Silliness Aussie terms: What do you think they mean? - Page 3

SneakySnake · 03-23-2010, 08:30 PM

keep on a guessing Deb, I doubt you will crack that one..

The challenge has now been set.

SneakySnake · 03-23-2010, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by nohmi2

Okay! I'll play.

What does it mean when someone is *Harpic*?

Hmm.

Cheers/

I must be too old I don't know that one.

I know what a 'Septic' is though. But you better keep that quiet in here.

badgoodDeb · 03-23-2010, 08:39 PM

I"m enough of an anglophile that I know what a "kissing gate" is, but I'll have to think longer about a cockies gate.

SneakySnake · 03-23-2010, 08:46 PM

clues are available. but if you knew what a cockie (the other one - not the bird) was. It would be fairly easy to get the idea.

kennyc · 03-23-2010, 08:48 PM

Told ya those Aussies are weird!

SneakySnake · 03-23-2010, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Told ya those Aussies are weird!

We don't make abbreviations for 'associate' or another word for burro a "swear" word.:swear

Yet our word ARSE(I thinks it is a POMMY word) is a good legitimate word.

And we seem to have to wrong end of the stick with "fanny" which is a bit rude to say in Oz only because it does not mean 'arse'

Aussies are weird indeed

cbarnett · 03-23-2010, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

And we seem to have to wrong end of the stick with "fanny" which is a bit rude to say in Oz only because it does not mean 'arse'

So true... I still wince every time I see the intro on re-runs of the Nanny. (apart from the program itself that is!)

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Aussies are weird indeed

And damn proud of it!

kennyc · 03-23-2010, 09:01 PM

Here's a good one:

Brown-eyed mullet

SneakySnake · 03-23-2010, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Here's a good one:

Brown-eyed mullet

I thought is was a blind mullet

kindlekitten · 03-23-2010, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

clues are available. but if you knew what a cockie (the other one - not the bird) was. It would be fairly easy to get the idea.

well damn! and I was thinking it was a chicken coop!

montsnmags · 03-23-2010, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i would like to enter a guess for Brizzie as "Brisbane". (i know, you thought i was going to say beer !)

cockie : cockatiel, then ! (or is it beer ?)

Cockie has multiples, but the one I'm thinking of is actually the name of something that is decidedly "American".

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dunny, all right, so is durry duvet then ? i know it's something like that... (is it cheating if i ask my (australian) friend naomi ?)

I'm your friend too! You can tell by the way I'm not helping.

(no, "durry" is not a duvet/doona).

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

tinny - a tin ear, as in doesn't hear musical notes from other tones ??

No, but good guess. Clearly you've heard Kasey Chambers sing.

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Brizzie -- Brisbane

I'll give you this one. Yep, it's that city just down the road from me (about 1.5 hours, where my brother lives).

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yewy -- a yew tree???

This one's a bit unfair - you've got to listen to the sound (which you've got, right on the nose) rather than the spelling, and extrapolate from that.

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...All are just semi-educated (or un- ) guesses.

Much like our education system?

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

cockies = cocker spaniel ??

Oddly, if we are/I am to shorten that, I/we would just say "a cocker", rather than "cockie".

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Told ya those Aussies are weird!

Coincidentally, a significant bit of "literature" in Australia's history is a book about an Italian immigrant coming to Oz, taking a job as a brickie, and writing about his experiences. Though the book was pseudonymously authored by said Italian, it was actually written by a 100% Irish Catho'.

It was called, They're a Weird Mob.

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Here's a good one:

Brown-eyed mullet

SneakySnake has the drum..."blind mullet" is most popular, though I can see yours being used too - might be a regional thing.

Cheers,
Marc

Xiaopanda · 03-23-2010, 10:59 PM

I'm thinking "Exy" should be "Esky", though, now that I think of it, exy is right, too....

Shutting up now.....

montsnmags · 03-23-2010, 11:05 PM

Just say the word, Sherman, and I'll detail definitions. I'll even consider not making some of them up.

Cheers,
Marc

SneakySnake · 03-24-2010, 12:32 AM

:quote Quote:
dunny, all right, so is durry duvet then ? i know it's something like that... (is it cheating if i ask my (australian) friend naomi ?)

I'm your friend too! You can tell by the way I'm not helping. (no, "durry" is not a duvet/doona). :

Funny you would think and dunny was like a durry.

A few years ago though I may have gone to the dunny for a durry. But now I dont'.

SneakySnake · 03-24-2010, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Xiaopanda

I'm thinking "Exy" should be "Esky", though, now that I think of it, exy is right, too....

Shutting up now.....

If you got a REAL esky it would probably be quite exxy

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03-23-2010, 08:30 PM	#31
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	keep on a guessing Deb, I doubt you will crack that one.. The challenge has now been set.

03-23-2010, 08:39 PM	#33
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,550 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I"m enough of an anglophile that I know what a "kissing gate" is, but I'll have to think longer about a cockies gate.

03-23-2010, 08:46 PM	#34
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	clues are available. but if you knew what a cockie (the other one - not the bird) was. It would be fairly easy to get the idea.

03-23-2010, 08:48 PM	#35
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,897 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Told ya those Aussies are weird!

03-23-2010, 09:01 PM	#38
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,897 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Here's a good one: Brown-eyed mullet

03-23-2010, 10:59 PM	#42
Xiaopanda Addict Posts: 230 Karma: 1290 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Brisbane Australia Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I'm thinking "Exy" should be "Esky", though, now that I think of it, exy is right, too.... Shutting up now.....

03-23-2010, 11:05 PM	#43
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Just say the word, Sherman, and I'll detail definitions. I'll even consider not making some of them up. Cheers, Marc

03-24-2010, 12:32 AM	#44
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	:quote Quote: dunny, all right, so is durry duvet then ? i know it's something like that... (is it cheating if i ask my (australian) friend naomi ?) I'm your friend too! You can tell by the way I'm not helping. (no, "durry" is not a duvet/doona). : Funny you would think and dunny was like a durry. A few years ago though I may have gone to the dunny for a durry. But now I dont'.