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author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2014, 03:11:32 pm
content: Hi DaveAs some of the EEV Blog viewers have trouble understanding Australian slang I wonder if you could comment on the following BBC article?http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27805070One thing they neglect to mention is the Tim Tam, having sampled these a few times I'm now arranging for a bulk supply.

author: TheBorg
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2014, 05:46:42 pm
content: Quote from: German_EE on June 12, 2014, 03:11:32 pmWhat, no Vegemite?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2014, 06:12:06 pm
content: That is alright, I had a nice bit of Oxo tonight, very similar to Marmite and Bovril. Had it as a snack on some Provita.I think you can buy it in the USA, or i will have to post some, but not to Aus, as there it is verboten.

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2014, 07:08:27 am
content: I don't know of a source of Vegemite in Germany but when I lived in the UK its equivalent (Marmite) was regarded as either a) nectar of the Gods or b) spawn of the Devil. Personally I tend to lean towards the spawn of the Devil view but I know that opinions differ.As for the original reason for the thread my first introduction to Australian slang was the Crocodile Dundee movies with, later on, the odd episode of Crocodile Hunter with the late Steve Irwin (when it wasn't dubbed into German). I have no problems with the Australian accent and slang but my girlfriend who is from Romania sometimes struggles.

author: TMM
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2014, 09:50:16 am
content: Half of those sayings i had never heard before (maybe i'm too young) but the rest of the article seems accurate. Shortening words is still very commonplace even amongst the middle-upper class.

author: jeremy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2014, 11:22:39 am
content: I'm with TMM, but I'm only in my twenties. But yes: mozzie, thongs, prawn, barbie (as in bbq), g'day mate, referring to women as "birds" or "sheilas", etc is all very much still common.Also: never quite understood the timtam hype. Sure, they taste nice and all, but I'd much rather have some european chocolate

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 13, 2014, 11:34:37 am
content: Chris Gammell once found a list of aussie slang phrases and he didn't think they were real, so he tried to prove it by tricking up me and SWMBO, we scored not far off 100% naming and explaining them. I think he was a bit shocked

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 13, 2014, 11:44:10 am
content: Quote from: German_EE on June 12, 2014, 03:11:32 pmThat a pretty piss-poor list of strine. Drier than a dead dingoes donger.QuoteI should put a video of me doing a Tim Tam Slam.

author: JonnyBoats
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2014, 01:49:12 pm
content: QuoteYes, please.

author: Thilo78
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2014, 01:51:33 pm
content: Quote from: JonnyBoats on June 13, 2014, 01:49:12 pmAbsolutely, yes!

author: Fred27
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 13, 2014, 02:32:29 pm
content: My favourite is from Charlie Cox (who used to be MotoGP commentator). He said of a really unlucky rider "if he fell into a bucket of boobs he'd come up sucking his thumb".