I need a english to Aussie dictionary...

[MathewA]

Anyone got one? Looks like I'll need one real soon, just got my visa to move down under. DIMIA has given me till September to get down there or the deals off. I'm planning on being there for a month in May. For now I have sooo much to do.

[Wood Borer]

So whereabouts in Australia are you planning on going?

[gemi_babe]

Aussie Slang (http://www.aussieslang.com/)

Which state are you moving too?

[bitingmidge]

Mathew,

Congratulations!!

If you are coming to the Sunshine Coast (Maroochy Shire from your previous posts), look us up... you won't need a dictionary... ;) :D :D :D :D :D


Cheers,

P

[simon c]

hmm, A Canadian wants an English to Austarlian dictionary - that's a bit presumptious;). Maybe you need to go from Canadian to English and then from English to Australian.

[Termite]

If he wants a cheap fare maybe he could get himself shipped with the clamp order from LV. :D

[Rocker]

Mathew,
I add my congratulations to Midge's, and hope the you will visit me in Elimbah when you are over in May. Elimbah is not that far from the Sunshine Coast.

As for your dictionary, I suggest you look up "Strine" on Google. In fact, I don't think you will have any more difficulty with our dialect that you would if you went to Texas.

Rocker

[echnidna]

Welcome Mathew.
With 95 posts you have obviously been studying our lingo hard!

[Peter R]

Congrats Mathew, and thanks for your emails and help.http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon6.gif

Yes folks Mathew is a valuable bloke ot have, g,donya mate.

Don't worry about trying to understand what we Aussies are talking, from the stuff in these forums we don't know ourselves.http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gif

Welcome in the Doorhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon14.gif

Peter R

[MathewA]

Maroochy shire is where we have been accepted. My wife and I are under a fairly restrictive visa for the first 3 years. We have to live and work in the shire. Not a problem, it's where we were looking in the first place.
It's funny I live right now on the sunshine coast of western canada in the northern hemisphere and now will be moving to the sunshine coast of eastern Australia in the southern hemisphere. I'm gonna need a compass


So whereabouts in Australia are you planning on going?

[Iain]

Dictionary not neccessary, just remember the two little words 'My Shout', use them often and you will be accepted without question :D :D :D

[bitingmidge]

Mathew,

Don't forget to bring your woolies down in May, it's pretty much Winter then and you can rarely expect the maximum temperature to get above 26°.

(We all wear jumpers in the photographs, so the Victorians don't know what they are missing!)


:D :D :D

P

[silentC]

It's funny I live right now on the sunshine coast of western canada
Canada has a sunshine coast? :confused:

[JackoH]

Several years ago there was a paper-back available titled(I think) "Let'Stork Strine" by Prof. Alphabecklawder. You may still find a copy in an op. shop like the Salvos or St Vinnies.
Anyway I'm sure you'll manage very well once you get used to, and not annoyed at being mistaken for a seppo.

[silentC]

Here you go: http://www.textfiles.com/humor/strine.txt

[namtrak]

Canada has a sunshine coast? :confused:


Australia has a sunshine coast? I thought all the sunshine here was generated from Little Johnny's butt.

[Iain]

No, that was Joh and his partners in crime :D :D :D

[namtrak]

Australian strine today is not quite what A Weird Mob remember it as. Nowadays it is more likely to be something like:

Contemporary:

Wassuuuupppp dog, Im down wid dat. U cool wid me. Dats phat dog, im hip wid dat bling bling

Strine:

Gidday mate, whats happening. No worries, reckon your watch is pretty flash.

English:

Hello, how are you. I am well. Is that a Rolex?

Internet:

:D LOL Roflmao brb cu l8er, :cool: watch

[Daddles]

That's strange namtrak, I thought that Albury was still part of Australia. Apparently not.

Cheers
Richard
who is fluent in three languages - English, Australian and Profanity

[Iain]

Albury is a suburb of Wodonga Vic :D :D :D

[namtrak]

If the truth be known Albury is a character in a W. Somerset Maugham novel. And he drinks lashings of ginger beer and loves to give old Pip Pip a jolly good rodgering, say what!

[Daddles]

Albury is a suburb of Wodonga Vic :D :D :D

Ahh, it appears I was wrong. Albury is not part of Australia after all. :D

Anyone seen the plans to seceede Victoria? Apparently all the other states got together and planned to line the Victorian border with dynamite. The blast would seperate Vic into a largish island that could then be towed to a spot just south of New Zealand. Serious. I've seen the Govt document proposing it. :D

Cheers
Richard

[Geoff Allen]

Daddles,

BRING IT ON! Can't wait to move!

Then we wouldn't have to waste all that money supporting your bit of desert. Is it true that the state capital is now Baxter DC? Is it safe to swim in the sea yet with killer sharks or do you all go out to Olympic Dam for a wash?

Geoff

Republican of Victoria :p

[Christopha]

The only reason Tassie isn't heaps further south is because Victoria sucks....

[Kev Y.]

Gentlemen and others (christopha)

I have been following this thread and have come to the conclusion that Mathewa is actually the long lost RANDY

remember him:

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=7

and

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=3499&highlight=randy

and
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=2522&highlight=randy

and then

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=2523&highlight=randy

[MathewA]

And "I'll have a fosters":)




Dictionary not neccessary, just remember the two little words 'My Shout', use them often and you will be accepted without question :D :D :D

[bitingmidge]

:eek: :eek: :eek:
Better make that a XXXX

(You don't want anyone to think you're a southerner!!)

