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steve`o May 15th 2011 10:34 pm

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Originally Posted by Turban Explorer (Post 9346474)
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

more please

hevs May 19th 2011 4:07 pm

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Originally Posted by ukecadet (Post 9366269)
Well done Hevs,you've just managed to introduce a minced oath into the thread.
When will the pleasure end?

Bollox :p

ukecadet May 19th 2011 4:43 pm

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Originally Posted by hevs (Post 9376434)
Bollox :p

I love it.
Shite! is the latest.

hevs May 19th 2011 11:03 pm

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Originally Posted by ukecadet (Post 9376481)
I love it.
Shite! is the latest.

Shite? What did I miss?:unsure:

Rambi May 19th 2011 11:21 pm

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Berk. The best minced oath ever :thumbup:

sammax May 20th 2011 6:56 pm

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Originally Posted by Jen1977ni (Post 9363727)
I found out last week that the Aussies says Heshan when we say hessian lololol I laughed a fair bit, little amuses the simple!!! :o

And they also say oction instead of auction, imbecyle instead of imbeceel (imbecile)
pedophile instead of paedophile and uryneinstead of urin (urine) and dayboo instead of daybyoo (debut)!!:huh:

Rambi May 20th 2011 7:23 pm

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Originally Posted by sammax (Post 9378616)
And they also say oction instead of auction, imbecyle instead of imbeceel (imbecile)
pedophile instead of paedophile and uryneinstead of urin (urine) and dayboo instead of daybyoo (debut)!!:huh:

I'm not sure that many Brits say urin :unsure: Sounds more American to me.

rasen78 May 21st 2011 8:34 am

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Originally Posted by Rambi (Post 9378641)
I'm not sure that many Brits say urin :unsure: Sounds more American to me.

Tis definitely urin here. Uryn is the american pronunciation AFAIK

JR230898 May 21st 2011 9:23 am

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Originally Posted by rasen78 (Post 9379501)
Tis definitely urin here. Uryn is the american pronunciation AFAIK

Are you taking the piss....?:)

Rambi May 21st 2011 10:38 am

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Originally Posted by rasen78 (Post 9379501)
Tis definitely urin here. Uryn is the american pronunciation AFAIK

Maybe it varies from area to area? According to the Macmillan dictionary both Brits and Americans say You-rin. :blink:

What about Urinals? Everywhere I lived in the UK people called them You-rye-nals. You-rin-als was definitely more American.

hevs May 23rd 2011 6:45 pm

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I'm losing the will to live!...it was a joke about a dead terrorists knackers, thats all :eek::lol:

moneypenny20 May 23rd 2011 8:15 pm

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Originally Posted by hevs (Post 9383927)
I'm losing the will to live!...it was a joke about a dead terrorists knackers, thats all :eek::lol:

It made me chuckle :unsure::lol:

aries May 23rd 2011 8:55 pm

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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?

HelenTD May 24th 2011 2:14 am

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Heard a classic today - in offices here someone might write a mee-mo:rofl:. What's wrong with memo-o?

hevs May 24th 2011 11:53 am

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Originally Posted by HelenTD (Post 9384617)
. What's wrong with memo-o?

Quite a bit really, you'd never get me saying memo-o......

I thought it was mem. o. :D


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