American reacts to How to understand Australians | Expressions

[@tonysambar]

No coyotes in Australia mate. Road sign showed a camel, wombat and kangaroo.👍

[@Jeni10]

He might need glasses, because he didn’t recognise the kangaroo and also read “donzer” for “bonzer”. Get your eyes checked, Chrish

[@zalired8925]

Might have been when the roadrunner was over here.

[@robparsons1527]

Where I grew up petrol was often called Juice, "Gotta go to the servo, I'm almost outa juice."

[@zalired8925]

Or pedi. Outa pedi.

[@edwinakemp8554]

Some of my favourites: devo - devastated muso - musician ambo - paramedic barking spider - fart snot block. - vanilla slice There are so many others but it depends 'on where you are and who you're with. i had an ongoing play fight with my boyfriend who's from Melbourne. There is a deep fried and battered slice of potato you get from the fish and chip shop..i'm. a Canberran so call them potato scallops, but he says no, they are potAto cakes.

[@davidcruse6589]

In Adelaide we call them a potato fritter or cake never scallops but have herd of it 😂😂😂

[@derekinPhilippines]

Potato fritter

[@petethundabox5067]

@@davidcruse6589 scollops not scallops. Its NSW

[@edwinakemp8554]

@@petethundabox5067 scallops because of the flat shape. Im in the ACT and as far as i know they are the same here and down the south coast in NSW.

[@nolaj114]

The old-fashioned words she showed : Sheila = girl, dunny = lavatory, gander = look, as in have a look at something, bonzer or bonza! = great!, noggin = head. People don't say these much any more.

[@lynndally9160]

Dunny, gander and noggin are still used in Queensland

[@Jeni10]

The Dunny referred to the toilet that was outside in the backyard, the indoor ones came along in the late sixties and early seventies.

[@matthewcollas1404]

A slab of beer is a 30 pack of cans. A carton is 24 pack of stubbles. Stubbles is also a name for shorts. And no one I know calls the toilet a loo. We just call it a toilet

[@zalired8925]

Only person I've heard call the dunny the look is my old lady.

[@brackenboy6321]

I think calling a toilet a loo is just a girly thing.

[@clivegilbertson6542]

G'day Mate! It should be noted that a "Tinny" canals refer to a small aluminium boat for fishing...The "Stubby she referred to is a short bottle of beer of 375ml ( 12 fluid ounces) while a larger bottle of 750 ml( 25 fluid ounces) is a long neck. There is also the smaller 250 ml (8 1/2 fluid ounces)bottle which is a Twist Top...The old expression for toilet "dunny" was for an outside toilet... Cheers!

[@vegasvisitor-o3e]

Wow, mate your a sucker for punishment, this bird dronned on so bad that i bailed at the 4.30 mark

[@nolaj114]

One of my favourites that makes me laugh - povvo bird. This is for the police helicopter - the bird that flies over poorer (poverty) areas, so it's the povvo bird.

[@RyanRyan-qn2bq]

That’s funny I grew up in poverty areas in Sydney & seen that helicopter fly over many times, never heard that saying before.

[@zalired8925]

And there it is, pigs really can fly.

[@zalired8925]

​@@RyanRyan-qn2bqPig chopper.

[@SalisburyKarateClub]

I would personally call "mozzie spray" "bug spray" good for flies also.

[@zalired8925]

Depends what you want to nuke. Fly spray if your're going for flys, mozzie spray for mozzies and cocky spray for cockys. Bug spray if it's someone bugging you.

[@babyboomerinc]

so why do we lengthen AC/DC to accadacca?

[@utha2665]

Haha, I was about to say the same thing. I suppose we have to end the word with one of those eee, aaah or oh sounds?

[@alanjoyce2780]

Laughed when i heard their cover band was AB/CD

[@zalired8925]

It is actually shorter to say acadaca than ACDC and rolls of the tongue more easily.

[@Danceofmasks]

That video was defo not here to fuck spiders.

[@Lower_Class]

ya call someone DOG in Australia you'll get to see the hospital

[@zalired8925]

Reserved only for gronks and those who tell tales. Bit of an insult to the canine species actually so they are referred to as two legged dogs. Almost as low as a rock spider.

[@cherylemaybury9967]

I’m Aussie and I don’t have any stubby holders at all. But I don’t drink so don’t need them. Poli is a politician but a copper is a policeman.😊 names of people are usually shortened too. My name is Cheryle but I get called chezza or chez😊 sometimes it’s your surname gets shortened, like Thompson is thommo, 😊

[@zalired8925]

I don't drink alcohol but a stubby holder sure keeps a can of solo cold.

