riding on the coattails of imhavingagreattime "What's The Most Australian Thing You've Ever Heard?" post
Let's juxtapose, so give us the worst you have and share them with fellow Aussies for a few laughs.
Personal Favourite: "would you like to leave a tip" (waiter at restaurant)
my ma mite like it.
Dude
Yes, and I'm very happy to be sexist in saying that it's even worse when women use it - ever - let alone as regularly as some women in their early twenties do when talking to each other.
Also, by anyone at all: 'Lucked out' - although most Australians seem to think that means you were somehow unlucky, not the other way around…
Both are horrible Americanisms that I could well do without hearing.
/rant
Don't have a cow, man.
I really respect our politicians,
I could never chuck a sickie
gtfo
that NZ invented Pavlova
Using the word "Un-Australian".
This.
I don't even know what "Un-Australian" means.
That's just Un-Australian.
Not having lamb, apparently.
Throw another shrimp on the barrrbeee
In the name of tourism, it did work, though…
Where the bloody hell are ya?
Hahaha I love how controversial that one was
favor
traveled
analyze
center
pediatric
license
catalog
I thought licence and license are different words.
I thought one was a car licence, a noun. The other was the liquor commission provided a license to the restaurant.
Or am I just wrong haha.
Edit: fixed my own mistake.
Both of your examples use a noun. License is the verb for everyone but USA. "The liquor commission licensed the restaurant."
Aluminum (apparently it's only called that by Americans because their first shipment received had a typo and they recognised this but decided what the hell, just go with it.)
Not even close - the party that researched the chemical element used both spellings in their write ups.
Americans chose to use one annunciation; pretty much everywhere else chose the other.
Yeah fair enough, you're right, I concede. I was just saying what I was taught in private school :P.
Incorrect. The guy who discovered it named it allume, then changed it to aluminum, and then changed it again to its current and correct name - aluminium. I know this by heart cause I'm a yank and often try to fix this very broken language. Yanks, Aussies and Britons all screw it up. I would like to reform it. It is THE most convoluted and complex language - needlessly.
Canceled.
"Dialing."
I first saw that on a fax machine years ago and thought the manufacturer had made an obvious typo.
I laughed and laughed. Now I know that it was done on purpose, I cry…
Zee instead of Zed.
Bro
Fosters- Australia's favourite beer.
Haven't you just got normal filter coffee?
American filter coffee tastes like it has been filtered through an ashtray
We ride Kangaroos and live in the bush.
Though, I think just continuing on those misconception is very Australian thing to do, sorta like talking about dropbears to tourists.
What 'misconception'?
Dropbears are real, and all tourists need to be convinced of that. Even that esteemed journal Buzzfeed understands that: Also, not a bad little indie band from the 1980's.
Conversely, even people still overseas now understand that we don't ride kangaroos to school/work, anymore. These days, 'most of the time', we just take selfies with them, and that they, one day, will, too… :)
hey hey !
I still tell my rellies in the states we do this!
It's one of the things that I love about this country.
We can get away with telling the most outrageous stories* about Aussie wildlife, real or otherwise in order to get a rise out of a non-Aussie. The great thing is that no matter how unlikely the story, another Australian will almost always back you up on it, even if you've never met them before. It's like a shared in-joke** on a national scale.
*Apart from the fact these stories actually happened. Dead-set truth. I wouldn't lie to you.
**Not actually a joke though. Seriously. It's our duty to warn the unwary.
When buying a pie: "Sauce is 50c extra.".
what happened to the huge sauce jug with the pusher dispenser?
Good to see here @ OzB we are ready to tackle the big questions, just like 60 Minutes…
At least we won't get arrested for it lol
I dunno mate, there were a lot of crims in that other thread suggesting we should run our own network cables…
and $7.90 for a beer at the footy!
There's drop bears in there!
wouldn't it be "mate, I ain't afraid of no drop bears"
Nah mate
truth.
Also, why do you eat your national emblem?
I'm so sick of these convicts, hold on……
Outback Steakhouse
I root for x team
I don't drink
I will Punch the next american european that makes another crack on tv about the way we talk.
and for the last time there are no kangaroos bouncing all over the place.
no really, I heard a tourist ask it's mate where are all the kangaroos.
'Wystri Warrick' is a damn good name for a wallaby. I saw one of those, recently, and I've also lived in a place or two where I saw kangaroos every single day. No quokkas, unfortunately.
The many people who live in the outer suburbs of our cities, see roos regularly, and not-so-outer-suburbs, in parts of our 'Bush Capital', Canberra.
You should go for a bit of a drive, Warrick. I'm worried about you.
Refrain from punching tourists.
Choice fush'n'chups, bro!
"(profanity) off, we're full."
That's not the Australian way IMHO.
Sounds pretty Australian to me
So is your username.
Bravo. Underrated.
Go back to your own country
Yet, it's funny how a lot of "Australians" say that…
How and why is that funny?
Well simply because "Australians" technically come from England and that Aborigines are technically the "true Australians" so to speak.
Australians "come from England"? Ugh. I think you'll find disagreement there.
(I get your point, but it's poorly executed)
@phoenixx: Yeah sorry, I just realised the mistake there but my point still stands. Just as you put it could have been executed better.
"A lot" of Australians say that? Hardly
I find people jumping on the "I'm not racist/bigoted" bandwagon with over the top and incorrect generalities to be unAustralian.
It really depends on the suburb too IMO, I live out west and have heard it more than I do when I go towards the city. I think it's not so much Australians I should be saying but maybe lads and bogans?
Just mentioning this and people get defensive.
"That's not right, let's think about it and take action to put it right"
"hey, that country has a better system, we should think about adopting it"
"that imported product is actually fine for Australian conditions"
"I accept your opinion johnny foreigner and I'm not going to tell you to f'off back to where you came from"
"house prices can't go up forever"
"let's not do a burnout in this family neighbourhood"
"I'm don't need this huge steel bullbar in suburbia, it could seriously hurt someone"
"sorry, it was my fault"
"it's best not to tailgate"
"I'm only going to change lane when there's an appropriate gap"
"this country needs more professional and educated people"
"this country needs manufacturing"
"T and D have different sounds"
Nailed it.
Johnny Foreigner = great band name
"this country needs FTTH rather than a mishmash of borderline obsolete technology"
"What a fine player Stuart Broad is."
Do you want fries with that?
Not as much self-righteous or self-hating stuff in here as I expected.
Still a fair bit of the usual PC agenda shit though…
Lol how about wearing the Australian flag as a cape, lol gets me all the time
its the cheapest flag…
… for poor super heroes.
McDonalds… Who the hell says McDonalds… it Maccas and not the American company stole it from us… T-T
go back to your farm old man
Dont take me away to the special farm! I will be good i swear!
Sportsmanship. (at least in cricket)
Grant Hackett is a really good role model
That's easy,
"Australia love it or leave it"
No I don't want to stop at that sausage sizzle
OzBargain sucks
The Cronulla Riots
"(profanity) off we're full"
Plagiarism.
Nah mate, I don't think I could go another beer.
what's OzBargain?
I could care less.
Tomato sauce on a snack pack
I shagged that ***
Hamburger
Please explain ?
that is a good reason not to smash ya bloody face in.
Put a shrimp on the steamer
whadda ya mean yah don't like vegemite !?