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G'day mate! I know that London Sydney trip well...or did. QF8 advertised as the only one-stop service to Australia...London/Bombay/Perth/Sydney. 24 hours! Fortunately, as I was working on QF advertising, I got to travel first class. Bonzer! No ankle-biters in there! Trouble was, I never ever did get to actually experience the trip beyond Bombay. Not after a slab of tinnies. I'm sure the bastards put something extra in the amber nectar to knock you out. I only drank though cos I invariably found myself sitting next to a fucking yabber. So, for me London/Sydney was only ever 12 hours. Bloody bonza mate!
Must admit. I love Oz. Apart from the blowies! Forever giving the Aussie salute. Oh, and the fucking biters. Some nasties there! And if i ever find that bastard who convinced me to go bush-bashing on my first visit, I'll rip his doodle off! I thought I was gonna be having naughties with the sheilas, not driving through the never-never!
All-in-all it really is a beautybonzaripperborisextrafuckinggrouse place. The seppos will love it!
Give It A Burl
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Hello friend! I knew that journey well once upon a time. I travelled First Class. Excellent! Unfortunately I used to drink a lot of beer on the flight and I generally lost consciousness before the aircraft landed at Mumbai. I suspect the cabin staff may have interfered with my drinks though. However I must say that I only ever drank because I found myself sitting next to one of those interminable bores who doesn't know when to stop talking. So it was only perceived by me as a 12 hour journey which is very good.
I do like Australia. But the blowflies are a nuisance. One has to constantly wave one's hand in front of one's face to deter them. And there are many species that are deleterious to humans. I was persuaded to enter some fairly isolated rural areas by someone, if I find him again I'll ensure he enters the status of eunuch. I was under the impression I'd be having sex with lots of women, not driving for days along isolated bush tracks!
But on balance it is a wonderful place. Americans will love it!
Give it a try!
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Great Trans! I learned my Ozzie lingo from reading your online papers, and a few Oz based message boards!
One thing: Americans aren't Seppos. We're Yanks!
Sometimes better known as Bloody Yanks. Depending upon the speaker.
I must admit I don't use that term "Seppo". It's Australianised Cockney rhyming slang and funnily enough it's the one term that can be used in Australian rhyming slang without having to speak the full phrase. Cockney rhyming slang is differentated by its ability to be understood using only part of the phrase,eg.
"Went down the frog to the rub-a-dub-dub on me todd, got all Brahms and legged it home, cor blimey me plates ain't 'arf killing me!'
I was down the pub by myself, got drunk and had to walk home in a hurry and my feet are painful.
Frog and toad=road
Rub=pub
Todd= Todd Sloane (alone) - also Jack (Jones)
Brams and Liszt=pissed
legged is just a term in common use
Plates of meat=feet
Now in Australia the full phrase is used. "I picked up the dog and bone." "I picked up the phone."
Bit of differentation there.
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