[@johnmartin-sg7cv]

If I have to go outside to smoke a cigarette I say "just ducking out to have a dart". Ducking out means to go outside, a dart is a cigarette. And a lot of us do say dunny when we refer to the toilet.

[@petethundabox5067]

I missed yours and had darts too. Dunny, crapper, shitter, thunderbox.

[@zalired8925]

Goin' for a duz.

[@zalired8925]

​@@petethundabox5067He's in the dunny can.

[@lynndally9160]

Smashed Avo on toast with a poached egg on top is one of the most popular brekkies ordered in cafes

[@fortymillioncoins9066]

"Cactus" - meaning broken or dead or in trouble.. "The car is cactus", "He's cactus." "I'm cactus". "Clacker" (which is the orifice of a hen which eggs and faeces come from)- "I'm going to ram him up the clacker" - meaning I'm going to rear end his vehicle with my vehicle. "I'll give him a kick up the clacker"- meaning you are so displeased with someone that you want to kick his backside. *What's the go?" meaning what have you been up to? or What's news? or what's happening in your life? "chunda/chunder/technicolour yawn/tiger" meaning to vomit or throw up- for example : "Bazza tigered all over the floor." "Shazza chundered in the car."

[@dutchroll]

The sale of alcohol in supermarkets in Australia is complicated. It is actually available in the supermarket aisle in some states whereas in others it is prohibited by licensing laws - particularly in the most populous state of New South Wales and the popular holiday state of Queensland. However some big supermarkets don't stock it in the aisle even when allowed. So Aussies are quite used to dropping into the "bottle-o", which is ironically often located right next to a supermarket and owned by it.

[@LifeasCary]

Mate, thanks for sharing this video!

[@Jeni10]

“Stubby” came from an American brewery that officially named their short beer bottles a STUBBY. Prior to that, beer was sold in tall bottles that contained the same amount of beer. The name Stubby has stuck and become generic in Australia since 1958. He ce we also have stubby holders, a soft rubbery foam cup that holds a stubby bottle and keeps your beer cool for longer. Esky is actually the original brand name that, over the decades, has become the generic name for any type of cooler, even when they’re a different brand.

[@zalired8925]

It was named after the bloke who made the first prototype for the bloke who invented the idea said "keeps it colder than an Eskimo in snow". The inventor bloke had a bad stutter could only get out eski trying to say Eskimo. Heard some bloke tell that to another bloke so it must be true. I think that's what they were talking about.

[@Jeni10]

@@zalired8925 Yeah, that’s called a yarn, mate!

[@zalired8925]

@@Jeni10 True as I tell you, sounds logistical to me so it must be I think.

[@zalired8925]

@@Jeni10 sounds logically I mean.

[@zalired8925]

@@Jeni10 logical

[@jacobwarren1498]

Sleep-in means to sleep past your typical wake up/alarm time btw. (I can't wait for Saturday morning I am going to sleep in)

[@leniere309]

The word servo comes from the service station which comes from times when there were people who came out to serve you when you pulled into the station. they use to put petrol in your tank, wash you front windscreen and do an oil and tyre check then they would collect the money from you, you never had to get out of your car, as a kid I used to see this all the time, late 50s through the 60s in some places. Cheers.

[@zalired8925]

I even remember a few around Wollongong up to the early 90's.

[@pmbcasas1]

There is one in Lindisfarne, Tasmania that still does this. It is great!

[@cljones3932]

Loads more, selfie came from the Aussie lol

[@allanhindmarch7323]

What? I use "dunny" all the time, but I'm 53.

[@zalired8925]

Going out to the out door dunny can at night out the back of the old farmhouse I grew up in used to scare the callacas out of me at night because it was pitch dark and the boogey man was out there somewhere. I always took a handful of stones to chuck at anything that made a noise out in the paddock. Poor sheep.

[@Jeni10]

Australians’ use of slang varies from location to location, state to state, and also the generational usage. Most slang is used by those under 30, as we age, we use it less and less, and even use older versions of slang that were around when we were in our youth. Americans don’t seem to use slang, it’s come via British English.

[@RyanRyan-qn2bq]

I’m over 30 & everyone I know speaks fluent Australian slang, it’s the city people who have lost the Australian accent.

[@continental_drift]

Slab refers to a pack of 24 cans/stubbies of beer (375ml) , not a carton of 12 beers. tinny/tinnie a can of beer or a small aluminium boat. stubby is a 375 ml bottle of beer. There used to be a Darwin Stubbie "The 2.25-litre (76.1 U.S. fl oz; 79.2 imp fl oz) Darwin Stubby has an iconic," stubby cooler is just what it is.

[@shaneb4612]

Don't forget the long neck or tallie, a 700ml beer.

