Guest Nelson Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Thought a thread on Oz Speak would be good.. I came across 'sticky beaks' yesterday and thought it was a great way of describing nosey house viewers! Also, an 'eski' being a cool box! A friend of mine told me that she hardly understood a word on the school uniform list and had to ask a local to translate! Perhaps we could all benefit from each other here! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ABCDiamond Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 bring a plate - when you are invited to a party and asked to "bring a plate", this means to bring a dish of food to share with your host and other guests. The food can be brought to the party in any type of dish, not just a plate. This is common for communal gatherings such as for school, work or a club. If you are unsure what to bring, you can ask the host. It does NOT mean "bring a plate, as I don't have enough crockery". This has happened to some unwary Brits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 bring a plate - when you are invited to a party and asked to "bring a plate", this means to bring a dish of food to share with your host and other guests. The food can be brought to the party in any type of dish, not just a plate. This is common for communal gatherings such as for school, work or a club. If you are unsure what to bring, you can ask the host. It does NOT mean "bring a plate, as I don't have enough crockery". This has happened to some unwary Brits I've also read that if you attend a funeral in Australia then even if you are certain that you are the sole beneficiary of the deceased's estate, it is considered Bad Form to turn up in your Ute, the better to take their belongings with you later that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beki Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Ok, what's a Ute????????? :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud-u-like Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Just a few more - Light bulbs - Globes. Dooners - Quilts Bludgers - Lazy Bas***d Bindies - Prickles in the grass Thongs - Flip flops Sand shoes - Trainers Pot - Pint of beer Dacks - Trousers Tubes - Can/bottle of beer I lived there for 15 yrs so I have forgotten more than I can remember!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mark'n'Ju Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Ok, what's a Ute????????? :oops: Krissa, A 'ute' is a genral utility vehical.Most 'tradies' (builders) use them . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beki Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 AHHHHHHHHHHHH! A VAN! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 i'VE always known ute to be a pick-up style vehicle ,me thinks it basically means something to shift all ya crap Cal x SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 i'VE always known ute to be a pick-up style vehicle ,me thinks it basically means something to shift all ya crap Cal x SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR !!! A ute is an ugly contraption. There is a cab-thing at the front (immediately abaft of roo-bars made of scaffolding poles bolted together - none of the itsy-bitsy nonsense seen on townies' 4x4s. ) The back is a box on wheels, minus a lid. With enough rope to hold everything down, it can be stacked high. Useful for transporting sheep, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ABCDiamond Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 The old Ute The New Ute You can get 4 door models aswell see this one: http://www.holden.com.au//images/uploads/gallery_images/crewman/img_crewmanSS_01.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 The old Ute The New Ute You can get 4 door models aswell see this one: http://www.holden.com.au//images/uploads/gallery_images/crewman/img_crewmanSS_01.jpg PMSL :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Manchester = bed stuff Got me at first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Manchester = bed stuff Got me at first! :?: :?: :? Please translate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ABCDiamond Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 If you go to a department store and ask for bed sheets, quilts etc., they will point you in the direction of the "Manchester" section. Most of the the cotton mills in the UK, were in the Manchester area, and for some reason, in Australia, the name "manchester" has stuck to describe bedding and such like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Seeing the ads on TV here and also when walking around the supermarkets seeing signs for manchester. Was very confused at first and took a few days to realise that what they call Manchester here is bed linen to everyone else!! O and you can't buy alchohol from supermarkets here - spent hours walking around coles trying to locate the VINO before asking a confused looking assistant! :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ABCDiamond Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 O and you can't buy alchohol from supermarkets here - spent hours walking around coles trying to locate the VINO before asking a confused looking assistant! :shock:With some of the older supermarkets, yoiu may find that they have a bottle shop right next door, and that a large doorway has been closed off. They used to sell it in the main supermarkets, but for some reason the laws must have been changed sometime during the last 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beki Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 The old Ute The New Ute You can get 4 door models aswell see this one: http://www.holden.com.au//images/uploads/gallery_images/crewman/img_crewmanSS_01.jpg PHWAAAA!!!!!!!! These are my absolute bestest vehicles in the world!!!!! I've always wanted a pick up truck, I mean Ute! There's something really sexy about them, can't say exactly what but I luuuuuuuuuurve them! Are they popular in Oz? My next challenge; PLEEEEEAAASE Rich can I have a Ute when we get to OZ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 The UK has the Ford Transit and OZ has the UTE, there everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beki Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I've come back for another look, that silver four door one is a dream! 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Don't forget everything also seems to end in 'o' eg. Freo etc., now sure why this is but sure to show ourselves up!! Ali x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Doesn't everything end in 'o' e.g. Freo!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Woops!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beki Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Just another quick peek 8) Rich thinks I'm bonkers, dunno why, but he says I can have a Ute when we get to Oz! YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! He says we've got connections, I hope they're the kind of connections that pay enough for that silver four door Ute! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Just another quick peek 8) Rich thinks I'm bonkers, dunno why, but he says I can have a Ute when we get to Oz! YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! He says we've got connections, I hope they're the kind of connections that pay enough for that silver four door Ute! :wink: Dear Beki It sounds to me as if Rich might have other sorts of connections in mind this evening..... Speaking of which, Germaine Greer once informed the world that foreplay is accomplished very simply and with minimum of fuss in Australia. I gather that the man merely musters enough of a vocabulary to enquire, "Jer wonny der nod?" Four words in a row would be stretching it for my Australian brother-in-law (of whom I have zero impression, despite having been related to him for 25 years) because the man drives a real ute with real roo-bars and knows a lot about sheep but is monosyllabic to the point where he would have no difficulty at an interview for a place in a Trappist monastery. I have never quite dared to ask my sister whether La Greer was merely being sarcastic about her fellow countrymen. :?: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beki Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Germaine Greer, has a habit of dising Oz, I heard her say once, that the suburbs of Australia were the most boring places in the world. She said, "nothing ever happens in them". That sound lovely to me, I live in a street where there is always something happening, but nothing of any interest to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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