Jack Scorpion
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Ah! Since when were there so many Australians!?
apart from the regional terms, I love the differing accents too. I've lived all over, from Sydney & Canberra to the Torres Strait to the outback. In each region you have to get up to speed on the local dialect as well as come to terms with how they say things.swinggal said:I hate that too. I was always taught to pronounce things properly. I'm from the country originally and my dad is pretty ocker but mum isn't. Shortening things is a funny Aussie/British trait but doing that doesn't make you ocker. Depends how you say it No cossies here in WA...we say bathers. That's another thing I love - Aussie regionalisms. Fascinates me!
Polony - Devon - Fritz
bathers - togs - cossies - swimmers
case - port
drinking fountain - bubbler
slingshot - shanghi - ging - gonk
telephone pole - stopie pole
VitaminG said:When you ask your mates to the pool, do you invite them to the poo-l or the pull?
There are.......but for some reason you're not showing up at the polls.[huh]MissHannah said:The aussies are way out-numbering the Brits at the moment! I thought there were tons more of us than that on here
p51 said:Bah, I scoff at Pardeeville being "small."
I live in Washington state, about halfway between Seattle and Portland. The "downtown" we have is about a quarter of what I see in your photo...
lolly_loisides said:I'm a poo-l girl myself. The other thing I love about the Australian accent is the upward inflection at the end of a sentence. It makes every statement sound like a question.
Strewth, we've hijacked this thread haven't we?
St.Ignatz said:U.S.A., PA East of the Brandywine west of the Schuylkill.
Near St. Ignatz....Just up the road, North East Pennsylvania, USA.