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Pastimes : Common Errors in (American)English -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dalin who wrote (49)	6/10/1999 3:06:00 AM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 228

Off Topic. -- Australian, has been said, is derived from the English language... here are a few examples: Amber or Amber fluid: Beer. Booze bus: Police van used for random breath testing for alcohol. Chunder: Vomit, drive the porcelain bus, kerbside quiche, pavement pizza, liquid laugh, rainbow sneeze, technicolour yawn. Earbash: Non-stop talk. From arsehole to breakfast: All over the place. Grog: General term for alcohol. Hotel: Sometimes means only a pub. Icy-pole: Frozen lolly water or ice cream on a stick. Jackaroo or Jillaroo: Trainee on a cattle station (ranch or farm). Knackers: Testicles (also love spuds, nuts, nads). Oz: Australia, as in Oz-tralia. Ratbag: Someone who does not behave properly. Septic: Disparaging term for an American ("septic tank" rhymes with "Yank"). Strewth!: It's the truth! An exclamation, often of surprise. Taswegian: Resident of Tasmania (patterned after "Norwegian"). Wowser: Spoilsport or puritan. Yank tank: An American car.