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To Welcome new Aussies....
Katie77:
gees, im gonna have you all talkin fair dinkum aussie before long.....good one daniel.....
I came accross the email, that i got at christmas time, you might enjoy....if there are any words there you dont understand, please ask.....
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: YaadPyar on July 17, 2006, 06:55:35 pm ---I'm soooooooo chuffed with myself!
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--- Quote from: Katie77 on July 17, 2006, 06:48:30 pm ---yeah mate, you got that one right......
I got a mate, he pisses me off, comes over here, drinks all me piss, gets himself pissed then pisses of home.
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Do they sell Australian dictionaries at the book store?
I think I'm going to need one if I keep reading this thread! ;)
Katie77:
Actually, David, they do sell dictionaries out here for translation of aussie slang....
I bought one recently to send to a friend in America, and when I was reading thru it, I had a good laugh, because it made me realize just how many aussie terms we do use in our everyday talking to people here.....and also didnt realize that these every day things we say, are unique to aussies.
Because we were all brought up on american tv shows, we have got a good idea of the terms used over there, and it amazes me sometimes when I email or chat to my yank friends, some of the words that I use, that they dont understand...I have often wondered how any of you understood Crocodile Dundee, us Aussies loved that film, and we were actually laughing at ourselves, with some of the things Dundee came out with...It may be a bit the same with the movie "Candy" (which i havent seen yet), as it was filmed in Sydney and has Australian actors.....
Anyway, cant sit here all day, got things I gotta do, "I'm flat out, like a lizard drinkin' "....
that means i'm very busy........
Talk soon mate....
ffrn:
Finally found this thread!!! Jess (Jess's feedstore thread where I normally post) said there was a new Aussie one. I've ordered 2 copies of the DVD (one to keep and one to lend) and am hoping they will be in the mail tomorrow. OOPS, it is tomorrow (12.07 am). ;D 'Katie, you're right about the differences in language. The word I keep on using is fortnight and it really confuses the Yanks.
ednbarby:
I know what a fortnight is. :P
(Two weeks, right?)
Anyway, welcome new Aussies!
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