How to talk nicely with Aussies and Kiwis?

[GUT2407]

Just now, lyndarra said:

Ditto, still do. Was playing with my G string about half an hour ago.

With the arthritis in my hands it’s a rare event now, played Violin and Bass too, so a few different G strings

[MicCanberra]

1 hour ago, GUT2407 said:

As an old guitarist??? Lots.

Nice recovery there GUT.😁

[MicCanberra]

Just now, GUT2407 said:

 a few different G strings

I like to dabble but prefer if they were absent.

[GUT2407]

1 minute ago, MicCanberra said:

Nice recovery there GUT.😁

Don’t think the only girlfriend I have ever had has even owned one

[GUT2407]

And doubt they make them in my size.

[MicCanberra]

3 minutes ago, GUT2407 said:

Don’t think the only girlfriend I have ever had has even owned one

Same here but then my girlfriends were never that musical.

[MicCanberra]

4 minutes ago, GUT2407 said:

And doubt they make them in my size.

Maybe a double bass or a cello then.

[GUT2407]

1 minute ago, MicCanberra said:

Maybe a double bass or a cello then.

Played a bit of Double Bass, but prefer to have frets.

 

[OzKiwiJJ]

13 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Okay, snarky is often associated with meanness or nastiness here

I'd say more often than not. Cheeky, playful comments don't usually get called "snark".

[MicCanberra]

18 minutes ago, GUT2407 said:

Played a bit of Double Bass, but prefer to have frets.

 

No frets or worries is better for me. Wouldn't want to string you along.

[oskarNZ]

FYI - a thong is underwear in NZ.  

We call our flip flops “jandals” and you aren’t a true-blooded kiwi unless you own at least one pair.  

[banzaii]

6 hours ago, lyndarra said:

And we don't get embarrassed wearing thongs in public.

Unless that's all we're wearing.

[banzaii]

7 hours ago, NSWP said:

And 'thongs' have a different meaning here.🤣

In UnZud flip flops or thongs are known a jandles (sp)

[banzaii]

6 hours ago, IslandThyme said:

Thongs used to be what we now call flip flops. Currently thongs are a sort of unfathomably uncomfortable underwear. What are they to you all?

 

6 hours ago, GUT2407 said:

Both actually, but mainly what you call flip flops, the underwear is more likely to be called a G string in my experience.

In an example of how American culture is costantly finding its way into Australian slang, we also use the term G-banger.  Not in relation to gang members but the bum flossing type of undies.

[MicCanberra]

43 minutes ago, banzaii said:

 

In an example of how American culture is costantly finding its way into Australian slang, we also use the term G-banger.  Not in relation to gang members but the bum flossing type of undies.

LOL, now there is an image that will take a few drinks to get out of my head.

[banzaii]

8 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

LOL, now there is an image that will take a few drinks to get out of my head.

Sorry, didn't mean to contibute to the corruption of your morals.😉

[MicCanberra]

1 minute ago, banzaii said:

Sorry, didn't mean to contibute to the corruption of your morals.😉

It is bad enough here in the ACT where everyone thinks we only have poliies, fireworks and porn. 

[banzaii]

7 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

It is bad enough here in the ACT where everyone thinks we only have poliies, fireworks and porn. 

All I know is that without the visiting politicians, including the  "conservatives", the porn/escort industry would have gone broke long ago.  And we don't even get to annoy the pets and blow off our own fingers anymore!

[MicCanberra]

Yep, the pollies keep a whole industry alive.

[banzaii]

44 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Yep, the pollies keep a whole industry alive.

Also for all the rhetoric that Canberra is full of bloody politicians, only 4 of them actually live here!

 

By the way OP, don't even talk to th he pollies, they are all "drop kicks"!

[IslandThyme]

G-banger hasn't made it up north, to my knowledge, although young people might say butt floss.

 

For drop kick I find this - is this correct and current? "An insignificant, contemptible or unfashionable person; a loser; used as a general insult." And, linguistically speaking, does this bear (can't believe I typed that) any resemblance to drop bear?

[GUT2407]

4 hours ago, IslandThyme said:

G-banger hasn't made it up north, to my knowledge, although young people might say butt floss.

 

For drop kick I find this - is this correct and current? "An insignificant, contemptible or unfashionable person; a loser; used as a general insult." And, linguistically speaking, does this bear (can't believe I typed that) any resemblance to drop bear?

Sounds like a fair description, but nothing like a drop bear, which is a majestic creature that only kills tourists.

[MicCanberra]

Drop bears are named as such due to their habit of dropping out of trees on unsuspecting victims (tourists).

[OzKiwiJJ]

I saw drop bears got a mention in the Sunday Sun-Herald Traveller section, along with the famous New Zealand town of Waikikamukau, pronounced "why kick a moo cow".

[Aus Traveller]

57 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

I saw drop bears got a mention in the Sunday Sun-Herald Traveller section, along with the famous New Zealand town of Waikikamukau, pronounced "why kick a moo cow".

When we toured NZ many years ago, our young boys loved pronouncing some of the town names. 'Wh' is pronounced as 'F' so the town of Whakawareware (I think I have the correct spelling) had an interesting pronunciation.🙂 It was the one time they were allowed to say something that sounded like the 'F' word and get away with it.

Edited August 26, 2019 by Aus Traveller