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Old 17-07-2008, 12:48 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Translations for new migrants...

Just for fun and to help the newcomers to this great country here's a few of the things that you will come across and say "what?"...

Doonas = quilts/duvet
Schooner = a glass for beer (smaller than a pint but bigger than a half)
Pot = another glass for beer (slightly smaller than a half... yep, why bother?!)
Thongs = flip flops (although watch out for the Kiwi contingent who call them jandals)
Snag = sausage (typically barbecued)
Sickie = sick day (a national institution, if you don't take at least one a year you're un-Australian!!)
Ambo = ambulance driver
Garbo = bin/refuse collector
Firey = fireman
Bathers/Togs = swimming costume
Banana Bender/Cane Toad = someone from Queensland
Cockroach = someone from New South Wales
Budgie Smugglers = mens trunks/speedos
Esky = cool box (again watch out for the Kiwis they call 'em chilly bins)

I could go on for ever!!

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Old 17-07-2008, 01:04 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Theres hundreds of these slang words back in older posts if anyone wants to check them out, if not heres a couple more

arvo - afternoon
pants - trousers
flat out like a lizard drinking - extremley busy & under pressure from work
garbo - dustmen/bin man
hen fruit - eggs
no worries - ok everything will be good
servo - petrol/filling station

strange really cause alot of words were used back home in the uk before we even got to oz, i.e. like pushing up daises suppose to be aussie slang but we used that back home & many others
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Old 17-07-2008, 01:50 AM   #3 (permalink)
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So many and I use them daily and do not think about them

Don't forget the

mexicans - people who migrate to qld from other states
chooks - chickens
footy - football - aussi rules here

There is a property in Red Hill that always makes me smile its called

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Can any one till me what a thingo is cause my OH says it alot and i lost lol


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