Funny Aussie ways....
Apr 17th 2008 | 7:29 am
#76
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
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Apr 17th 2008 | 4:44 pm
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
Too easy, far out, alrighty!!
Another I hear ALL day long is f**k yeah!
Never just "yeah" ... it's f**k yeah! ...
... but yeah agree!
Apr 17th 2008 | 8:03 pm
#83
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
I find the use of the word "UnAustralian" as an insult extremely funny. People have described me as "UnAustralian" on occassions which has me in giggles of agreement much to the bemusement of the name-caller since they obviously intended me to be hurt and offended by the suggestion!
Try finding one in Perth, we've given up.
Horrifies me hearing them in meetings using terms like that, and also annoys me when they talk Aussie-baby-slang - to hear a bunch of Executive Managers agreeing to continue the discussion "with the ambos this arve" or some such meaningless comment just ruins their credibility
What about "Yoe-ghurt?" 
"Beer'o'clock"? I had no idea this was considered Australian?
In fact I've just started watching Season2 of "Life on Mars" - which surely is as quitessentially English as is possible - and the term "Beer'o'clock" was definately used by Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt!! (surely a character not too heavily influenced by Australian culture?)
"Beer'o'clock"? I had no idea this was considered Australian?
In fact I've just started watching Season2 of "Life on Mars" - which surely is as quitessentially English as is possible - and the term "Beer'o'clock" was definately used by Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt!! (surely a character not too heavily influenced by Australian culture?)
One of my pet hates is how the majority of Australians, including the PM, start a sentence after being asked a question with, "Now look", or "Look"....
Apr 17th 2008 | 8:16 pm
#85
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
Apr 17th 2008 | 8:32 pm
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
I don't think going to the shops in your pj's is normal at all. I have worked with dozens of aussies that wouldn't dream of doing it and laugh about the people who do. I also know many aussies who wouldn't dream of going out barefoot, apart from the fact it can be dangerous, it is disgusting too.
Apr 17th 2008 | 9:47 pm
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
Apr 17th 2008 | 10:17 pm
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
Oh yes, well said. (Sorry, oh f*** yeah!). It you don't like it, go home. And as far as most of us Aussies are concerned (yes, there are always the dickheads), the word 'Unaustralian' is only ever meant as a joke. Originating in the point that Aus is such a multicultural country that everything and nothing can be 'Unaustralian'. We bloody well say it to each other, so quit taking everything so seriously! It's SO Unaustralian!
As for 'unaustralian', then howcome it's said on the news in serious situations, Eddie McGuire said it when the miners were trapped, John Howard said it during the Cronulla riots and I could go on. A joke my a*se.
Apr 17th 2008 | 11:28 pm
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
Now that is a typical aussie......"If you don't like, go home".....
As for 'unaustralian', then howcome it's said on the news in serious situations, Eddie McGuire said it when the miners were trapped, John Howard said it during the Cronulla riots and I could go on. A joke my a*se.
As for 'unaustralian', then howcome it's said on the news in serious situations, Eddie McGuire said it when the miners were trapped, John Howard said it during the Cronulla riots and I could go on. A joke my a*se.
