Americans and Aussies

[Scubaroo]

The one I get the most grief over from my girlfriend is

"'erb" versus "Herb"

There's a bloody H in there! Say it!

"Rooting" for someone is NOT something you do for the local football team in Australia. I mean footy team.

"Slappers" - a girl who is so ugly you have to, well, slap her.

"Scrubbers" - like a slapper except she should scrub up she is so filthy.

"Hella" is a brand of car headlights in Australia.

"Fortnight" and "Monday week" - look them up. Learn to use them.

"Good on ya" - congratulations. Or depending on the inflexion, "moron!" (idiot).

more will come later...

Here's an article on the different spellings and history of aluminum/aluminium - not the original link I posted ages ago, but same content.

 

[Scubaroo]

"Seppo" = septic tank = yank

We mean it in a nice way

 

[metridium]

Scubaroo wrote...
"'erb" versus "Herb"

There's a bloody H in there! Say it!

Honestly?

 

[Scubaroo]

metridium once bubbled...
Honestly?

You clever little seppo

 

[metridium]

Scubaroo wrote...
You clever little seppo

I'm honored.

 

[cyklon_300]

that were fond of the multi-purpose phrase:

"Rack off, hairy legs!"

I suppose it's meant to be rather offensive, but I laughed everytime I heard it...

 

[cat]

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry says that second "i" is definitely there (to match the other metals like cadmium, radium, etc.). This isn't common knowlege in either the US or Canada - I once had an anonymous reviewer of a talk I'd given (one of those stupid student rituals) roundly criticize me for my poor spelling because I'd used "aluminium". Ran into the same problem (more easily resolved) with a high school teacher and the sulphur/sulfur pair. Shades of Dan Quayle and root vegetables...

Hmm. There's a book called "Mother Tongue: English and how it got that way" that may be of interest to a number of you. AuthoUr is Bill Bryerson and it's screamingly funny in places...

 

[metridium]

cat wrote...
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry says that second "i" is definitely there (to match the other metals like cadmium, radium, etc.).

So how do they spell molybdenum?

 

[AQUA PROP]

jonathan

First of all Gidday mate (sorry had to be said) You were close but no cigar. The Wacca is the name of the cricket ground in Western Australia. It is a place where Pommy Bast*#ds come to get thier bums kicked at cricket. And should you be after a cigarette from someone the correct term would be "Can I bum a smoke off ya mate" his response would be "yeah no worries bloke" and you would follow by answering "Cheers I owe ya one".


To take a long time to say something takes time away from doing the important things eg hav'n a coldy, try'n to pull a (thing that hold's trees in the ground) being able to tell the ref what you really think of his call in the short space of time you have been given. So if you are comming down under and wish to communicate just shorten ya words and she'll be right mate and we promise we wont laugh (MUCH)

HOO ROO
(this means goodbye)

 

[scuba_katt]

DON'T believe that

"Crikey she's a real bewt"

that you hear Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter proclaim,

is what we Aussies talk like!

I was born in Sydney but grew up in Atlanta, and am now back down under again.

It took me YEARS to get rid of the Yankee accent and I still get teased by my friends for saying things like:

Sidewalk instead of Footpath

Trunk instead of Boot (Back of the car)

Hood instead of Bonnet (front of the car)

Butt instead of Bum (back your self)


Anyways gotta run

so

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