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  1. 19th September 2014, 08:15 PM #1
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    Australianisms

    There's been talk on another thread of how Aussie words and phrases are being replaced by a lot of Americanisms.

    So here's a thread to list some of your favourites.

    PLEASE DON'T copy and paste lists from other sites- post stuff that you've heard and who from- etc.

    I'll start with a couple that I read in an Australian WW2 war diary:

    Scattered all over the place like emu **** after lightning.
    Scattered all over like a mad woman's ****.
    Also, my dad used to yell at me "I'll brain you!" or sometimes "I'll crown you!"
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  2. 19th September 2014, 08:18 PM #2
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    My old man used to say, "Son, if your brains were dynamite it wouldn't blow a part in your hair" Just because I showed no interest in becoming a Chair & Cabinet Maker.
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    One of my father's favourites was, "Starve the flamin' lizards".

    It was used in the same sort of situations that might have provoked others to exclaim, "Stone the crows".

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    Just had an American friend visit and experience real Australia.
    He reckons he will be saying "I reckon" often when he gets home.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh View Post
    Just had an American friend visit and experience real Australia.
    He reckons he will be saying "I reckon" often when he gets home.
    "Reckon" is used quite a bit in the southern parts of the states. When I moved here, it really wasn't much of a stretch for me, as I grew up saying it


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    Uglier than a hatful of arseholes
    Drier than a dead dingo's donger
    Flat out like a lizard drinking
    Stone the crows
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    "Pigs arse" is a favourite of my father in law.
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    "As much use as a sore arse to a boundary rider"

    dad used to use that one, often...

    and when you think about it, its true!

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