdrawn earlier in the...um...proceedings in order to avoid getting one's missus up the duff.
Tx
'He has a Bondi body'...far from Manly!
'As crook as Rookwood'...Rookwood being a cemetary in Sydney apparently
'Should have got off at Redfern'...one should have withdrawn earlier in the...um...proceedings in order to avoid getting one's missus up the duff.
Tx
Oct 2nd 2009, 7:46 pm
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Re: Aussie Alternatives to UK words...
Camp as a row of pink tents............
Oct 2nd 2009, 8:16 pm
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Oct 8th 2009, 11:50 am
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Re: Aussie Alternatives to UK words...
As sore as a blind cobblers thumb.
Oct 8th 2009, 10:50 pm
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Re: Aussie Alternatives to UK words...
No one here has been able to say our youngest boys name yet, Vinnie. They think he's called Villy
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