Ask an Aussie

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  • bigaussieguy71
    bigaussieguy71 Posts: 189 Member
    Hahaha just finished my job interview and turn on my phone to read this hilarity! Thanks to the Aussie's who jumped in with answers...I will put my own spin on everything when I get some time shortly. Thanks to the Kiwis jumping in like they have with their opinion, they love jumping into things like Australia because let's face it...Who would choose to live in New Zealand if they weren't born there? Bwhahahaha "fully beached bro!"
  • orangegato
    orangegato Posts: 6,572 Member
    x_desertcolt_x wrote: »
    PaigeInTechnicolor wrote: »
    Do your Christmas decorations include wintery things (snowflakes, evergreens, santa on a sled in a warm coat) even though it is summer for you?

    nah, thongs and road-kill

    ps thong means something different there

    flip flop sandal??
  • x_desertcolt_x
    x_desertcolt_x Posts: 253 Member
    orangegato wrote: »
    x_desertcolt_x wrote: »
    PaigeInTechnicolor wrote: »
    Do your Christmas decorations include wintery things (snowflakes, evergreens, santa on a sled in a warm coat) even though it is summer for you?

    nah, thongs and road-kill

    ps thong means something different there

    flip flop sandal??

    yep
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    edited July 2017
    CoffeeAndContour wrote: »
    How would you describe the flavour of Vegemite?

    Salty. Yeasty. Vegemite-y
  • x_desertcolt_x
    x_desertcolt_x Posts: 253 Member
    CoffeeAndContour wrote: »
    How would you describe the flavour of Vegemite?

    like marmites red-neck cousin
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Do you have hillbillies there?

    Do they live in Adelaide or Perth?
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    orangegato wrote: »
    mangrothian wrote: »
    orangegato wrote: »
    What are your favorite Aussie sayings, slang or idioms?

    My favourite Aussie wording is how we'll always say the opposite of what we mean. Example:

    If you're having a bad day...
    "How's it goin'?"
    "Not to good mate, not to good."

    If you're having a good day...
    "How's it goin'?"
    "Aw yeah, not too bad"

    It's like we can't be completely committed to if it's a good or bad day until it's over.

    Was hoping for something more colorful like "He needs that like a 3rd armpit"

    Oh, like "nah, I'd rather have another gordon and gotch, so I don't have to go back to the trouble and strife"?
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Will you take Mel Gibson back now ?



    .... we're finished with him.
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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    btw... my dog is an Aussie Shepard; she says 'hello'.
  • orangegato
    orangegato Posts: 6,572 Member
    mangrothian wrote: »
    orangegato wrote: »
    mangrothian wrote: »
    orangegato wrote: »
    What are your favorite Aussie sayings, slang or idioms?

    My favourite Aussie wording is how we'll always say the opposite of what we mean. Example:

    If you're having a bad day...
    "How's it goin'?"
    "Not to good mate, not to good."

    If you're having a good day...
    "How's it goin'?"
    "Aw yeah, not too bad"

    It's like we can't be completely committed to if it's a good or bad day until it's over.

    Was hoping for something more colorful like "He needs that like a 3rd armpit"

    Oh, like "nah, I'd rather have another gordon and gotch, so I don't have to go back to the trouble and strife"?

    Yes but please explain the meaning behind the sayings.... :#
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    edited July 2017
    orangegato wrote: »
    mangrothian wrote: »
    orangegato wrote: »
    What are your favorite Aussie sayings, slang or idioms?

    My favourite Aussie wording is how we'll always say the opposite of what we mean. Example:

    If you're having a bad day...
    "How's it goin'?"
    "Not to good mate, not to good."

    If you're having a good day...
    "How's it goin'?"
    "Aw yeah, not too bad"

    It's like we can't be completely committed to if it's a good or bad day until it's over.

    Was hoping for something more colorful like "He needs that like a 3rd armpit"

    Hmm..or..flat out like a lizard drinking..just means very busy


  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Does anyone ever actually drive to Ayres Rock?

    If so, why?
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Do you have hillbillies there?

    Do they live in Adelaide or Perth?

