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Originally Posted by gmw
I've been thinking more about "throw another shrimp on the barbie". It seems to me that the more accurate Australian phrase in this context would be "throw another snag on the barbie" - we use "snag" as slang for sausages. For me, at least, the idea of seafood at a barbecue makes makes it sound like some "posh do". The barbecues I've been to may have had lamb chops, they may have had steaks, they may even have (God forbid!) something vegetable to to throw on, but the common factor, the thing that was always present, was the good old snag. [ETA:] And a snag is something you can easily eat with false teeth - just to make this paragraph on topic.  |
"Throw another shrimp on the barbie" is artificial. It was invented for Hoges* to say while advertising Australia in the US. At the time, no self-respecting Aussie would barbecue seafood. Except, maybe, fish they had just caught. And of course, we have been "prawns", not "shrimp". And yes, vegetables on the barbie, never! As to, "throw another snag on the barbie", I'm pretty sure I've said that
As to "falsies", I would have gone with false breasts. But, false teeth would have been my next thought. The context would have determined which.
* For the non-Aussies, Paul Hogan of "Crocodile Dundee" fame.