Are you ready for life in Australia,,,

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Aug 31st 2010, 7:18 pm

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Re: Are you ready for life in Australia,,,

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Our 5 year old sings "Four Cheeses" instead of "Lord Jesus" in Christmas carols.

I approve and have no intention of correcting her

Aug 31st 2010, 7:44 pm

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Re: Are you ready for life in Australia,,,

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Our 5 year old sings "Four Cheeses" instead of "Lord Jesus" in Christmas carols.

I approve and have no intention of correcting her

Are you going to get your Missus to write into Woman's Weekly...for the 'Funny things kids say' column?

The list I saw 10 years ago added other items but did not list some of the above they are 'all new' to me..

Aug 31st 2010, 8:58 pm

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Actually I read a reported twitter in the paper from a famous Aussie that used 'Ugh' instead of 'Ugg'.

I can't remember who it was (Kylie, maybe) because once I read of somebody 'twittering' something my brain goes into anti-bullshit mode and I need a reboot.

(edit) The things you learn ... Ugg, Ug or Ugh are all valid apparently ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugg_boots

I vaguely remember Ugg being copyrighted by a US company so Ugh or Ug are used for generic non-Ugg boots.

Aug 31st 2010, 9:00 pm

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Agreed! I do tend to say Cran-born but I guess I pronounce Mel-bun because that's the way I've always heard it from Aussie friends before I visited.

Moorooduc is another one that confuses everyone and we used to get Mordialloc wrong when we first got here.

We keep making our builder laugh as we keep getting Aussie terminology wrong. He asked us where we wanted our "manhole" eh? He meant a loft hatch!

Cranbourne seems to be Cranborn, Cranbun or Cranburn. I've heard all 3 being used locally.

Traralgon can be a tongue-twister at times.

Aug 31st 2010, 9:14 pm

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Re: Are you ready for life in Australia,,,

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Our 5 year old sings "Four Cheeses" instead of "Lord Jesus" in Christmas carols.

I approve and have no intention of correcting her

I like that one! My dad used to have a huge collection of similar mispronounciations etc from hymns and carols - being a vicar he came across an awful lot, but that one's a new one

Aug 31st 2010, 9:23 pm

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I like that one! My dad used to have a huge collection of similar mispronounciations etc from hymns and carols - being a vicar he came across an awful lot, but that one's a new one

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Aug 31st 2010, 9:24 pm

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Cranbourne seems to be Cranborn, Cranbun or Cranburn. I've heard all 3 being used locally.

Traralgon can be a tongue-twister at times.

I'm tipping as long as you have the aar-ll in the middle in appropriate country/feral you'll be fine - to speak nothing of any of the other consitutent consonants..or vowels...

Sep 1st 2010, 12:22 am

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There's one carol my choir sings every year...just to torment our conductor instead of 'most highly favoured Lady' we sing 'most highly flavoured gravy'...works every time

Sep 1st 2010, 2:49 am

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No, I am not!

Oh shit! I am here already. What to do next? Whinge endlessly because it is not the UK or just get on with looking at all the positives??????????????????????

Sep 1st 2010, 2:53 am

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There's one carol my choir sings every year...just to torment our conductor instead of 'most highly favoured Lady' we sing 'most highly flavoured gravy'...works every time

I wonder if my chorister nephew knows that one yet.....could cause havoc

Sep 1st 2010, 3:22 am

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No, I am not!

Oh shit! I am here already. What to do next? Whinge endlessly because it is not the UK or just get on with looking at all the positives??????????????????????

Do what seems to come naturally to you,moan whinge and weep