English... its all the same language... or is it.

[notsmokinjo]

27.... Servo (or petrol station)

Edited December 15, 2018 by notsmokinjo

[notsmokinjo]

29 ... Bottle-o

 

[notsmokinjo]

30... budgie smugglers

 

31.... ok another one that depends on where you live in Australia or even what side of the river you live in Melbourne... options are.... bathers, togs, swimmers or cossy.... in Melbourne it tends to be bathers or togs.... as a kid in Port Melbourne it was ya togs... but when I moved to Werribee on the other side of the Yarra it became bathers.... hey @Cbdave what do the QLDers call them??

 

[Cbdave]

G’day

Togs or swimming togs

C

[WeegieWoman]

29 bevy shop 

30 trunks 

31 cossie 

[Wee fluffy me]

29.  Offy 

30 & 31 same as Weegie..

 

Strange we are both from same place just different times.. some names change..

[Doreensfree]

26 Bills ...

27 Petrol Station.

29 Offy

30 Cossy and nut crushers ...

 

 

[notsmokinjo]

 

^^ this time of day is the ARVO.... and if i was talking about today it would be SARVO (this arvo)

[Doreensfree]

We call this the savo....as in the savo I'm going to the shops !!!!

[notsmokinjo]

OMG scouse and aussie aint that different.... we would say... tomorrow arvo I'm goin shoppin but sarvo I'm goin to the footy.

 

I frickin wish I was going to the footy sarvo.

[Doreensfree]

No wonder I understand alot  of what you say ..whahaha......

[Reciprocity]

This is what I see in my mind when you ladies talk about footy  

Edited December 19, 2018 by reciprocity

[notsmokinjo]

So you put these things on your Christmas Tree to make it pretty... I picked up the one below last night so  I could have a bit of the pool on my tree....

 

So in my house they are Chrissy Decos/Decorations if being formal.... at my mum's, cos she thinks she's all proper, they are ornaments..

 

Edited December 19, 2018 by notsmokinjo

[Doreensfree]

I love that !!!!.....a perfect Christmas Decky..... Fab- u - luss.....

[notsmokinjo]

On 12/14/2018 at 11:52 AM, Rozuki said:

8 Flip flops or Thongs

 

Yay... I just realised that I think I love the long islanders.... someone other than an Aussie calling thongs thongs and not meaning g-strings..... yay Long Island!

[notsmokinjo]

32 ...  a ute

 

 

33... a truck

 

34... a semi

 

35... A B-Double

 

36... a Road Train

[WeegieWoman]

33 van

34 lorry 

 

I've never seen 32, 35 or 36

[notsmokinjo]

^^ You have never seen a Ute??? sometimes the less flashy ones look like:

 

 

Oh and this is a van....

[WeegieWoman]

Aye av seen the less flashy ones. And that van we call a transit van btw jo word of advice you canny come to Glasgow and start talking about semis

[notsmokinjo]

Wot your truckies don't drive semis?.... lol... kinda assuming it half mast reference.

[WeegieWoman]

Yes

[Doreensfree]

A semi in Liverpool is a house ...detached from another ....lol..

See also have vans ..and lorries .....

[notsmokinjo]

^38..this is a rubber .... Cos it rubs things out .

[Doreensfree]

38...Rubber here also....I rubbed out alot ...lol....

[Cbdave]

G’day

rubber cause... it’s rubber

 

Edited February 10, 2019 by Cbdave