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    • Posts: 26,150 Member
      cerise_noir wrote: »
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      Or Tasmania not being a part of Australia :lol:

      Yes ...

      And I also have people assuming I live on the continent of Africa.
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      Machka9 wrote: »
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      Yes ...

      And I also have people assuming I live on the continent of Africa.

      :laugh: This thread just keeps on giving

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      AnvilHead wrote: »
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      I've heard both "Yanks" and "Seppos" (from the rhyming slang). Neither is offensive to me. I find "Yanks" kind of endearing and "Seppos" pretty funny.

      [ETA:] Australia is right near the top of my bucket list for "places to visit". That plane ride though, ugh.

      It's not that bad! I think we are more willing to travel as we are so far from just about everything else..... But it's really not that bad! Just make sure you have a few weeks when you get here and make it worth your while.
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      What do you all call the thing you wear to swim in?

      In aus, we have a few names
      -bathers
      -cozzie (for costume)
      -swimmers
      -togs
      -boardies (boardshorts)
      -budgie smugglers (mens brief-style)

      (that I know of.... There might be more in different places!)
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      livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
      What do you all call the thing you wear to swim in?

      In aus, we have a few names
      -bathers
      -cozzie (for costume)
      -swimmers
      -togs
      -boardies (boardshorts)
      -budgie smugglers (mens brief-style)

      (that I know of.... There might be more in different places!)

      Probably another regional thing even within the U.S. - but for guys the names I hear most often are "swim trunks" or "board shorts"....or maybe just the generic term "bathing suit". The brief-style ones are called "Speedos" (which is the most common/popular brand of those style suits) or more informally, a "banana hammock". :)
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      AnvilHead wrote: »
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      Probably another regional thing even within the U.S. - but for guys the names I hear most often are "swim trunks" or "board shorts"....or maybe just the generic term "bathing suit". The brief-style ones are called "Speedos" (which is the most common/popular brand of those style suits) or more informally, a "banana hammock". :)

      Banana hammock = budgie smugglers :D
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      cerise_noir wrote: »
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      Or Tasmania not being a part of Australia :lol:

      You wouldn't think so half the time, the ole map of Tassie gets left off a number of Australian maps :)

      Even between Australian states there is difference in words peanut butter = peanut paste, middy = pot = schooner (beer serving size, all different sizes but interchangeable between states), potato cake = potato scallop, ice lolly = ice block.
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      livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
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      Banana hammock = budgie smugglers :D

      I would think of bathing suit as the female swimming costume.
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      TonyB0588 wrote: »
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      I would think of bathing suit as the female swimming costume.

      Or swim suit.

      Bikini is something specific.
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      tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »
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      You wouldn't think so half the time, the ole map of Tassie gets left off a number of Australian maps :)

      Even between Australian states there is difference in words peanut butter = peanut paste, middy = pot = schooner (beer serving size, all different sizes but interchangeable between states), potato cake = potato scallop, ice lolly = ice block.

      Ice lolly sounds very English to me...and an ice block is frozen water. We call them icy poles!
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      livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
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      Ice lolly sounds very English to me...and an ice block is frozen water. We call them icy poles!

      I think in the US we call them Popsicles. If not, I have no idea what you are talking about. Lol
    • Posts: 16,049 Member
      We had a cute surprise in our front yard yesterday evening... I could hear our cat making these strange chirping sounds, so we went outside and there she was sitting next to a young koala. It looked like they were already friends lol The koala was just wandering around with coco our cat in hot pursuit. I have video of them touching noses right before the koala whacked her hehe Talk about cuteness overload!
      My husband tried picking him up so we could pop in in our gum tree out the back, but he scratched the crap out of his hands :worried:
    • Posts: 15,532 Member
      Christine_72 wrote: »
      It's a bit blurry, but here is me and our lil friend :heart:

      That's so fun! Except for hubby's scratched hands.
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      nutmegoreo wrote: »
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      That's so fun! Except for hubby's scratched hands.

      He was so cute, and walked right past us not scared at all. I hope he's ok, we'll go looking for him this morning. There's 4 huge gum trees in our street, so hopefully he'll be up one of those.
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      Christine_72 wrote: »
      It's a bit blurry, but here is me and our lil friend :heart:

      Wow, how cool.
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      lemurcat12 wrote: »
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      Wow, how cool.

      That is so awesome. All we have around here are possums and skunks.
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      kgirlhart wrote: »
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      That is so awesome. All we have around here are possums and skunks.

      Yeah, possums are regular visitors. They like the cat's food.
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      kgirlhart wrote: »
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      That is so awesome. All we have around here are possums and skunks.

      Haha not quite as cute and cuddly :laugh: I would love to see a squirrel/chipmunk in real life, we don't have those here.

      Or my ultimate dream animal

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      A buddy was in Australia working. He was helping a young lady configure our software. Part of the system we called "The Router" he kept telling her to stop and start the router, only he pronounced like the UK folks did "the rooter". Lady would blush and giggle whenever he'd say that.

      Eventually someone came by and explained what rooting meant in Aus!
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      kgirlhart wrote: »
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      I think in the US we call them Popsicles. If not, I have no idea what you are talking about. Lol

      Yup, same thing :)
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      markrgeary1 wrote: »
      A buddy was in Australia working. He was helping a young lady configure our software. Part of the system we called "The Router" he kept telling her to stop and start the router, only he pronounced like the UK folks did "the rooter". Lady would blush and giggle whenever he'd say that.

      Eventually someone came by and explained what rooting meant in Aus!

      Thats weird....

      In aus, we pronounce route as "root"...." Take the quickest root to the shops"
      But router is pronounced "row-ter" (row rhymes with brow)
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      I cant use the word route in a sentence without my juvenile husband turning it into something sexual :huh:
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      oh yes i hear you Christine.

      We like gardening and Ive lost count of times Ive said some innocuous sentence with the word 'root' (as in part of plant) and he gets silly.

      and I take it the term 'rooting around' in UK means to search through things, turn things over to find something - every now and then we read a gardening article that says something like "rooting around under the trees" - which, needless to say, he sees other meaning.

      Same with the word 'screw' (does that have same double meaning in other parts of world? - has same slang meaning here) doing some DIY job in the house and say something innocuous like We need another screw here. :s
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      Christine_72 wrote: »
      I cant use the word route in a sentence without my juvenile husband turning it into something sexual :huh:

      Hehe I get corrected by my friend for pronouncing it the English way (he's American). I asked him what where does he get his kicks and he said "Route 66"...and pronounced it the English way :-D
    • Posts: 1,394 Member
      BTW @Christine_72 and any other Australians - Happy New Year (you're past midnight, aren't you?)

      We've got 40 minutes (and 2 bottles of champers) to go!
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      CurlyCockney wrote: »
      BTW @Christine_72 and any other Australians - Happy New Year (you're past midnight, aren't you?)

      We've got 40 minutes (and 2 bottles of champers) to go!

      I'm in WA (Western Australia).... It's 7:20 am! Later in other states. Enjoy the last minutes of 2016!
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      It's only 5:30 pm on Dec 31 here.
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      lemurcat12 wrote: »
      It's only 5:30 pm on Dec 31 here.

      7:30 pm here in the Atlantic time zone
    • Posts: 1,394 Member
      livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
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      I'm in WA (Western Australia).... It's 7:20 am! Later in other states. Enjoy the last minutes of 2016!

      Cheers! And happy new year!

      I've got party music on, and I've been playing with my new light bulbs so they're all flashing different colours (I know, I need a life!)

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