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    I couldn't give a rats as long as the meaning is obvious. For me aluminum , side walk and street car are correct terms. I am sure other English speaking countries would have some issue with creeping Australian isms. In a uni essay I did use the terms smoko , rdo and sickie. The grading that came back from the professor was less than glowing. Along the lines of not applicable for here.

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    And the most illogical American expression of them all:
    "Make America Great Again!"
    -Mitch
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger View Post
    And the most illogical American expression of them all:
    "Make America Great Again!"
    They want to ban soft cheeses.

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    What about the British speech weirdos?.....

    'At this moment in time' - Why not a simple 'now' or 'currently'?

    'I would have thought' - What the hell does that mean?

    .....and don't get me started on 'Brexit'!

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    Like your thinking

    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    Every night before going to bed, I extinguish the cat.
    Hello from Brisbane,

    This thought occurs to me most evenings when saying "nighty night" to the S3cat.

    Cheers,

    Neil

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    Amerish is certainly not the same as English or Auslish, no doubt about it.

    The other day I heard an Aussie female host ask a Japanese student, "Would you like a popper?" which caused consternation.
    "Popper, what is popper?" replied the girl, and rushed to Google to search the meaning, followed by, "Ah yes, popper. Yes, yes please."

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    ..... aaaaand more than one of an item is a bunch of...... Illogical American expressions? oops sorry about the bunch of a's up frontIllogical American expressions?
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    Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezz you blokes!
    Stop picking on the poor ol' Tanks.
    Crick Mosses, not our problemo they don't speak proper.
    Fair dink, you'd think we was bright enough to go out an educate em.

    I could call Johno to get onto Davo & see if Fred Nerk is available to do it?

    Fair crack of the whip leave the poor buggers alone.

    Nuf said.

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    "Illogical American expressions"

    Wot you guys call "Food"

    Guess what yanks, it ain't.

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    Hey. I think all of my expressions are logical, thank you very much! 😃

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