Hahaha. It's both true & funny.
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Hahaha. It's both true & funny.
by tracyp Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:01 am
I found this just checking that Pat Malone meant the same every. Not 100% but, yes, we do shorten everything.
http://www.internationalman.com/articles/australia-on-your-pat-malone
I do love a good Lamington.
Flat out like a lizard drinking! Yep, that is a commom saying here. Though it's not nonsensical... have you ever seen a lizard in a desert finding water?
Eau de cologne" is a (tele)phone. Well yeah! Isnt it everywhere?
I'm not sh1tting you either!
Funny article but.... pretty well spot on! Sometimes we are taken as being nasty to non aussies but, you will be in no doubt if we mean to be nasty. We are just sh1t stirrers by default. Water off a ducks back. Nothing much bothers us.
http://www.internationalman.com/articles/australia-on-your-pat-malone
I do love a good Lamington.
Flat out like a lizard drinking! Yep, that is a commom saying here. Though it's not nonsensical... have you ever seen a lizard in a desert finding water?
Eau de cologne" is a (tele)phone. Well yeah! Isnt it everywhere?
I'm not sh1tting you either!
Funny article but.... pretty well spot on! Sometimes we are taken as being nasty to non aussies but, you will be in no doubt if we mean to be nasty. We are just sh1t stirrers by default. Water off a ducks back. Nothing much bothers us.
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Re: Hahaha. It's both true & funny.
by tracyp Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:17 am
Why does the text size keep changing?
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Re: Hahaha. It's both true & funny.
by tracyp Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:27 am
We have many slang sayings....
Dead as a dingos donga...
I was up at sparrows fart this morn...
Playing possum....
He got me by the short & curlies...
May the fleas of 1000 camels nest in your armpits...
You are lower than a snakes a22...
Don't p1ss in my pocket mate...
Oh you must read up before you come for a holiday or you will think we are being mean when we are being friendly.
My favorite.....(Can you guess what it means?)
"Same dog... different balls.":
What about zackery?
Woop woop?
Possy?
Ankle biters!
Bottle o?
Dogs breakfast? (I'll laugh if you get that one without google.)
Scratchie?
Tinny? It isnt a beer.
The tin lids?
My other bestie..
Upper come back west! Its just north of that big old gum on the south road to nowhere.
Ohhhh, there are so many!
Dead as a dingos donga...
I was up at sparrows fart this morn...
Playing possum....
He got me by the short & curlies...
May the fleas of 1000 camels nest in your armpits...
You are lower than a snakes a22...
Don't p1ss in my pocket mate...
Oh you must read up before you come for a holiday or you will think we are being mean when we are being friendly.
My favorite.....(Can you guess what it means?)
"Same dog... different balls."
:What about zackery?
Woop woop?
Possy?
Ankle biters!
Bottle o?
Dogs breakfast? (I'll laugh if you get that one without google.)
Scratchie?
Tinny? It isnt a beer.
The tin lids?
My other bestie..
Upper come back west! Its just north of that big old gum on the south road to nowhere.
Ohhhh, there are so many!
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Re: Hahaha. It's both true & funny.
by tracyp Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:22 am
Seriously, not that I give a rats ass ( there's another saying for ya) but why is the text changing size!
I am constantly editing my text or you all won't understand me.
BTW... it's not the horizontal tango! Its either the horizontal hocky pocky or the tango.
Isn't Mac Donalds know as maccas across the world?
Acca Dacca, well yeah!!! Who says ac/dc?
Not happy Rhonda!
A stubby short of a six pack means you are a sandwich short of a picnic!
Need I go on?
I am constantly editing my text or you all won't understand me.
BTW... it's not the horizontal tango! Its either the horizontal hocky pocky or the tango.
Isn't Mac Donalds know as maccas across the world?
Acca Dacca, well yeah!!! Who says ac/dc?
Not happy Rhonda!
A stubby short of a six pack means you are a sandwich short of a picnic!
Need I go on?
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Re: Hahaha. It's both true & funny.
by Caryll Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:33 am
Some of those we use, but not many. (No idea why the text keeps changing size - are you sure you're not hitting something by mistake? 
)
Most of ours (although certainly not all!) go back to the old Cockney Rhyming Slang which was invented by the poor workers so that the bosses/toff couldn't understand them!
