The Fair Dinkum, Ridgy Didge, Dinky die, True Blue, Dyed-in-the-wool, Let's Talk Stri

[Baz]

How well do you understand "Strine?" Aussies are reknowned for the colourful expressions in everyday use. Just a few of these are shown here. Check yourself out and see how you cope with a bit of the Downunder lingo.

(Aside from DB:- Although Australia is officially an English speaking country, after taking this quiz you may have your doubts. Good luck, mate!)

The Fair Dinkum, Ridgy Didge, Dinky die, True Blue, Dyed-in-the-wool, Let's Talk Strine SAO Quiz!

Question #1 is:

1. Bluey, Gazza, Macca and Terry are sitting at the bar, Sunday afternoon, and the cricket is on Fox. How much is a beer?

(go to the link to take the 20 question quiz)

[Heel n Toe]

I've always loved Aussie slang... "go for a slash in the dunny," "flash as a rat with a gold tooth," "chuck a wobbly," "road train"... all great fun.

[LakeCleElum]

I have a sandwich and beer in a "hotel" north of Brisbane by a few hours. I ask what I owe. Bartender sez:
A Dean, I say "what?", he sez:
A Dean dollars???
Bill was: $18.00

[Outback Porsche]

Fair suck of the sav, mate, it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.

[LakeCleElum]

Australian slang dictionary

[Outback Porsche]

It'd be nearly time for some horizontal folk dancin'. I'm off to the fart sack. Hooroo.

[Outback Porsche]

Back. The missus chucked a wobbly and told me I had buckleys.

[Baz]

This thread is the top of the wozza, I reckon!

[dtw]

I love Aussie accents/idiom.

Not directly related, but this thread reminds me of a strip from the Oatmeal about British idiom versus American English.

British accents VS American accents - The Oatmeal

[flatbutt]

GAFA!!! that's a beauty!!

[Hawkeye's-911T]

Hey Bazza
When I lived in Sydney (Waverton) there was a local 'pub-band' called the 'Zarsoff Brothers'..."Bluey, Blowey, & Terry". Mind you this was back in the mid 80's & I was working in North Sydney. I do miss it all a fair bit.
Cheers
JB

[Langers]

You realise noone really talks like this, right?

[davidbir]

Who's "noone"?

Aussie foreplay "Orright Shiela! Brace Yerself!!"

[Hawkeye's-911T]

Hey Bazza

A footnote to my time in Sydney - 2 paperbacks & 1 small hardcover book given to me by some mates: "How To Survive Australia" & "How To Be Normal In Australia" - both by: Robert Treborlang & "Let Stalk Strine and Nose Tone Unturned" by: Afferbeck Lauder. Quite humourous reads.

Cheers
JB

[cairns]

I got 20 out of 20. I must be spending too much time down there. But it's true most of that slang is rarely used. Except in Queensland. That place is full of galahs.

[shadowjack1]

I got 16 right. The last time I was down under was in 1971 on R&R.

[Hawkeye's-911T]

By cairns: Except in Queensland. That place is full of galahs

OK "cairns" - I've got one for you; Why is Queensland's beer of choice called 'XXXX'?........... Because Queenslanders can't spell beer.
I also had the misfortune of mispronouncing the name of the town 'Cairns' while on a holiday up in the Whitsundays. I got quite the roasting over that one. The place has a ton of great memories.

Cheers
JB

[Baz]

J.B. - Good on ya!

Here's what a mate in Darwin wrote me....

Our lingo -

It is wide and varied

And unlimited



Sometimes when my mates talk in Aussie slang I piss myself laughing

It’s the kind of language you can make up as you go along but there are ways of making it up

And we all do it, just some a lot more than others

It is so entertaining



“The top of the wozza”

That’s one

If I am talking about a new car and I am referring to the top of the line model with all the options, I can say it’s the top of the wozza

It’s slang, loaned from other slang

The wozza can mean the male appendage if you say it right at the tight time

The top of the wozza is the business end – the best end of it

So, the top of the wozza generally means the best one of it’s kind based on specifications

You would not say a particularly successful man is a top of the wozza but his car might be



There are thousands of them

And they are very entertaining



Have you heard this one yet?



It is definitely working class level, which is where a lot of really good Australian speak comes from

A good Aussie working class person is one of the better people on Earth

[Bill Douglas]

Bazza, did I tell you I'm almost Australian. My Grandads people were origional settlers at Bombala and setup a farm called Cragie Station. The Lawsons are still there.

So I can talk sheet with the best of them.

[theFONZ]

The Aussies I ran around with in Afghanistan were were awesome. I always enjoyed listening to a good story from them. They were told by their command to not use the C-word around the Americans because we would get offended. I think the story of that briefing had the word about 20 times. "So this c@@@ told us were weren't allowed to say C@@@ around you Yanks." I've forgotten most of them, but they had no shortage of colorful phrases.