[@davidcruse6589]

New Zealand people use bro rather then mate They also pronounce six as sex Fish and chips fush and chups Its one of the ways to tell the difference between Aussie's and kiwi's / NZL/ new Zealanders They also call thongs / jangles / you know as sandles They also call esky / chilly bin /cooler we also call them coolers as well depending on person In Australia 🇦🇺 loo not common now bathroom or toilet is more common Toilet where called out house Dunny shitter all older slang due to in that time they where seperste from house In the back yard you have a tiny building away from house and thats where Toilet would be hence out house as minnie house Same real early homes used to have long drops if you've been in military youll know what that is and why they are away from house Also laundry and bathroom for bathing where separate due to fire risk as only hot water was by boiling water in copper with fire Which made them fire risk to the main home and where most fires happened but these homes are 100 + yrs old But most have been modernised now either with attachments to main home On a odd action you will come across a original home but mostly way out in the bush where very few people live Kiwi's and us are like cousins like each other bet rib / stir the 💩 out of each other because we can You'll quite oftern hear Aussie's and kiwi's taking the piss out of each other regardless what site their on Hope this helps a bit cheers mate / bloke / cobber which are older slang as well for males 🦘🇦🇺👍

[@zalired8925]

Ask a Kiwi in New Zealand for a bun and they'll think you're having a go at them thinking you're asking for a bin. They don't know what a bun is, only bread roll.

[@brackenboy6321]

We love Kiwis anyway, you don't tease people you don't like.

[@allangoodger969]

THAT ROCK is what is left over from a Himalayan size mountain range. Have a look at "Uluru's Hidden Origins: From a Himalayan-Sized Mountain to Australia's Iconic Monolith | Ayer's Rock" by OzGeographics. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoGyeWxrq5lpntU

[@vtbn53]

Needless to say that the eagle mentioned is an Australian wedge-tailed eagle, not an American bald eagle. Also keep in mind this girl is a Victorian (who we in the northern states call Mexicans), term footy = Australian football is only true in the southern states, whereas in the northern states footy is far more likely to refer to Rugby League.

[@suemontague3151]

Well that's a "history lesson" or just BS, never bloody heard of Victorian's called "Mexicans "🙄, I'm from Victoria thanks!

[@vtbn53]

@@suemontague3151 Ignorance is not an argument. It's certainly NOT BS, what else would you call people "south of the border"???

[@suemontague3151]

​@vtbn53 I can assure you "mate " I'm certainly not ignorant, just never heard of people in the "Northern States " Calling people from Victoria Mexicans, thanks I'll tell the kids apparently we're Mexican 🙃😜

[@vtbn53]

@@suemontague3151 I never said people in the southern states call people from Victoria "Mexicans" I said people from the northern states, NSW + Queensland, call people Victorians "Mexicans" because you live south of the border (down Mexico way) and follow a weird game called "aerial ping pong". I suppose you have never heard of that either.

[@suemontague3151]

​@@vtbn53Goodnight now 😴 ✨️

[@suemontague3151]

Yep Aussies 🇦🇺, shorten everything, never heard of having avocado on toast, G'day have a good day/night mate

[@Jeni10]

America seems to prefer College instead of University, but a Uni has graduate and post graduate studies, not just tertiary education.

[@bluedog1052]

I would never say this to a Sheila, but why don't you duck out back to the dunny and have a good gander down the pit of shame and you might find a bonzer nugget, but if an Aussie ever said that to you, just use your noggin and don't be gullible, but if you do, don't be angry or the Aussies will laugh harder and move taking the piss to the next level. But if you realise what they're saying just call them fuckwits and laugh along, grab a beer, cheers them and you'll be mates for life. She's right though, we don't really use those words much...Dunny is toilet and is used I'd say commonly amongst friends (males mostly), the rest hardly ever these days.

[@Sticks31]

The game is Australian Rules (Aussie Rules) or footy, not AFL. The premier competition for footy is the AFL (Australian Football League). Calling the game AFL would be like saying "the kids are playing NBL" when you mean "they're playing basketball".

[@zalired8925]

Take a chill pill, everyone here call it AFL whether it's the amateur pub league, local district comp or national comp. It's just a name that everyone knows which has come to represent all Aussie rules comps unofficially. AFL is also shorter to say than Aussie rules which doesn't really abbreviate to much. Actually just thought of one, from now on all non AFL games shall from this moment on be called zrules. Nah that sux.