Adam and Eve
Ruby Murray
Butcher's Hook
Trouble and Strife
Barnet Fair
Dog and Bone
Apples & Pears
are just a few.
)Most of ours (although certainly not all!) go back to the old Cockney Rhyming Slang which was invented by the poor workers so that the bosses/toff couldn't understand them!
Adam and Eve
Ruby Murray
Butcher's Hook
Trouble and Strife
Barnet Fair
Dog and Bone
Apples & Pears
are just a few.
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by Caryll Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:46 am
P.S. On your own in the UK is on your Tod!
That's Tod Sloane - a famous jockey from the 19th century.
That's Tod Sloane - a famous jockey from the 19th century.
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by tracyp Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:16 pm
We use dog &bone. Its the phone. But I think we need some translations here....
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by tracyp Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:25 pm
tracyp wrote:We have many slang sayings....
Dead as a dingos donga... its stuffed, expired.
I was up at sparrows fart this morn...I was up before the sun rose.
Playing possum....pretending to be dead.
He got me by the short & curlies... I'm in a sticky situation I cant get out of.
May the fleas of 1000 camels nest in your armpits... I dont like you & hope you suffer agony.
You are lower than a snakes a22... just a plain insult. You are less than anything god allows to breath. You are a waste of oxygen.
Don't p1ss in my pocket mate... dont tell me lies.
Oh you must read up before you come for a holiday or you will think we are being mean when we are being friendly.
My favorite.....(Can you guess what it means?)
"Same dog... different balls."
What about zackery? Exactly. I agree.
Woop woop? Happy party time.
Possy? My position anywhere.
Ankle biters! Children.
Bottle o? The bottle shop.
Dogs breakfast? (I'll laugh if you get that one without google.) A complete mess!
Scratchie? Dont know what else to call it. A lottery ticket you scratch.
Tinny? It isnt a beer. A small aluminum boat.
The tin lids? Your children
My other bestie..
Upper come back west! Its just north of that big old gum on the south road to nowhere.
Ohhhh, there are so many!
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Re: Hahaha. It's both true & funny.
by Caryll Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:44 pm
Caryll wrote:Some of those we use, but not many. (No idea why the text keeps changing size - are you sure you're not hitting something by mistake?
Most of ours (although certainly not all!) go back to the old Cockney Rhyming Slang which was invented by the poor workers so that the bosses/toff couldn't understand them!
Adam and Eve Believe
Ruby Murray Curry
Butcher's Hook Look
Trouble and Strife Wife
Barnet Fair Hair
Dog and Bone Phone
Apples & Pears Stairs
are just a few.
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by tracyp Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:06 pm
Could be? I'll watch. But I think its when I edit?Caryll wrote:Some of those we use, but not many. (No idea why the text keeps changing size - are you sure you're not hitting something by mistake?
Now editing to try it out.
Ok so my theory was a duck in a stagnant pond!
Must be me. (Something I'm doing.)
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by tracyp Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:12 pm
We use,
trouble & strife,
dog & bone,
but apple & pears here means you cant compare the 2 things you just mentioned together. We use apples & any other fruit you choose to mention.
Adam & eve.... now that means something completely different to us & granny wouldnt like me to say it.
trouble & strife,
dog & bone,
but apple & pears here means you cant compare the 2 things you just mentioned together. We use apples & any other fruit you choose to mention.
Adam & eve.... now that means something completely different to us & granny wouldnt like me to say it.
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by LyndaW Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:32 pm
I do love Australian slang - it's descriptive and funny! I love "stunned mullet" for example.
I'd rather go to the dunny than to the bog (although we generally say loo - which is an interesting derivation in itself).
We are Tom & Dick instead of chunder (which is another interesting one).
We also are familiar with ankle biters, but depending on where you are from they can also be bairns, wains ( I do like this one - wee uns) sprogs or chavvies.
A dogs breakfast here is something that is thrown together haphazardly - much like your mess.
Adam & Eve is quite common "would you adam & eve it" but a lot of what Caryll quoted is shortened further; we'll go for Ruby, have a butchers, do our barnet, talk on the dog. We might even get elephants, Brahms & Liszt or bladdered upon occasion!
The list is endless, entertaining, and sure to confuse our American cousins that produced your link!
I'd rather go to the dunny than to the bog (although we generally say loo - which is an interesting derivation in itself).
We are Tom & Dick instead of chunder (which is another interesting one).
