Aussie slang

[SoulTYPE]

Dung hanging on a sheeps arse.

 

[Bastet]

Ooh! Lady-lazarus and I forgot a rhyming slang that our Nan used a lot....

You and Me - sometimes accompanied by a Tom Tit.

 

[Quoth The Raven]

Ooh! Lady-lazarus and I forgot a rhyming slang that our Nan used a lot....

You and Me - sometimes accompanied by a Tom Tit.

Yep, and we also forgot cruet. That's head (as in I'll give you a punch in the cruet), but I don't have the faintest idea how you get there in a way that makes sense.

 

[Quoth The Raven]

Dung hanging on a sheeps arse.

That would be a dag.

 

[SoulTYPE]

OH thanks LL, what is a dung then?

 

[kreeden]

There are some common very day terms , like kit and thongs that confuss people too . Like wearing thongs to the beach will have Americans giving you a strange look . { thongs in the U.S. are woman's underwear , while in Canada it can be that or as the Aussie term , what Americans call flip-flops } .

 

[SoulTYPE]

kit? Never heard thatone. I hate wearing thongs tho..

 

[kreeden]

Don't you put your kit on everyday Soul ? Or do you run around in the all-together ? It could be a NSW saying , but one friend never uses the word cloths . She always uses kit .

And thrust me . You would hate weraing American thongs even more ....

 

[Bastet]

Well, I don't know about thongs, but I wear g-strings almost every day. And I think 'kit' must be one of those regional words...we don't use it down this way.

 

[Quoth The Raven]

Well, I don't know about thongs, but I wear g-strings almost every day. And I think 'kit' must be one of those regional words...we don't use it down this way.

'Kit' is more New South Welsh. You might get crossover on the borders, but that's about it. There's also rubbers to consider. We use them to get pencil marks off paper.

 

[SoulTYPE]

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And thrust me . You would hate weraing American thongs even more ....

Thrust and Thong in the same sentence..rofl:tsk:

 

[Circle_One]

thongs in the U.S. are woman's underwear , while in Canada it can be that or as the Aussie term , what Americans call flip-flops

Well, where I'm from in Canada, thongs are still (and only) a type of underwear and we too call them flip-flops. I've never heard anyone call flip-flops thongs.

 

[kreeden]

Yes , both of my friends are from NSW . So it could be a regional thing . What about Mexican , as refering to someone who lives south of you ?

I have heard rubbers used to refer to what we normally call erasers . But the term isn't that common here . Rubbers can also refer to water-proof boots { made from rubber or such material } , or a contraceptive .

I get a kick out of people's concepts of terms . I have a friend who thinks that the word " reckon " sounds strange and I can't convence him that the Brits { Proms } and Aussies have it right , and that we are the ones who are a bit off on that account . { we use the term " figure " in place of " reckon " }.

 

[Circle_One]

Round here, "rubbers" mean one thing and one thing only.

 

[SoulTYPE]

Circle One!

LOl, imagine telling your kid to take a rubber to school..

 

[SoulTYPE]

"Make sure you take your eraser to school" would be more appropriate

 

[Circle_One]

Circle One!

LOl, imagine telling your kid to take a rubber to school..

ROFL! "Here darling, don't forget your rubber!" She calls out as the street fills with elementary school children.

 

[Bastet]

Yes , both of my friends are from NSW . So it could be a regional thing . What about Mexican , as refering to someone who lives south of you ?

The only people south of me are in Tasmania, and we don't call them Mexicans...

I have heard rubbers used to refer to what we normally call erasers . But the term isn't that common here . Rubbers can also refer to water-proof boots { made from rubber or such material } , or a contraceptive .

We call water-proof rubber boot, 'gumboots'. Condoms are sometimes referred to as rubbers here, but mostly it means erasers.

I get a kick out of people's concepts of terms . I have a friend who thinks that the word " reckon " sounds strange and I can't convence him that the Brits { Proms } and Aussies have it right , and that we are the ones who are a bit off on that account . { we use the term " figure " in place of " reckon " }.

I don't know if that was a typo on your part, but it's 'Poms'. And I reckon you're right about the rest.

 

[SoulTYPE]

ROFL don't make me get my ruler out..

 

[kreeden]

Sorry . I'm a very poor speller at the best of times . And I am a little on the tired side tonight . A Freudian slip I guess . * embarassedsmilie here * I asure you that I meant trust .

Circle -One , I'm not sure if it is a regional tern , or one based more on the time . The sandles were more often called thongs before the underwear became common , but I still hear the term now and then . Canada is interesting in it's regional terms too . The closer to the American border , and the more interaction you have , the more American terms you tend to find . In the Maritimes , you have a lot of British , and French terms { Acadian French that is } . In the west ... I still haven't figured that one out yet .

Has anyone here ever heard of a " door-yard " ? It is a term used for the front yard in parts of the east , but in the west people just look at you strangely when you say it . I still get a smile remembering my step-grandmother , who was Acadian . She would get so excited overhearing us studying highschool French . " That's not the way to say it ! " And once while at a dance in Corncerbrook NFL , a guy walked up to me and asked " Wanna hear a joke ?" That was the last word that he said that I understood . And he was speaking English ... I think .