P
:D :D :D

[MathewA]

Oh my god I'm in trouble! You guys really do have your own language. I better learn sign language. 2 fingers up aus = 1 finger up north american, or something like that...:D




Here you go: http://www.textfiles.com/humor/strine.txt

[MathewA]

26! that's a hot day around here and I live in the banana belt of canada.


Mathew,

Don't forget to bring your woolies down in May, it's pretty much Winter then and you can rarely expect the maximum temperature to get above 26°.

(We all wear jumpers in the photographs, so the Victorians don't know what they are missing!)


:D :D :D

P

[MathewA]

The real question though is victoria a 9 or a 10 if ya know what I mean:eek:


Victoria sucks....

[MathewA]

One more thing should I bring some real maple canadian sirup for ozwinners pancakes

[MathewA]

Sometimes i feel a bit randy does that count!:D


Gentlemen and others (christopha)

I have been following this thread and have come to the conclusion that Mathewa is actually the long lost RANDY

remember him:

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=7

and

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=3499&highlight=randy

and
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=2522&highlight=randy

and then

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=2523&highlight=randy

[bitingmidge]

One more thing should I bring some real maple canadian sirup for ozwinners pancakes

Yes please, and I'll deliver it to him personally!

P
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[silentC]

:eek: :eek: :eek:
Better make that a XXXX

(You don't want anyone to think you're a southerner!!)

P
:D :D :D
If you ask for a Fosters there's no danger of being mistaken for a southerner. The only people who drink that stuff are foreigners. Can't remember the last time I saw anyone order a Fosters. Can you still buy it in Australia?

[bitingmidge]

It's a NZ Brew isn't it?

P :D

[Termite]

And "I'll have a fosters":)
First lesson, nobody (well not many) people in Australia drink Fosters. Its an export brew designed to eliminate as many other people in the world so ve der master... sorry must have missed my medication, so we can fool the other people in the world that we drink p1$$ and wont want to come here and use our beautiful timber. :D

[Sturdee]

I better learn sign language.


Make sure that is our sign language ( auslan) which also is different from other countries.


Peter.

[Termite]

One more thing should I bring some real maple canadian sirup for ozwinners pancakes
Bring it for everyones pancakes :D

[Iain]

And two fingers up is a Roman Centurion ordering five beers :D :D :D :D

[bitingmidge]

Or a butcher ordering four......
P :D

[MathewA]

What ever I have to lay on for the trip I'm keeping.


If he wants a cheap fare maybe he could get himself shipped with the clamp order from LV. :D

[bitingmidge]

Mat,

Great News!

Queensland has just (today) launched an Ice Hockey team into the national league, when you get here you'll be rooting for the Blue Tongues no doubt!! Don't get too excited, Ice Hockey is as big here as Australian Rules is there!

Although it is true, Darwin had a world champion Ice Hockey team in the 70's as I recall, (and if all the details are not altogetherly the way it was then perhaps someone from there could correct it.)

The tides in Darwin are a bit big, (like 8-10 metres) and there is this spot called "the Rock" which is accessable by foot at low tide, and of course becomes an island for the rest of the time. A few locals took to "sitting" on the rock and consuming a few rations while waiting for the tide to recede, and as this activity grew in popularity, an unofficial "Rock Sitter's Club" was formed.

Time passed, and a few of the members noticed that the hours of Sitting and consuming alcohol were taking their toll on fitness and they decided to take up Ice Hockey. They would walk around the flats at low tide checking all the puddles to see if they'd frozen over, but none of them ever were, so they would go back to the rock, crack a few dozen more, and wait.

Eventually the club decided to send out challenges, so they invited the Canadian national team (then World Champs) down for a test. Canadians wimped out, and the Darwin Rock Sitter's Ice Hockey Club became world champions by default!

You'll love it here!

P :D

[ozwinner]

Yes please, and I'll deliver it to him personally!

P
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Ill keep you to that too.

Al :D

[MathewA]

You'd think Canada would have the oldest recorded hockey traditions right - no so. The oldest recorded rivalry in hockey is between Oxford and Cambridge in the UK, 1885.

Actually they used to broadcast a lot of Aussie rules football here. They might still, but I don't get those stations anymore. The only rule in that game is play on isn't it. I'm more a rugby union fan, but can adapt. First Wallabies vs All Blacks game I saw was in Fiji. It nearly turned into a punch up between the Aussies and Kiwis. They had to get a couple of big Filians to baby sit the tv room in the hotel for the rest of the game.


Mat,

Great News!

Queensland has just (today) launched an Ice Hockey team into the national league, when you get here you'll be rooting for the Blue Tongues no doubt!! Don't get too excited, Ice Hockey is as big here as Australian Rules is there!

Although it is true, Darwin had a world champion Ice Hockey team in the 70's as I recall, (and if all the details are not altogetherly the way it was then perhaps someone from there could correct it.)

Snip

You'll love it here!

P :D

[silentC]

It nearly turned into a punch up between the Aussies and Kiwis.
I thought you meant on the field. I could believe that too. We love the Kiwis :D