MissEmma Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 (edited) Pro-ject Tonnnn, (as opposed to 'tun' for the unit of volume) Fish and Chippery Emphasis on 'Shire', e.g. York-SHIRE, Wilt-SHIRE :laugh: Edited January 26, 2013 by MissEmma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle13 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 and why is CAIRNS pronounced CANNES ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabloinperth Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Adding the 'O' to the end of things....that drives me nuts!!! Seriously, just speak like you're supposed to. It makes me laugh when I get told that being Scottish I "talk funny" :err: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 How ya travlin':mad: Is it hot enough for ya? :mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I love this forum heaps (someone slap me) Oh and capsicums - really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabloinperth Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I love this forum heaps (someone slap me) Oh and capsicums - really? Yep, this for definite....they're peppers!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I tell you what else drives me nuts,,,,names!!! Have they chosen the name before the baby is born and then no matter, what sex, they just use a variable of the name they have chosen, or they use some wild west name,we have a LorrettaLee, up the road:). I used to work with a guy called Mallon (I kept calling him Melon, I just could not grasp that name:) ) , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I love this forum heaps (someone slap me) Oh and capsicums - really? Have you ever asked for red peppers or courgettes, in supermarkets and seen the complete bewildered look they give you,,,its very funny I still do it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graciemay Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Why is everyone here a legend or a bloody hero. Yes and newsreaders as previously said ambo's, servo's oh for the BBC with real English. Can't believe how much it annoys me hearing the English language absolutely slaughtered on a daily basis either in work or on tv, no grammar, can't spell, thank goodness for Uk Education, it gets knocked but doesn't everything back home. People perhaps need to spend a but of time in these places to realise how lucky they are and what they have back home, a good life isn't just sunshine and other than having good drying weather for my washing can't think of anything else i like about Aus, yep that would be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 LOL Graciemay, you forgot the wide car parking spaces as something to miss! Our washing got nicely dry on Sunday - only 8C but a good wind, and it didn't get bleached to billyoh on the line! Have you noticed how many people have a bleached V in the front of their trousers from hanging on the line with the zip open? (Learned that one the hard way!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Have you ever asked for red peppers or courgettes, in supermarkets and seen the complete bewildered look they give you,,,its very funnyI still do it now And try aubergines as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 And try aubergines as well! Thats eggplant here, isant it? I tried Kitchen Roll once, that caused a few problems:) Tin Foil and Cling film can cause issues as well:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 LOL Graciemay, you forgot the wide car parking spaces as something to miss! Our washing got nicely dry on Sunday - only 8C but a good wind, and it didn't get bleached to billyoh on the line! Have you noticed how many people have a bleached V in the front of their trousers from hanging on the line with the zip open? (Learned that one the hard way!) Im going to start looking now, hadent noticed that before:) Oh and we dont have any wide car parking spaces here, thats why my car has so many dents,from retards opening thier door into me;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseBrown1972 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Right oh darta instead of data yoh gurt instead of yoghurt for perth people- how they say Av on instead of Avon, coburn instead of cockburn! No worries- very guilty of this one too easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 This one's probably because I'm from the North of England but a real estate agent was trying to explain to me they were on Norfolk Street pronouced Nor-folk (as in folk music) and I just couldn't get it - in the end she had to spell it and the penny dropped an I said 'ah Nor-fuk'.....(as in well....) I suddenly realised how strange it sounded! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graciemay Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 and why is CAIRNS pronounced CANNES ? Again thought thay was just me, South of France isn't it? Film festival and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graciemay Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 LOL Graciemay, you forgot the wide car parking spaces as something to miss! Our washing got nicely dry on Sunday - only 8C but a good wind, and it didn't get bleached to billyoh on the line! Have you noticed how many people have a bleached V in the front of their trousers from hanging on the line with the zip open? (Learned that one the hard way!) chuckles to self, talk to myself alot since coming here, only way to get a decent answer. Anywhoo wish it was possible to meet up with all the great people on here. Its a little slice of home all the banter, quick wit and humour. Makes me smile when i read all the posts. Thank you it helps when your a million miles from home and a stranger in the current family home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle13 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 U beaut ute maaaate. Also, it's ok to say Gidday, it's ok to say 'arvo'. So why do I get weird looks when I say. Gid arvo. personally I'm taking the p*ss when I say it most days, but I love the reaction. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 chuckles to self, talk to myself alot since coming here, only way to get a decent answer. Anywhoo wish it was possible to meet up with all the great people on here. Its a little slice of home all the banter, quick wit and humour. Makes me smile when i read all the posts. Thank you it helps when your a million miles from home and a stranger in the current family home. It is great isant it,being able to experience a great sense of humour on here,I find myself laughing out loud, when I read some of the posts:) I talk to myself as well,,,,,,so glad you do it as well:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graciemay Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Afternoon tea is ENGLISH! Very English - served at the Ritz and the likes! Cucumber sandwiches, cakes and lashings of tea! Yes, but most of this lot wouldn't get in!!! And also whats with 'intimate apparel' in Target, it's like living on the set of Are You Being Served. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graciemay Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I think its really weird,,,,cant my head round that word :err: Apparently its because in the early days the cotton linens etc were shipped from the cotton mills of Manchester. Now i am not saying that ladies ( i use that term loosely) here have large bottoms but when an order for ladies cotton knickers was cancelled a cotton mill in Manchester closed down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graciemay Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Pro-jectTonnnn, (as opposed to 'tun' for the unit of volume) Fish and Chippery Emphasis on 'Shire', e.g. York-SHIRE, Wilt-SHIRE :laugh: oh the tonnnn thing my oh and i have argued about that one and he agreed with them!!!! He's been had, too late for him and he can't be saved damned and doomed to spend the rest of his miserable life here. In general they speak phonically, i had someone asking about a pt with surname of step-hen to you & me and the rest of the UK thats stephen for all those playing at home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conniebygaslight Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 oh the tonnnn thing my oh and i have argued about that one and he agreed with them!!!! He's been had, too late for him and he can't be saved damned and doomed to spend the rest of his miserable life here. In general they speak phonically, i had someone asking about a pt with surname of step-hen to you & me and the rest of the UK thats stephen for all those playing at home In their defence (something I seldom do tbh) isn't there is difference in pronunciation of their metric 'tonne' to our imperial 'ton'...? I may be wrong.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conniebygaslight Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Show them a bottle of Worcestershire sauce...gets them every time.... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Julz Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I tell you what else drives me nuts,,,,names!!!Have they chosen the name before the baby is born and then no matter, what sex, they just use a variable of the name they have chosen, or they use some wild west name,we have a LorrettaLee, up the road:). I used to work with a guy called Mallon (I kept calling him Melon, I just could not grasp that name:) ) , The names they call their children are shocking, I nearly burst out laughing sometimes when I was told the names of people's children, here's a few of my favourites....oh and apologies in advance if I offend ananyone boys names Steele donald and his brother diesel clayton dallas hudson chanel neo girls names bonnie-lee arwen jape mackenna jodanna lola skye and not forgetting the millions of Kylie's I've come across Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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