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We took a 10 day cruise up the east coast of Australia. The cabin next to us had 2 40-50 y/o ladies and their mom. Mom was limping around with a cane.
One of the ladies finally told us, "Mum fell in the wheelie bin and hurt her bum". Translation-Mom fell in the trash bin and hurt her butt.
"Do you jive"? Translation-Do you dance?
UH-60 Instructor Pilot course, Aussie exchange pilot giving a class on power management, "If you drop a dong...." Translation-If you lose an engine....
Just a few of the many language barriers, but those seem to stand out with me.
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We took a 10 day cruise up the east coast of Australia. The cabin next to us had 2 40-50 y/o ladies and their mom. Mom was limping around with a cane.
One of the ladies finally told us, "Mum fell in the wheelie bin and hurt her bum". Translation-Mom fell in the trash bin and hurt her butt.
"Do you jive"? Translation-Do you dance?
UH-60 Instructor Pilot course, Aussie exchange pilot giving a class on power management, "If you drop a dong...." Translation-If you lose an engine....
Just a few of the many language barriers, but those seem to stand out with me.
Do you guys have wheelie bins in the US? I'm trying to imagine how a little old lady managed to fall into one!
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We do.
Honestly, once we got an explanation of what a wheelie bin was, neither one of us asked how she managed to fall in the thing. We later found out that both of us were thinking if we heard the story, we may bust out laughing. Sad to say that.
Not laughing at the Aussies, but really, how do you fall in? We had a good time talking with those 3 ladies, we all had a lot of laughs, and I dont think I could have stopped myself from laughing had they told the story. Dont know if they would have liked it if we laughed.
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Kilometers are measured in tinnys????
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Food is tucker??? All young women have the same name ____Sheila?
Chickens are chocks? Bush is a few bushes?..
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Couple of corrections needed.......
An engine is a donk not a dong.
A chicken is a chook.
Carry on.
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Kilometers are measured in tinnys???? This one needs explanation too.
Whatever you said...everyone knows you are a lying jerk. That's a bold assertion. Point out where you think I lied. Well?
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Donk, sorry, been about 13 years.
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I would shake the man's hand because I guarantee that no Aussie could possibly say anything more disparaging about our head of state than I do.
 In America our current head of state, President Obama, believes himself to be a Monarch... As opposed to Elizabeth II, who actually is a Monarch
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And the work "Outback", it an American phrase. I never heard as Aussie use it. Thus, Oz now has the Outback restaurant which made its debut in Sept 2002 and they flew in a plane load of yanks to start it up as no Aussie ever heard of a "Blooming Onion" let alone an Outback restaurant.
At least they could get Aussie beer there I guess, which is a huge let down here in the US. The word "outback" was known about before the chain restaurant "Outback Steakhouse" was started in the States. Paul Hogan's take on Oz speech was quite popular Stateside in the 1980's. As for rural America we Yanks borrowed the word, "boondocks" from the Philippines. Also acceptable is "out in the sticks". The origins of that expression are a mystery... Aussie entertainers have been immigrating here since at least the 1930's. Some genuine and some from the UK via Australia. Unlike some Brits, like Piers Morgan, Aussies have always been welcome Stateside.
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Kilometers are measured in tinnys???? This one needs explanation too. The Aussies I worked with, measured kilometers by the amount of beer cans they could consume during that trip. For ex. 25 kilometers took one tinny of beer. 2 tinnys was 50 kilometers. Not sure if that is standardized throughout Australia.
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American author Edward Abbey had the same measuring system for distance driven
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Kilometers are measured in tinnys???? This one needs explanation too. The Aussies I worked with, measured kilometers by the amount of beer cans they could consume during that trip. For ex. 25 kilometers took one tinny of beer. 2 tinnys was 50 kilometers. Not sure if that is stan dardized throughout Australia. Yep 4 schooners (15oz glass or 13 oz can) to the hour.
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Paul Hogan made a silly movie on a borrowed $2 million from investors.
It made him a Billionaire. He used to be a painter on the Sydney Harbour Bridge which takes a year to paint and then they start again.
The Outback commercials he did for Subaru were made in Kalifornia.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_HoganHe may be silly but he's been very successful as a entertainer according to his Wiki biography. Madonna isn't all that talented either. But look how successful she's been
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Couple of corrections needed.......
An engine is a donk not a dong.
A chicken is a chook.
Carry on. A dong has a completely different meaning...
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Couple of corrections needed.......
An engine is a donk not a dong.
A chicken is a chook.
Carry on. A dong has a completely different meaning... It sure do!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_HoganHe may be silly but he's been very successful as a entertainer according to his Wiki biography. Madonna isn't all that talented either. But look how successful she's been Oh...he's not silly. Never said that. He knew his market very well.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_HoganHe may be silly but he's been very successful as a entertainer according to his Wiki biography. Madonna isn't all that talented either. But look how successful she's been Oh...he's not silly. Never said that. He knew his market very well. That may be true, but I think John Cornell is largely reponsible for Paul Hogan's success. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cornell
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Hogan was spotted in a talent quest and originally did a story break up segment on A Current Affair when Wilissee ran it.
It was after that that Cornell got involved and the Paul Hogan shows commenced in the 70's but you are right about Cornell being the drive behind the outfit.
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