Re: What language differences are there?
 

You seriously need to get this.

https://www.amazon.com/Strine-Stalk-.../dp/0725406011

Re: What language differences are there?
 

Aus to English
bingle is a prang
Spunk is a hunky/gorgeous person
rego is car road fund tax
doona is duvet

Re: What language differences are there?
 

oh my - I can deal with wearing thongs, not sure how I feel about 'being spunk' :ohmy: :lol:

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Just don't go asking for a rooter for your broadband.

Re: What language differences are there?
 

Some pubs - usually trendy, gastropubs - have been trying to replace the 568ml with a 480ml and still advertise it as a pint, with a pint price. There's been a bit of a backlash against this and some of these places have reverted to serving genuine pints

Beer comes in pints or bottles or litres and half-litres (in Germany). End of. Half-pints or anything else around that size are bullshit

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I've not seen this, but will keep my eye out.

It's actually quite hard work to make a complaint about weights and measures as we found out when we tried to complain about a pub that was insisting on adding huge scoops of ice to pints of cider. State fair trade referred us to Federal weights & measures, and they did the opposite.

We just stopped drinking there.


S

Re: What language differences are there?
 

A while ago I spoke to a barman in Perth about the ice in cider thing and he told me that they can only add ice to a full pint. I guess they've been pulled up on it in the past and consumer affairs in WA are quite switched on

Re: What language differences are there?
 

This place in Glebe was adding huge scoops of ice like MacDonalds - but they wouldn't have it that they were watering the beer down.


S

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I always order cider and specify "no ice". If they put ice in it I refuse to accept it and make them poyr me another one. If I'm paying $10-12 for a pint, it's for cider and not water!

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Yeah, we tried that - they insisted it was house policy to always add a scoop of ice to cider and that they wouldn't serve it without ice. They then got smart and then started pouring short measures saying that it would have been made up by the ice.

Hence why we decided to try and escalate it to the powers that be...


S

Re: What language differences are there?
 

Definitely time to drink elsewhere.

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If you ask for a schooner in VIC, you tend to get blank looks.
Even if you ask for 10 oz or the 425ml then they might not have the glass.


In NSW a Schooner was so common.

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Wow - some really iffy booze-practices to watch out for then!

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Drink at home; it's easier. Just put and esky, your music and some chairs in the garage and sit with the door open and you'll fit right in. :lol:

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Well to be fair, I have young children, so we're not exactly drinking out all that often (as in, never really!), so the above is far more likely :rofl: