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Offline AAAMelbGuy

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'isms....... *grin*
« on: January 22, 2007, 05:51:33 AM »
G'day all.   :D

It's just latish here and I was watching an old Aussie show on Foxtel (cable tv) and was laughing at some of the "Aussieisms" and was thinking that sometimes when I'm talking to some people overseas that they have no clue what I am on about.   :D  I'd like to think most time it's the language that I use!  *grin* 

Anyhow, here are just some commonly used Australian expressions.     Just because I can.  :D

She'll be Apples ...It will be OK
Ankle Biters ...Children
Arvo ...Afternoon
Australian Salute ...Swipe the Flies or insects away
Back o' Bourke ...Way outback or Far far away
Barbie ...Barbecue
Bingle ...Motor Vehicle Accident
Bloke ...Man
Blue ...Fight
Buckleys ...as in "buckleys and nunn"(an old department store) meaning "none" or no chance at all
Cactus ...Dead
Chunder ...Vomit
Chuck ...Throw
Esky ...Portable insulated cooler
Fair Dinkum ...Genuine
Fair Go ...Be fair
Gedday (G'Day) ...Good Day, as in "Hello"
Hard Yakka ...Very hard work
Hoon ...Acting the fool
Knackered ...Tired, worn out
Karcked it ...Dead
Lizard Drinkin ...as in "Flat out like a Lizard Drinking"...or very Busy
Mate ...Friend or Partner
Maccas or Golden Arches ...McDonalds Restaurants
Mug ...Face
Onya ... Good on you
Piece of piss ...easy
Pigs Arse ...That is not true
Piss ...Alcohol
Rego ...Vehicle Registration
Roo ...Kangaroo
Rug up ...Get Warm
Sanger ...Sandwich
Sheila ...Female
Sickie ...Day off
Slab ...Box of beer
Snag...Sausage
Stubby ...Small bottle of beer
The Box ...Television
Togs ...swimming costume
Tits on a Bull ...as in as useful as, meaning "useless"
Turps ...Alcohol
White Pointers ...Nipples
Wog ...Influenza
Wombat ...A Wombat eats roots and leaves
Woop Woop ...far away

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Re: 'isms....... *grin*
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2007, 06:06:49 AM »
Heh...some of these we're familiar with, some we use, some I've never heard before, and some I know only from talking to you for the past month and a half....



We use / are familiar with:


Ankle Biters ...Children
Barbie ...Barbecue
Chuck ...Throw
Gedday (G'Day) ...Good Day, as in "Hello"
Knackered ...Tired, worn out
Mate ...Friend or Partner
Mug ...Face
Roo ...Kangaroo
Sheila ...Female
Stubby ...Small bottle of beer
The Box ...Television


Ones I have never heard of:


She'll be Apples ...It will be OK
Arvo ...Afternoon
Australian Salute ...Swipe the Flies or insects away
Back o' Bourke ...Way outback or Far far away
Blue ...Fight
Buckleys ...as in "buckleys and nunn"(an old department store) meaning "none" or no chance at all
Cactus ...Dead
Chunder ...Vomit
Esky ...Portable insulated cooler
Fair Dinkum ...Genuine
Fair Go ...Be fair
Hard Yakka ...Very hard work
Hoon ...Acting the fool
Karcked it ...Dead
Lizard Drinkin ...as in "Flat out like a Lizard Drinking"...or very Busy
Maccas or Golden Arches ...McDonalds Restaurants 
Piece of piss ...easy
Pigs Arse ...That is not true
Piss ...Alcohol
Rego ...Vehicle Registration
Sanger ...Sandwich
Sickie ...Day off
Slab ...Box of beer
Snag...Sausage
Togs ...swimming costume
Tits on a Bull ...as in as useful as, meaning "useless"
Turps ...Alcohol
White Pointers ...Nipples
Wog ...Influenza
Woop Woop ...far away


Ones I only know from talking to you for the past couple of months, lol:


Bingle ...Motor Vehicle Accident
Karcked it ...Dead
Maccas or Golden Arches ...McDonalds Restaurants
Onya ... Good on you
Piece of piss ...easy
Rug up ...Get Warm
Wog ...Influenza  (I thought Wog meant something else?...)
Wombat ...A Wombat eats roots and leaves



One I think is hilarious:

Pigs Arse ...That is not true
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Re: 'isms....... *grin*
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2007, 01:20:49 PM »
Haven't heard most of those since I spent two months in Melbourne a few years back on a job for Ansett Airlines.  Thought the people were great and had a super time.  Stayed at a place called the Princess Park Motel on the corner of Sydney and Brunswick Roads, which probably isn't there anymore.  Took the time to get out to Ballaret and Kryal Castle and enjoyed both.  Thanks for the memorries, Melb! 
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Re: 'isms....... *grin*
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2007, 01:43:45 PM »
You crazy "Blokes" from down under!

Well,I guess I'll try to have a good "Arvo" ,even though Im laid off as of Wednesday. I guess I'll get a "slab" and put it in an "esky" so I can drink my cares away. I'll either "rug up" and drink at home watching "the box", or go see my "mates" at the bar. Hopefully, I won't drink so much that I "chunder".

Oh well, when I feel like "tits on a bull" because of work, nothing helps out like some "turps".

(hope that actually made sense,LOL)
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Re: 'isms....... *grin*
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2007, 03:41:14 PM »
*blinks hard*
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