scottishcelts

Yeah ive had a few problems trying to find waterproof windcheaters for the boys. I've asked for kagools here in oz and the looks i got when the word kagool was mentioned.

MartinLuther

Maybe with your accent they thought you we asking for a cuddle

Deancm

I've only ever heard aussies use the word doona. All the expats use duvet or quilt.

MartinLuther

I agree. They definitely say doona down here.

Broad Shoulders

I've never heard an aussie say Duvet or quilt. Every Aussie I have ever come across has said Doona

Deancm

That's quite old Aussie slang, didn't realise it ws still being used.

scottishcelts

She looked at me like i had two heads then done a double take - always makes me chuckle!

MartinLuther

Don't hear it all the time but do hear it occasionally.

BadgeIsBack

I use it tongue in cheek, knowing full well it is a naff word now. (Like naff!) It is an outdated, or country phrase that would get you looks in some environments. It was made famous by a TV comedy team in the early 90s, I think, hence the past popularity/height of use.

Know exactly what you mean. I see a windcheater as basically a coat, if anything, American in use, not a word I have used.

They DO use doona here too.

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Try telling an Aussie you are "just off to eat me butties" and watch the puzzled looks.

Zambia

"Thats sorted then" = Beautiful
"Donna"= Duvet (it says so on the bag you buy them in
"Bogun" = White trash or that chk chk boom cow
"The Jacks" = Police (but your probably on the wrong end of em if you use this one)
"Are you serious" = Fair dinkum or dinkum
"Taxi" = Oi Mohammed
"Pink + (insert AAMI add)+ Kings of Lyon " = Radio

Broad Shoulders

....or in parts of rural QLD
"Hey" = "."

BadgeIsBack

All this reminds me of differences in the UK! In fact, some uses in Australia I consider to be correct (for me).

For example, dinner is 2 different things in the UK, as is tea.

For me, dinner (or supper) would be an evening meal and not a midday meal.

Tea is a drink, or an early afternoon or mid-morning meal. So the Australian usage agrees with mine.

I used to get really confused with people in the UK calling their evening meal 'tea'.

It's like sitting room. In Australia, people call it the 'Lounge Room', but I've only heard it called a 'lounge' in the UK.

And there are words used by Australians which I've used for years in the UK, yet they baffle other expats, or words which have a close (read same) equivalent.

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Neither of which is as confusing as the use of 'lounge' to describe the sofa/settee itself.

Lounge is a room... not a piece of furniture in it.

BadgeIsBack

That's right. I'd forgotten that a lounge is a sofa.

I always thought that in a suburban home, that Lounge (for a room) was a bit naff. There I go again with use of the naff word. Which is naff too.