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These people who find the Australian way of saying things so amusing, do you all speak English with no local inflection or dialect? Is every word spoken as described in the Oxford Dictionary?

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Yes, you're right, I shouldn't try typing things late at night ... It's been a while since I've worked in an office, so the typing's not what it was:o.

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I keep getting 'on the nose' or 'under the pump' said to me. I assume it means I'm under pressure. *just nods politely*

They both mean 'under pressure' don't they? It's not a veiled reference to that time I punched a horse:confused:.

JTL

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And what is 'King Hit'? I keep hearing a footballer was 'King Hit' or someone leaving a nightclub was 'King Hit'

Last time I asked this someone said it was short for f'king hit, but I don't believe that theory.

Does it just mean an unexpected punch from someone? And where does it come from.

Did someone once say "he just f'king hit me":confused:

JTL

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A King Hit is a punch powerful enough floor someone with a single hit...

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The great thing about Aus is that I can say haitch without some cockney pedant telling me it should be aitch. :thumbup:

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I was politely corrected the other day, on motorbike training, that we don't sound our hooters, but we sound our horns.

Which do you think is more suggestive?

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When someone is "On the Nose" it means they're smelly.

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Worrabout marOWN instead of marOON?

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What about it? Seriously, so what?

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You're not a bloody native ya know. You are still allowed to speak properly.... it's marooooooooooon. maroaaaaaaaaaaan's not a real word. :p

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Funny you should say that, it's another of the annoying language things here - BTW, I'm not a Cockney pedant:sneaky:.

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Most definitely not a native. I say maroooon. Others say marone, like I said, so what? Potaaato, potarto, tomaaato, tomarto ;)

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mate, hon, darlin, duck, darl, gov, bud.......

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Always sounds cockney to me. You might as well say 'ammer and 'orse and be done with it. Which is one of the reasons I never tried to conform in London. The other is that it is at the end of the day just a load of snobby bollocks :thumbup: