Language observations....
May 15th 2011, 10:34 pm
#46
Worongary
Joined: Sep 2005
Location: GC hinterland
Posts: 10,288
Re: Language observations....
Jocks - to us tight fisted blue skinned race - in Oz, undies
Bark - skin
Frame - fish skeleton
Goonbag - cheap wine udder
Pushie - bike
Australian white wine - vinegar with a dash of perfume
Overseas - the 195 countries in the world not Australia
She'll be right - 'there's a massive cyclone coming our way'
Body corporate - **** knows
Fly buys - **** knows
Bark - skin
Frame - fish skeleton
Goonbag - cheap wine udder
Pushie - bike
Australian white wine - vinegar with a dash of perfume
Overseas - the 195 countries in the world not Australia
She'll be right - 'there's a massive cyclone coming our way'
Body corporate - **** knows
Fly buys - **** knows
May 19th 2011, 4:07 pm
#47
High in the Dandenongs
Thread Starter
Joined: Apr 2003
Location: Listening to Puffing Billy
Posts: 9,183
May 19th 2011, 11:03 pm
#49
High in the Dandenongs
Thread Starter
Joined: Apr 2003
Location: Listening to Puffing Billy
Posts: 9,183
May 19th 2011, 11:21 pm
#50
Rhino with a big horn!
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 3,117
Re: Language observations....
Berk. The best minced oath ever 
May 20th 2011, 6:56 pm
#51
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 404
Re: Language observations....
pedophile instead of paedophile and uryneinstead of urin (urine) and dayboo instead of daybyoo (debut)!!
May 20th 2011, 7:23 pm
#52
Rhino with a big horn!
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 3,117
Re: Language observations....
May 21st 2011, 8:34 am
#53
Waiting to be a grown-up
Joined: May 2010
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 4,695
May 21st 2011, 9:23 am
#54
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Aug 2008
Location: Melbourne, Australia & Maputo, Mozambique, working in Somalia
Posts: 330
May 21st 2011, 10:38 am
#55
Rhino with a big horn!
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 3,117
Re: Language observations....
Maybe it varies from area to area? According to the Macmillan dictionary both Brits and Americans say You-rin. 
What about Urinals? Everywhere I lived in the UK people called them You-rye-nals. You-rin-als was definitely more American.
What about Urinals? Everywhere I lived in the UK people called them You-rye-nals. You-rin-als was definitely more American.
Last edited by Rambi; May 21st 2011 at 10:49 am.
May 23rd 2011, 6:45 pm
#56
High in the Dandenongs
Thread Starter
Joined: Apr 2003
Location: Listening to Puffing Billy
Posts: 9,183
Re: Language observations....
I'm losing the will to live!...it was a joke about a dead terrorists knackers, thats all 
May 23rd 2011, 8:55 pm
#58
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Dec 2006
Location: Now Devon
Posts: 951
Re: Language observations....
Curious that Australians will often say "other countries overseas."
Isn't every other country overseas, or have they floated nearer and hanging on for permanent residency?
Isn't every other country overseas, or have they floated nearer and hanging on for permanent residency?
May 24th 2011, 2:14 am
#59
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Oct 2009
Location: Perth
Posts: 2,237
Re: Language observations....
Heard a classic today - in offices here someone might write a mee-mo
. What's wrong with memo-o?
. What's wrong with memo-o?
May 24th 2011, 11:53 am
#60
High in the Dandenongs
Thread Starter
Joined: Apr 2003
Location: Listening to Puffing Billy
Posts: 9,183
