What's your favourite 'Aussie' expression?

[Miss Mayberry]

Umm...err...G'Day?

(I think I'm reading the posts in a British accent. I think it's all the mes instead of mys, and the 'ims instead of hims. I remind myself of Mary Poppins!!)

 

[Wolflily]

Oh my goodness! This is hilarious. You people are simply hysterical. Utter lunacy!!!! (I mean that in a good way)

Ok, what are tinnies? I think I'm getting the drift of most of it. My head's starting to hurt from trying to decipher it all - sounds like WWII codes.

This is fun!

But I thought crikey was British? We use it a lot in New England. I figured we stole it from the Brits when we hightailed it over here and became colonials. DOWN WITH THE EMPIRE!!

 

[Miss Mayberry]

But I thought crikey was British? We use it a lot in New England. I figured we stole it from the Brits when we hightailed it over here and became colonials. DOWN WITH THE EMPIRE!!

I wrote a manuscript for a book once. It said, "Trevor is from England. He said it's a lot like New England. Except older. And more English." and you just reminded me of that. LOL.

I'm doing so-so on the "deciphering" as well. A lot of people here are from "up north". And they have a relatively hard time deciphering "mah Southern drawl". They're all y'all. And now I'm thankin' in a Southern dialect. Ay-uhnd it won't git out of mah hay-uhd..

 

[Wolflily]

HAAAA HAAA!!!! Thayit is SO SWAYTE!! You southerners are jest so key-yoot!
Now, if I were to talk like the place I grew up, I'd say things like: That CAH is WICKED BAD. (Which means, that car is really cool)
I have to admit, though, our slang in the US is just not as wild as the Aussies!! That's why I keep hangin out over here instead of with the bores in my own section of the universe.

 

[Miss Mayberry]

HAAAA HAAA!!!! Thayit is SO SWAYTE!! You southerners are jest so key-yoot!
Now, if I were to talk like the place I grew up, I'd say things like: That CAH is WICKED BAD. (Which means, that car is really cool)
I have to admit, though, our slang in the US is just not as wild as the Aussies!! That's why I keep hangin out over here instead of with the bores in my own section of the universe.

Ah know it, ain't we? We's also suh laid-back and friendly that if you're bein' from up naw-oorth, you'd be "welcomer" than a hawg in the kitchen!

Lemme guess your "accent". Boston? NYC? Or maybe Chicago?

EDIT: Wrong city

 

[Wolflily]

ILLINOIS?!! That's ripe!
No, you guessed it the first time - Boston!!! Everything is wicked bad in Boston. I grew up on the north shore and now live in New Hampster. Where your neighbors really do things like dig up dead animals and feed them to their dogs. As well as other bizarre stuff.

 

[Miss Mayberry]

Meant Chicago. Oops.

I'm headin' up to Boston/NYC this summer with my family. Our former pastor's account of a Boston vacation was hilarious. I'm definitely looking forward to it! Especially the accents. Though I don't plan on picking one up.

 

[Wolflily]

No, you don't want a Boston accent if you can help yourself! I've worked hard to lose mine over the years. It's so obnoxious!!! I hope you have a good visit, though. It's a great place to visit - people to see, places to go, things to do...
Speaking of which, I kinda feel bad we're taking over the Aussie posts here going back and forth!
I'd better get back to work now - talk to you later! It's been fun chatting with you!!!
Have a blessed day...
Wolflily

 

[Miss Mayberry]

Just thinking the same thing myself, so allow me to "speak Aussie"... "G'Day!"

 

[Droobie]

Oi?.. What are all these 'Yanks doing in here? A tinnie is a can of p*ss.... (Pardon my french)

 

[Bevlina]

Struth!! What the flamin' heck happened! What are those drongo's on about? Don't worry Droobie...give 'em a tinnie an' they wouldn't know the diff. They'd down it in one swig.
G'day you two Yanks! Like another tinnie? Shove a sock in it will ya! More front than Myer's!! HAAAA HAAA!!!
Talk about a pair of dags!!

 

[Droobie]

Whaddaya 'reckon Bev? Give 'em VB? I heard that american beer is weak as p!ss, so probably all they could stomach is a light ice. Probably give them a bottle of claytons and they wouldn't know the diff.

 

[Bevlina]

Nah...give 'em a Foster's Droobie. They'll soon be up the creek as p!d as parrots. That'd give 'em enough cheek fer another row of teeth I reckon.

 

[Droobie]

Fosters?! Crikey Luv, what are you trying to feed the poor sods?

 

[Bevlina]

Ok... Give 'em a Cascades...won't take 'em long to be as shot as shanghai's. Give ya the pip wonderin' what t' do with the whacko's.
Then again...we could send 'em t' the Wacka with a VB an' see if they get kangaroo's in the top paddock. I reckon they'd be fly by nighter's afta a night on that stuff.

 

[Wolflily]

Oi?.. What are all these 'Yanks doing in here? A tinnie is a can of p*ss.... (Pardon my french)

We're relocating to Australia virtually. Hee hee. And that bit about a can of p*ss is a blivvin nice thing to say to a lady, Mr. HMMPH!

 

[Wolflily]

Struth!! What the flamin' heck happened! What are those drongo's on about? Don't worry Droobie...give 'em a tinnie an' they wouldn't know the diff. They'd down it in one swig.
G'day you two Yanks! Like another tinnie? Shove a sock in it will ya! More front than Myer's!! HAAAA HAAA!!!
Talk about a pair of dags!!

OOOOHHHH, missy, them's FIGHTIN WORDS.

 

[Wolflily]

Pardon - didn't mean to be so loud. Must be the d**n Yank in me.

 

[Bevlina]

HAAAA HAAAA! Come in spinner!!! You little rippa!

 

[Bevlina]

We're relocating to Australia virtually. Hee hee. And that bit about a can of p*ss is a blivvin nice thing to say to a lady, Mr. HMMPH!

Let 'er rip mate!! We still love ya!!