    We don't have hillbillies. We have bogans...but they're a bit different.
  • x_desertcolt_x
    x_desertcolt_x Posts: 253 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Do you have hillbillies there?

    Do they live in Adelaide or Perth?

    We don't have hillbillies. We have bogans...but they're a bit different.

    we've had some leak over here too....bloody Holden's fault!
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Do you have hillbillies there?

    Do they live in Adelaide or Perth?

    We don't have hillbillies. We have bogans...but they're a bit different.

    I had to google Bogan.

    they look like Chavs.... with Foster beer and flannel shirts
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Do you have hillbillies there?

    Do they live in Adelaide or Perth?

    We don't have hillbillies. We have bogans...but they're a bit different.

    I had to google Bogan.

    they look like Chavs.... with Foster beer and flannel shirts

    No Foster's, but yes. Good comparison!
  • x_desertcolt_x
    x_desertcolt_x Posts: 253 Member
    mullets and black jeans
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Do you have hillbillies there?

    Do they live in Adelaide or Perth?

    We don't have hillbillies. We have bogans...but they're a bit different.

    I had to google Bogan.

    they look like Chavs.... with Foster beer and flannel shirts

    No Foster's, but yes. Good comparison!

    we have those here too.


    .... we just call them teenagers
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    orangegato wrote: »
    mangrothian wrote: »
    orangegato wrote: »
    mangrothian wrote: »
    orangegato wrote: »
    What are your favorite Aussie sayings, slang or idioms?

    My favourite Aussie wording is how we'll always say the opposite of what we mean. Example:

    If you're having a bad day...
    "How's it goin'?"
    "Not to good mate, not to good."

    If you're having a good day...
    "How's it goin'?"
    "Aw yeah, not too bad"

    It's like we can't be completely committed to if it's a good or bad day until it's over.

    Was hoping for something more colorful like "He needs that like a 3rd armpit"

    Oh, like "nah, I'd rather have another gordon and gotch, so I don't have to go back to the trouble and strife"?

    Yes but please explain the meaning behind the sayings.... :#

    I'm going to have another drink so I don't have to go home to my wife.

    This is the lingo of my mum n dad's generation; you don't hear too many speaking it these days. It's called rhyming slang.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    OutOfUserName wrote: »
    what is an aussie kiss?

    According to Urban Dictionary, it's a French kiss down under...
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    As an Australian, I notice a difference in accents between states - any other Aussies notice? (i think Eastern States accents sound more stereotypically Australian)
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    OutOfUserName wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    OutOfUserName wrote: »
    what is an aussie kiss?

    According to Urban Dictionary, it's a French kiss down under...

    is that keith urban's dictionary?

    He's from new Zealand, probably doesn't know what a dictionary is ;)
  • Dyl1789
    Dyl1789 Posts: 2,933 Member
    He's from my home town, I know his cousin, and yes, we know what dictionaries are
  • Dyl1789
    Dyl1789 Posts: 2,933 Member
    Nichole Kidman, she is actually American, born in Hawaii
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Dyl1789 wrote: »
    Nichole Kidman, she is actually American, born in Hawaii

    She was born in Hawaii, to Australian parents....
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Avocado_Angel wrote: »
    Are you afraid of all the deadly wildlife that lives near you? I mean spiders mainly. I hate those darn things, throw deadly bites n stings in the mix and I'm done. I'd literally be petrified all the time if I was in Oz

    how many spiders and snakes do you see in a day/month/year? Since I have never lived outside australia I have no way to know if austalia is overrun by snakes and spiders or if people out side australia are believing a lie.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    bigaussieguy71 wrote: »
    So not true! I asked a kiwi friend of mine "What's a Hindu?" and he said "Lays eggs bro!"

    that is terrible
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    As an Australian, I notice a difference in accents between states - any other Aussies notice? (i think Eastern States accents sound more stereotypically Australian)

    I have never heard someone speak and thought, oh you are from western australia etc

    In regards to aussie accents, i actually hear that there is a real lack of regional accents, especially compared to places like the US or UK when it seems 20 metres down the road and you have a nearly different language.
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