A short Course in the Australian Idiom

[AxeD]

#1 It's birdman.

[hubb]

Are all the animals attracted to people wearing fanny packs or just the ones in mind?

[butter_man]

sounds like blood merigeridoo.

[NinjaEdit]

[nousd]

fuck me ^ that blokes hopeless
must work in a casino or hang with trendoids
what the fuck is he giving advice on Aussie slang for if he doesn't use it
or doesn't know that a lot of it is archaic or made up by Barry Humphries for the Bazza McKenzie films of the 70s

he said "come a gusta" it's "come a gutsa"...poms have that one don't they?
worse, he doesn't know what a "ratbag" is
which makes him one.

Anyway, struth, it's getting late so I've gotta piss off and do some yakka I've put off doing.
May be back later to talk about the nasal drone thing...aboriginal and/or hayfever?
Meanwhile, do some homework and look up some aboriginal language tapes or corroboree chanting.
It'll probly explain where our flat, minimal mouth action comes from...that and flies.

PS That guy in Portlandia sounded like he had a trans-Tasman accent
probably went from Shortland St to Neighbours before having a go in the States.

[nousd]

nah, he's Bill Hader from Oklahoma
a bit confused with his sources I reckon

ah well, at least he didn't sound South African.

[nousd]

it can get hot
eventually the poms started taking off their cravats and stays
stopped sweeping the dirt floors & went down the local billabong for a dip in the bollocky
the airs & graces were melting away
as was the effort to speak.
Unlike in India where English was animated by the local multitudes' vigorous efforts to avoid starvation,
Australia was sparsely populated...maybe 250 000 aboriginals in 1788 & only about 30 000 settlers 40 years later
hence no one to talk to and not much to say to a shepherd or the wife.
Things got laconic and blackfella drawl suited the stupour.
Aye/Yes/Yup became Yyyyairrrrr, extending the word far enough to fill the social voids
Nay/No/Nup became Ner to avoid wasting space with yet another negative.

[nousd]

toolie

derived from "schoolie"
who are 18 year olds just having completed schooling in December,
many book accommodation on Queensland's Gold coast and party hard
but recently many have gone to less-expensive Bali

just as a school of fish attracts predators
so does a group of innocent smooth-thighed virgins attract older males
waiting til they're wasted prey
before moving in.

for septics: tool = penis

[Phigure]

my aussie friend got me to watch this



solid education on australian culture imo

same aussie friend has introduced me to great slang like choof, bueg, billy, pinger, dinger. americans need to catch up

[nousd]

yeah yu tnuc
so fuckin productive yu shit fa brains

[ehbes]

Rule #1: No Pooftahs.

[ultraspatial]

can i get an honorary crocodile teeth hat ?

[foxtrot]

my aussie friend got me to watch this



solid education on australian culture imo

same aussie friend has introduced me to great slang like choof, bueg, billy, pinger, dinger. americans need to catch up

hahaha this is the best, i met him out at a drum and bass night once, dude's crazy!

[jaydot]

Steve Irwin would've been proud

[NinjaEdit]

Best word to describe me would be povo.

[NinjaEdit]

When you're a bludger, every day's a smoko.

[mks]

Relaxing the arvo away in the futo.

[nousd]

^^^ e's bungin' it on
sounds more like a cockie than a skip
gotta differentiate between fuckwit & fair dinkum

^^nobody would really use "smoko" like that
are you a pommie transplant NinjaEd?
more likely: "When yr a bludger, every day's a fuck'n RDO".

^ "futo"? wtfs that?

Jeez, it's all about nuance.
such as when yanks sound stupid saying "How are you mates?" (cringe)
ps: "mate" is never used as a plural like that...only in more oblique references like "I'm here with me mates."

[NinjaEdit]

I think he means futon.

[mks]

You crazy Aussies, it's future.