Posted September 12, 200816 yr I just saw this in a post written by Elly not a problem mate Had to happen sooner or later.................us aussies are rubbing off on Elly and she's becoming ONE OF US !!!!!
September 12, 200816 yr I didn't even realize it lol, I think my fingers have the Aussie Accent going now
September 12, 200816 yr Author Next thing we will have Elly convinced "ENGLISH" budgies are really AUSTRALIAN budgies too :hap:
September 12, 200816 yr More phrases for you to practice Elly: She'll be right Bonza! What a bogan... You little rippa! :hap:
September 12, 200816 yr Oh my I haven't heard those before you will have to give me translations for those...saving up money to visit Kaz :hap:, I think that would be such a wonderful trip and adventure.
September 12, 200816 yr More phrases for you to practice Elly: She'll be right - It's all good, don't worry etc... Bonza!- excellent, awesome What a bogan... Bogan is another name for someone who is a bit of a... how can I say... looser. Um, wears old dodgie clothes etc.... not belonging to the best 'CLASS' of people. We all have suburbs near us where 'these' people live!!! You little rippa!- Fantastic, brilliant... :hap: okay Elly... I've added my translations above... Some others may have different ones too though! Oh... don't forget BUGGER too!!!! It means 'damn'. It's one of my all time favorites!!! lol Edited September 12, 200816 yr by maesie Added Bugger
September 12, 200816 yr Author Here's some more for you to study up on Elly :hap: Stone the crows. (exclamation ) Fair suck of the sav. (exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief) That’s no skin off my nose. (makes no difference to me) Fair dinkum! (true) That person has a kangaroo loose in the top paddock. (Intellectually inadequate) Give it a burl (Give it a go) Good onya! (well done) It’s gone walkabout (it’s gone missing) To Kick the bucket ( to die) To bring a plate (to bring a plate of food to a function)…This one often confuses new comers to our country..they often show up with an empty plate thinking that is what is meant by this saying. Ridgy-didge (original or genuine) shout a beer =buy your mate a beer and he buys you one back shelia = is your girl freind bloke=is a male dunny=is a toilet an out back dunny=is a toilet in the back yard of the house get stoned = to get very drunk a pub = is a hotel a city slicker = is a person living in the city going bush =is a city person going to the county area harroo = is saying good bye doing your block= some one lossing his temper out back =centre of Australia hash marginty= a stew with veg. and meat all cooked in a pot damper= a type of bread yarn= a joke or story see you around= see you some time in the future got to go and make some doe =got to make some money prang = is a car crash car boot = is a car trunk at the back of a car pass the buck= is to pass on a job you did not like Edited September 12, 200816 yr by KAZ
September 12, 200816 yr She'll be right ---Everything will be fine Bonza! ----fantastic/that's great! As in "What a bonza day we're having today!(nice weather) What a bogan ----um how to explain this... well this is a good explanation >Save the bogan You little rippa! > As in your footy team just kicked a really good goal YOU LITTLE RIPPAAAA!!!! :hap: Edited September 12, 200816 yr by melbournebudgies
September 12, 200816 yr :hap: :hap::hap: Oh, gosh... these are just too funny!!! I LOVE being Australian!!!
September 12, 200816 yr Author I challenge Elly.............she has to do at least one Aussie saying in each post for a week :hap: We, on the other hand will keep supplying the aussie sayings
September 12, 200816 yr I challenge Elly.............she has to do at least one Aussie saying in each post for a week :rip: We, on the other hand will keep supplying the aussie sayings Love it!!! Are you game Elly?????? You know you want to MATE!!!!
September 12, 200816 yr Yes I am game :rip:, here are a few American Sayings see if you know them, my son's class did them and then illistrated them $ they are pretty easy. I will have to refer to the above though to remember what my saying is for the week... He's like a bull in a china shop? I'm pack rat? You look like something the cat dragged in. I have butterflies in my stomach She's head over heels in love Hold your horses She jumped down my throat She has a memory like an elephant The phone is bugged My goose is cooked
September 13, 200816 yr Well looks like us Kiwis share more with you Aussies than we thought. We use pretty much use most of those sayings and slangs. The Fair dinkum one though, that is definitely Aussie. I always used to laugh at it whenever I visited Aus. Now I use it, cause I like the sound, hehe. Good on ya mate, pride of the south! One thing I like though In Aus Thongs = jandals In USA Thongs = G-strings LOL!!!! Yea Elly, we use all your sayings, they are old ones Cause we get American and UK TV Edited September 13, 200816 yr by Sailorwolf
September 13, 200816 yr LMAO ... I am soo a Bogan - THE BEST IS BUDGIE SMUGGLERS That aren't people that smuggle budgies they are speedos Hahahah .... Rarer then T its on a bull or Teeth on a Hen - Rocking Horse sh it( hard to find ) Crikey - OMG G'day - Good Day Oh Oh Oh and the BEST IS ...... NOT HAPPY JAN is from an Telly add Kaz getting Stoned doesn't mean drunk in my neck of the woods ( my area) is mean something else Edited September 13, 200816 yr by Neat
September 13, 200816 yr Yes I don't think we have "special" phrases like you all do but I do like the southern drawl that it down in Texas and such... . I will work on my phrase for the week
September 13, 200816 yr Just to make life difficult we have a state based dialect too. Nsw have potato scallops, victorians have potato cakes > both equal a thin slice of potato, battered and deep fried Nsw have potato bake, victorians have scalloped potatoes > both are lots of thin slices of potato with a cheesy creamy sauce baked in the oven Given both these items are available in fish and chip shops you can imagine the confusion if you are travellig interstate! Other similiar problems occur with other states too
September 13, 200816 yr Norm, I feel it is too late...YOU WILL HAVE TO SAVE ME!!!!! More to learn....AHHHHHH here in Ohio it is pop in New York it is Soda, we many different accents all over the US. They say the North is quicker in talking and nasally (the further north like the New England states it is more noticable, then the southern states with their sexy drawl :hap:, then we have up by like the Northwest that has their own but no matter what the T.V. announcers on the news talk like us (me) lol they don't have an accent imagine that....
September 14, 200816 yr With the scalloped and baked potato, personally I interchange the terms. Its like jam, jelly and Jello NZ, Aus and england USA Jam = Jelly Jelly = Jello The NOT HAPPY JAN one confused me lol. I had no idea what you guys were talking about. I call pop/soda "fizzy". We have "Chilly bins", Aussie have "Eskies". I called our chilly bin an esky once just to annoy my mum. lol Oh yeah and the whole Mum/Mom thing. Every other English speaking country uses Mum instead of Mom. I watched "Summer Heights High" last night, it's hilarious! Edited September 14, 200816 yr by Sailorwolf
September 14, 200816 yr okay, the key is to find my "new word or statement for the week" see if you can find it over the week and post it here what I used and where i used it
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