Guest Gollywobbler Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I am concerned that so many of you seem to be planning new lives down under when it seems clear that some of you have not learned the language as yet. It is essential to be able to speak fluent Strine, or you will never be able to make yourselves understood. Afferbeck Lauder understood the difficulties faced by migrants and provided a useful lexicon. Here is an extract: http://www.geocities.com/jendi2_2000/strine1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Beki Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 PML! :lol: :lol: Why are they so keen for us to be able to speak English? It's not gunna be of much use to us lets face it!!!!!!! :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sparky Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Well i may as well cancel my visa now ,i just went on that site and tried to read the "strine" and my husband informs me i sound more like an alien(like he's ever heard an alien talk!). Lisa, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Well i may as well cancel my visa now ,i just went on that site and tried to read the "strine" and my husband informs me i sound more like an alien(like he's ever heard an alien talk!). Lisa, Whenever I visit Australia and address its inhabitants in English (as spoken by our own dear Queen) they too have visions of an alien planet in some far-distant galaxy. One of them informed me that he, "Car nunner stanner whirr yore sighin." We resorted to sign language. There was nothng else for it. :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sparky Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Hi Gill I better get signing then cause i did'nt understand a single syllable of that, Lisa,x :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Hi Gill I better get signing then cause i did'nt understand a single syllable of that, Lisa,x :? Car nunner stan whir yore sign: I cannot understand a word you are saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sparky Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Ahhhh the penny has dropped!! LISA,X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beki Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 What's this all about then... "Hows your arse cheeks for cracking walnuts?" Shouted loudly from a truck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 What's this all about then... "Hows your arse cheeks for cracking walnuts?" Shouted loudly from a truck... ******************************************************** That's just plain uncouth of the oiks in the truck, lassie. :shock: :shock: :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ABCDiamond Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Hi Gill I better get signing then cause i did'nt understand a single syllable of that, Lisa,x :? Nor do I !! I assume there must be a few Aussies that speak like that, but as i've only lived in the City areas, I've not come across them myself I've been here since 1986 and it's the migrants from Birmingham that I have most trouble understanding (and that includes when phoning relatives back there ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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