Joy Willison comes from the land down under (joyandpride) wrote in neeps, @ 2017-09-13 08:36:00 |
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Finally found this thing. My room here is not that big, how can it contain this much mess? Also, I do not remember packing this many clothes. Actually, I think I do have some that aren't mine. If you were out Saturday night and lost a blue tie, I can help.
Speaking of which: cheers to all those in whichever pub we ended up in who assisted me in teaching my young apprentice of the delights of the Spice Girls. It's the gift that keeps on giving.
[Pride]
I honestly did not think there was that big a difference between Aussie lingo and what you lot say but apparently there is so here's some of the ones that've come up so far and if I'm missing anything, you can ask.
Also, while I'm here, if some bloke called me "bonny" is that good or not?
arvo -- afternoon, are you serious, this one is obvious. Isn't it?
bunny -- I swear this is a cricket one, but anyway, it's an opposition player that you've got totally psyched out, so you can just score whenever
chockers -- full or crowded, or packed in tight, like "the crowd was chockers" but also "I've eaten so many bikkies, I'm chockers".
goon -- cheap cask wine
scone -- head, also to hit someone in the head, like, "he chucked a sock and sconned her" or "got sconned by a bludger"
two pot screamer -- someone who gets drunk after two half-pints, and can I just say, calling them half pints makes so much sense, why can't we do that in Australia? We have, like, six different names for the little size beers.