[@joeblankas55]

Gday mate I’m proud to be Australian

[@RickyisSwan]

If I meet you I will say, "owyergoin mate?" ....How are you going mate, equivalent of how are you mate. Otherwise I might say, "Gday mate"....Good day mate. Mostly in the past, but probably still used in some country/outback areas is something like the following. "I went down the frog and toad with my cheese and kisses and my boiling water to get a dogs eye with dead horse." Translated, "I went down the road with my missus (wife) and my daughter to get a meat pie with tomato sauce." The last part is still common such as at the footy, you might say to a friend, "hey mate, can you grab me a dogs eye with dead horse?" (Meat pie with tomato sauce.) (At an AFL grand final, around 2000 staff are involved in the selling of 17,000 meat pies)

[@zalired8925]

Nah it's ouwarya? or hyagoin?

[@RickyisSwan]

@@zalired8925 we all different. Imagine if everyone like the same thing? None of the guys would have any girls, they'd all be after me..........coz they like my modesty.👀

[@zalired8925]

@@RickyisSwan Yeh I'm modest too ya know. I always tell everyone I see that they don't need tell me how I'm the one all others aspire to be because I already know that I am. I also make sure I tell people there's no need to thank me for the privilege of acknowledging whoever is lucky enough to speak to me because everyone knows it's a privilege to be honoured by my presence anyway. How more modest can a bloke be? For some reason I've found the women don't like how modest I tell them I am once they discovered I might have exaggerated just a tiny bit about my abundant wealth about being able to buy them their dream life I accidentally mentioned, but very modestly of course.

[@RickyisSwan]

@@zalired8925 Loved the video I saw about a guy trying to chat up a girl sitting on a park bench? Much as he tried, she wouldn't have a bar of him. So then he walked to his car which was parked a few metres away. It was a Porsche. The girl immediately jumped up and showed great interest in him. Having asked for a ride in his car the girl was told she could jump in and accompany him to the car rental dealer. Suddenly the interest was gone again. Love is a many splendored (Porsche) thing. 😎

[@zalired8925]

@@RickyisSwan Classic. I've seen a few videos calling out gold diggers. There's also been a few unintended genuine chicks also who try to explain they didn't need to do that to impress and they actually prefer knowing they have bugger all so the bloke doesn't have to keep wondering if it's him or what he's got she wants before they know it's a set up. I've also seen girlfriends drop their man on the spot thinking they've just hooked the ticket to the top of the social list then try to beg the guy back to them after they've been fooled.

[@cireenasimcox1081]

Mate, "That rock!" is called Uluru...and has so much social & spiritual significance that a person (like a commenter below) could get the hump (be pissed off) to hear it dismissed as just "a rock"! It's a place of huge importance and spirituality to everyone in Oz, but most especially to indigenous Australians. In fact there's something called "The Uluru Statement" which was made in 2017 (full title -"The Uluru Statement from the Heart" ) is an invitation from the First Nation's people to non-Indigenous Australians to work together for reform to help realise Indigenous rights. So that, on it's own, is one thing that makes Uluru very special to Ozzies. But, to First Nation people, it would be like calling Westminster Abbey or Notre Dame just "a building". Oh, and btw - we call aboriginal people People of the First Nation - for obvious reasons (they've lived there for 40,000 years.) We begin any public speech thanking the First Nation for letting us stay in their glorious country. It keeps one humble, and ensures respect is shown to indigenous Australians. Of course you couldn't have known all this: though I've not come across anyone, anywhere, who didn't know about Uluru. But some tourists still call it "Ayers Rock" which you might know it as? But in current times that's pretty offensive. They may arrive calling it Ayers Rock. But they leave calling it Uluru.☺

[@Jeni10]

A sleep in, is when you sleep in! Not sleep over, that’s for children!

[@darneyoung537]

Mate means friend it’s not slang

[@MarkJessop-hq2uo]

avo is the worst thing I've ever eaten

[@AussiePom]

We have many immigrants in Australia now and many don't understand our shortening of words so we have to use the full word otherwise they have no idea what we're talking about and if you use the shortened version conversations take twice as long than they should do because we have to explain what we just said. This is due to immigrants having no intentions of being Australians and refusing to learn our slang. They come here and set up their own little overseas communities which are closed off to us Aussies. They have no intentions of integrating into the wider Australian society and the only time they go to Australian society is when there's no alternative in their local overseas community.

[@TomAtkinson-gq2wx]

Sheila - woman

[@wallycover7552]

Australia the oldest continent in the world

[@zalired8925]

Australia broke off while Antarctica was still joined to South America. Fun fact: marsupials originated from South America and migrated through Antarctica to Australia. Because non marsupial mammals hadn't reached Australia when we ditched Gondwana they survived and evolved to fill the place of mammals. Only two marsupial species were able to survive competition from non marsupials, the opossum and a south American possum species.

[@darneyoung537]

That’s rubbish, you don’t need to know our slang you will learn that from your Aussie friends