03-03-2002, 06:45 PM
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How can you not love a country, that takes itself so un-seriously as to pick a song like "Waltzing Matilda" as its national anthem?
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03-03-2002, 07:36 PM
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Wlatzing Matilda is NOT the National Anthem
I am an Aussie Aussie Aussie, OI OI OI!!!!
From Launceston in Tasmania, Australias Island State, smallest in area and population but the second established colony of European settlement.
The Australian national anthem is 'Advance Australia Fair' not Waltzing Matailda'. sorry to our our friendly previous post, but you are dead wrong Mate lol. However you are forgiven but its your shout when we meet orlright?
a few bits of australian slang for all you people who think we dont speak english
Bludger - someone who is lazy
beyond the black stump - far away - in the outback
drongo - stupid
Bastard - can be an insult or a term of endearment. If you met your best mate and greeted him 'with owyergoin you stupid bastard' he would grin and say 'orlright you fat gutted bald prick' and that would be considered friendly. However if you called someone you didn't know a bastard, then that would be extremely insulting. Its not the actual words its the way they are delivered.
Root - some thing that holds up trees but also slang for fuck. So if an american comes to australia and says she is rooting for a team, it will be greeted with first, astonishment and then laughter
a coldy - a beer also known as a tinny (a can of beer) a stubbie ( a small bottle of beer) a Darwin stubby is a fucking huge bottle of beer
sheila - a woman
bloke - a man
Some nick names that confuse
Bluey - guy with red hair
Shorty - a tall man
the best nickname I heard was a bloke in the Air Force and he was called buff. It wasnt till about a year after I was working with him and calling him Buff that I found out that it stood for Bloody Useless Fat Fool. it was an apt description and so australian that buff accepted the nickname with pride.
I am proud to be an Aussie and appreciate our culture of giving people a fair go, having the ability to laugh at ourselves and being friendly and forthright.
I also enjoy meeting people from other nations and getting to know them and making friendships.
Pixies is a bloody ripper of a site and I enjoy it a lot.
Good on yezl
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03-04-2002, 02:34 AM
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Grumbleguts
BUFF is also slang for the B-52 (Big Ugly Fat Fucker) a yank term.
A Darwin Stubby is just a dear way to buy a six pack.
I suspect Zoid was taking the piss on Matilda.
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03-04-2002, 04:33 AM
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Some more Aussie trivia
It is true that our Official National Anthem is "Advance Australia Fair"
But Aussies have adopted "Waltzing Matilda" as it Unofficial Nation Anthem
And then we have The Royal Anthem...."God Save The Queen"
About the Aussie flag
The Australian flag is composed of three parts:
The Union Jack (British flag) in the top left corner,
The 'Star of Federation' in the bottom left corner, and
The Southern Cross, taking up the right half of the flag.
The Union Jack shows that the first colonisation by Europeans was by Britain. The Star of Federation is a seven pointed star. They came to the number seven, by giving each state (six in all) a point on the star, and having one more point for Australia's territories (of which there are several). There are two mainland territories, and several overseas, including two in Antarctica. The Southern Cross is a constellation that can be seen from all of Australia's states and territories.
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03-04-2002, 07:45 AM
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I stand corrected... I had heard or read that was the national anthem, & it stuck in my Useless Trivia File... but my post was & is intended as a compliment, I'll try to get my facts straight in the future
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03-04-2002, 08:15 AM
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nah, she's apples Scotz...some aussies even think we should change it to that.
as grumbleguts said "your shout" - you'll be everyones mate then
some more trivia for you Scotz - Waltzing Matilda was written by the great Australian poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. The words that are generally sung are not the original words written.
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03-04-2002, 10:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by legend
nah, she's apples Scotz...some aussies even think we should change it to that.
as grumbleguts said "your shout" - you'll be everyones mate then
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Ok, I've misplaced my Aussie/Redneck translation guide, so if someone would just 'splain to me what the heck this statement means?!?  (preferably in Southern US dialect)
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03-04-2002, 10:33 PM
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"She's apples" = everything is ok
"your shout" is short for your shout for the next round of drinks....in other words your turn to pay for them 
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03-04-2002, 11:35 PM
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Oh..uh...ok...I, uh... think I hear my wife calling... uh, next time, ok?
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03-05-2002, 06:22 AM
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You can run but you can't hide.
A Pint of Buttercotch schnapps please.
In your own time.
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03-05-2002, 02:25 PM
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are u avoiding your turn Scotz?.....note you will be hunted mercilessly and if you're not found, banned from the pub forever 
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03-05-2002, 09:44 PM
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i feel a hangover coming on
Quote:
Originally posted by Oldfart
Zoid
You can run but you can't hide.
A Pint of Buttercotch schnapps please.
In your own time.
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You must have a strong constitution OF LOL. Crikey a pint of schnapps!!! That is strong stuff. Hope you have a good credit limit on that credit card Scotz he he.
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03-05-2002, 09:48 PM
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Scotz's shout!!
I'll have a glass of HotSex thanx....with ice 
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03-05-2002, 10:28 PM
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OKAY, Someone explain the phrase.. ''how's yur bum for warts''.
heard that one on the animal planet channel from the guy on the show''Crocodile Hunter'' maybe i didn't spell it right bu maybe someone can figure it out and straighten me out..........
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03-06-2002, 12:48 AM
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Ok, it's on me... sometimes my arm gets short when reaching for my wallet lol
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