Three Month Anniversary!

It's official!!  James and I have been in Australia for 3 months as of Feb. 8!  My how time flies when you're busy and you move to another country on the other side of the world!!  (and of course when you're having fun!)  So, in honour of this 3 month anniversary, I have decided to share my list of Australian lingo that differs to Canadian terminology!  I must preface the list by saying that it is by no means complete and fully exhaustive - but - these are definitely ones that I have come across quite regularly here in Brisbane (I'm sure that there are many more  to discover in the coming days!)

Tah!



Alexis

tah - thank you
shopper docket - receipt
gas bottle-propane
gumboots - rubber boots
How you going? - How's it going? or How are you?
You right -  you're alright or you're fine
Get on - get along
Well done you! - good job!
witches hats - orange traffic cones
oldies - seniors
truckies - truck driver (usually transports I think)
boaties - boat drivers
pokies - casino
bikies - bike gang
hundreds and thousands - sprinkles
supermarket- grocery store
petrol- gasoline or gas
too easy- no problem
flash - fancy
torch-flashlight
jumper-sweater
nappy-diaper
thongs-flip flops
ute-truck
biscuits-cookies
scone - biscuit
chook-chicken
esky-cooler
icy pole-Popsicle
lolly oreet - candy
mince - ground meat
prawn - shrimp - so the saying "shrimp on the barbie" is not really used that often!
tomato sauce - ketchup
morning tea - morning break or coffee break
takeaway - takeout
carpark - parking lot
petrol - gas or gasoline
windscreen - windshield
tucker - food
aluminium pronunciation aluemineeum
foliage is pronounced foelege
truckloads / heaps - lots
chemist shop - drug store
postcode - postal code
flat / unit - apartment
mozzy - mosquito
look - what I'm trying to say is
shop - store
trading hours - hours of operation
bludge - waste of time
bludger - idiot
manky - gross
ferel - disgusting

Sunset on my walk home from the grocery store - one of the benefits of walking - I wouldn't have stopped in my car to take this photo!

same sunset - different filter

Sprinkles - mentioned above in the aussie lingo!

I didn't notice the slogan for "golden gaytime" when I first noticed it!  This gave me a chuckle!

So, this picture is upside down because silly blogger program won't let me turn it!  But we celebrated Australia Day on January 26th and Woolworths sold Australia shaped burger patties to commemorate the day!!  Hilarious

All the kids wear uniforms - whether they are in public or private school.  Their uniform even goes as far as their hats and their bags and someone told me that girls are only allowed to wear one piece of small jewellery - definately a great way to put everyone on equal footing no matter what the social status of the family is!  We should adopt this in Canada!

Then the guy on the right hand side of this picture started to give me the stink eye - because maybe he thought I was taking inappropriate pictures of young boys!!

 Here's a video of how people cross the street in the city - diagonally through the intersection!!  Makes sense!

This is evidence of how humid it is here!  Mushrooms growing on the side of the road!  No big deal. :)