- He also taught the other salesmen how to say WANKER and BLOODY and MATE and mean it. LOL (They call him "Import") - Susan
- Maybe you could tell the locals that HOOROO is an aboriginal term for sex goddess or something. - Dee
- I've gotten to a point where Americans and Australians sound almost alike, and if I want to pick out where someone is from, I listen for where they put their "r's". - Janet
- Then I hear twice in one bloody day about how I don't have much of an accent any more. And if I ask some of my American friends if I sound like a Yank they look at me like I have two heads... - Jodi in NY
- She tells me she's English. I felt like asking, "Are you sure?" LOL She had that same upward inflection at the end of her sentences that many an Aussie woman has. I think she really is an Aussie, but maybe in some witness protection program and had to throw me off. - Beth
- And the number one thing my hubby says and refuses to change is:
He calls EVERYBODY MATE . Phone people, strangers on the street, my son, the cats. Gotta love him - Catwoman
- .. when I landed in Sydney, (after being over here 4 1/2 years,) the Aussie accent sounded hilarious to me, it was really strange! - Aussiemaid
- That's so funny that you mention sook... I started to say that when I was out with friends the other day, and I stopped before it came out so I could translate into Yank, but I drew an absolute blank! - Rene'
- ... and he said something like .... "by the end of the night we were all pissed as newts". An American turned to me and said "Are newts known for getting pissed?" - Peta
- Oh man, I laughed long and hard about Castle Weary!!!!! What's that? Scared of a tired old building??? I think you MIGHT mean Cassowary!! - Rebecca
- Just today, I'm at work, someone rang up and I answered "No" in response to a question he asked. He didn't understand me and I had to repeat myself many, many times. In the end he asked "What does "ner" mean" and I told him I'd just transfer to who he needed to speak too! I know I should be used to this by now, but some days you're just NOT in the mood, right!?? (Especially if you've been in this country this long and all the people back in Oz pay you out about having a "Yank accent" all the time!!). - Jodie in NC
- Oh yeah, and fairly recently there was a thread started on here about Aussies saying "Yes No" in the same breath. I have noticed a number of my family and friends saying exactly that!!!!! (I perhaps would not have noticed if someone had not pointed it out a while back?). Wow. I kind of feel like a foreignor a little!! - Jodie in NC (currently in Oz)
- MY husbands name is Jam (James) and I am Nam...and IF we have kids we will call them Tim and Tam! - Nam
- I can assure you that I will never wanna hear the "smarties" song over anything. - Wolf
- Ok, now I'm spitting the dummy - Rose
- The last time we ordered meals with 'COKE'. Out of the speakers comes this voice 'Sorry sir we dont have any CAKE'. - Skippy in KY
- The hairdresser and I got to talking and she loved the Aussie accent so much she didn't want the conversation to end, so my hair kept getting shorter and shorter! - Pauline
- I tell people I'm from the South - way South! - Felicity
- He always says to me to never change the way I talk as that is what he loves, He still gets tickled at my aluminium!!!!! - Sabrina
- This seems to be happening more and more with people thinking that we are both Aussies, so now I call him my Aussie man.. but I did tell him since everyone thinks he is an Aussie then he has to start liking lamb.. - Deb
- I used to work for a chain bookstore, and everyone kept saying "You should meet so-and-so, she's Australian, too"...well so-and-so and I finally did meet, and she's actually South African...apparently all we Southerners sound the same to the American ear...LOL!!! - Ginnie
- The best one I've been asked is if I'm German! And that was 10 minutes after someone else asked me if I was Scottish!? LOL - Jodie in NC
- " you speak great english for an Australian". - Shirl in Il
- I guess the one that amazed me the most in my own experience, was being asked if I British - by a Pommy furniture store owner! - Rose
- I was at a party Saturday night, and someone asked me what language we spoke down in Australia! - Julie
- My wife went to the local Krispy Kreme store last night to pick up a dozen doughnuts. The sales girl loved her accent so much, she threw in a free dozen! YIPPEE!!!!! - Ozconnor
- My hubby and I were in Las Vegas, I ordered a cup of coffee with a drop of milk in it and an Equal. The waitress confirmed my order saying "so you want a coffee, a glass of milk and an eggroll - Stephanie
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