We also are familiar with ankle biters, but depending on where you are from they can also be bairns, wains ( I do like this one - wee uns) sprogs or chavvies.
A dogs breakfast here is something that is thrown together haphazardly - much like your mess.
Adam & Eve is quite common "would you adam & eve it" but a lot of what Caryll quoted is shortened further; we'll go for Ruby, have a butchers, do our barnet, talk on the dog. We might even get elephants, Brahms & Liszt or bladdered upon occasion!
The list is endless, entertaining, and sure to confuse our American cousins that produced your link!
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by tracyp Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:22 pm
Oh jeepers, stunned mullet is so often used I think it's in the dictionary now.
Its generally only young men that go to "the loo or sh1thouse" to have a bog. Bog is what they do, not where they go. Thunder box is also a toilet.
Get on the frog & toad is an all time favorite of everyones dad. Meaning get in the car & go.
At least ours makes perfect sense. Chunder, yep to be sick. How the hell does "tom & dick" mean to be sick? & Dont start me on the yanks. Some of their slang is as weird as you poms!
Its generally only young men that go to "the loo or sh1thouse" to have a bog. Bog is what they do, not where they go. Thunder box is also a toilet.
Get on the frog & toad is an all time favorite of everyones dad. Meaning get in the car & go.
At least ours makes perfect sense. Chunder, yep to be sick. How the hell does "tom & dick" mean to be sick?
& Dont start me on the yanks. Some of their slang is as weird as you poms!
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by tracyp Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:02 am
Rereading, are you all skitzoid? How is a jockey on his own? Doesn't he have other jockeys & horses to run with?Caryll wrote:P.S. On your own in the UK is on your Tod!
That's Tod Sloane - a famous jockey from the 19th century.
Ohhhh, does it mean he was better than everyone? Then "he's sh1t hot ".
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by tracyp Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:40 am
Lynda... you poms need to learn to speaka da english!
Everyone....As tacky as it is.... & it is tacky! Its both funny & clever if you know our land, people & fauna.
There is so many colloquialisms, references to our land, double meanings.... It's from the 80's i think? keep up if you can, every 4th word means something else!
Play it twice & listen carefully. It's quite clever.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=97YnGQE1q6M
Everyone....As tacky as it is.... & it is tacky! Its both funny & clever if you know our land, people & fauna.
There is so many colloquialisms, references to our land, double meanings....
It's from the 80's i think? keep up if you can, every 4th word means something else!Play it twice & listen carefully. It's quite clever.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=97YnGQE1q6M
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by tracyp Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:52 am
What the fruit fly does that mean?
Get elephants? Brahms & list? Bladdered upon? That doesn't sound pleasent.
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by Caryll Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:11 am
LyndaW wrote:
We are Tom & Dick instead of chunder (which is another interesting one).
Do you know where the word 'chunder' comes from? It's from the old days when people used to empty their p*ss pots out of the upstairs window, directly into the street, with the warning "Watch under"
tracyp wrote:At least ours makes perfect sense. Chunder, yep to be sick. How the hell does "tom & dick" mean to be sick?
tracyp wrote:
Rereading, are you all skitzoid? How is a jockey on his own? Doesn't he have other jockeys & horses to run with?
I think you're missing the point, Tracy. It's Cockney Rhyming Slang. So the last word rhymes with whatever you're replacing it with.
Barnet fair hair
Tom & Dick... sick
Tod Sloane...alone
The cockneys used to drop the last word, though, in ordinary speech which made it even more difficult for others to know what they were talking about...
I'm going up the apples to brush my barnet and go out for a Ruby."
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by Shisa Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:26 am
Well I've had a laugh at some of these.
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by tracyp Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:40 pm
It's hilarious how we use terms that arent standard yet we all speak english.
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by tracyp Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:42 pm
I think i get it.
I've grown up with it from 7yrs of age. Though it still doesn't make common sense to an Aussie. A born & bred pom, & I love him to bits!
My mum is 1/2 irish, my dad was german, my OH is greek, my ex inlaws were Italian & my best friend is from the Canary Islands. I have a few cultures to understand, listen to & learn off.
I've grown up with it from 7yrs of age. Though it still doesn't make common sense to an Aussie.
A born & bred pom, & I love him to bits! My mum is 1/2 irish, my dad was german, my OH is greek, my ex inlaws were Italian & my best friend is from the Canary Islands. I have a few cultures to understand, listen to & learn off.
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