weird things aussies do

ceegee

The "finals" system in AFL - semifinals, finals, grand final instead of quarters, semis and final.

The Aussies I worked with couldnt see why I found it strange

Mellor

ceegee wrote: »

The "finals" system in AFL - semifinals, finals, grand final instead of quarters, semis and final.

The Aussies I worked with couldnt see why I found it strange

It's because of the different format in AFL. It's not a single elimination format like in soccer or the all-ireland. Where you have 4 matches, 2 matches, 1 match. With the winners proceeding each round.

In AFL it wouldn't make sense to call the 3rd last round quarter-finals as there isn't 4 matches. There's only 2 so they call them semi-finals. And not all the matches the previous week are elimination matches, so they aren't quarters either.

I think they could have definitely come up with a better naming convention but I understand why they didn't use the traditional quarter, semi, final.

Calling them "Preliminaries" > Semi-finals > Grand final would be better. But too late now.

markymark21

I hate the way they pronounce the word hostel as... Hos-tel!

zweton

i hate the way they put lumps of salt and herbs on everything,trying to give me a heart attack or wha!

man1

Pronounce creche as "CRAYSCH" :eek:

Claasman

dacks = boxer shorts

ellaq

Been paranoid about that creche word for years........gets looks of pity for my mispronounciation whenever I have to say the word and it is a word that I have to say a lot.

I have taken to ask for chips unsalted when we eat out. The ones caked in rock salt are the worst.

Sundy

You mean hot chips?

man1

ellaq wrote: »

Been paranoid about that creche word for years........gets looks of pity for my mispronounciation whenever I have to say the word and it is a word that I have to say a lot.

I have taken to ask for chips unsalted when we eat out. The ones caked in rock salt are the worst.

When I say creche, they give me a pity look too and say "oh you mean CRAYSCH", I then say "no I mean CRECHE!!!!". It never goes down well!!

Another one is calling a strimmer a trimmer...:eek:

mandrake04

man1 wrote: »

Another one is calling a strimmer a trimmer...:eek:

Never heard of a Trimmer just a Whipper Snipper.

woolymammoth

mandrake04 wrote: »

.. just a Whipper Snipper.

THAT! confused the bejaysus out of me. Spent ages looking for one, and got many a funny look from people when i asked about strimmers, until i realised they called them whipper snippers.

Slidey

Calling a Consaw a "quick cut"

There is a good few mechanics tools that have different names here but to be fair it may be a lot to do with our names and the yanks influence too

mandrake04

woolymammoth wrote: »

THAT! confused the bejaysus out of me. Spent ages looking for one, and got many a funny look from people when i asked about strimmers, until i realised they called them whipper snippers.

Same with Power washers took me ages to work out why Aussies called them 'Gurneys'

then I found out it was 'Gerni' which is a Danish power washer company.

But Irish people do the same thing, was at a wedding a few months ago and we give this Irish guy a lift and he left a bag in my wife's car. He kept going on to my brother-in-law that he had to get his bag from 'The Jeep' which confused him since we don't have a Jeep....... its a Toyota Landcruiser.

ellaq

My mother calls my car a Jeep too. It is a Landrover Discovery. I have given up trying to explain the difference. It is the whole Hoover thing again.

s.c

mandrake04 wrote: »

Same with Power washers took me ages to work out why Aussies called them 'Gurneys'

then I found out it was 'Gerni' which is a Danish power washer company.

That explains it. I was wondering were Gurney came from.

Claasman

flash for cash = speed cameras
RBT'D = Randomly breath tested
Maccas = McDonalds

AngryHippie

DT's=Dick togs=Budgie smugglers

Zambia

Collected = Hit by a car/something

"So the commodores collected him and sent him down the creek bed"

crushproof

The lack of best before dates on eggs is quite annoying, delightfully found this out yesterday during breakfast....ugh!
I've also yet to get a decent reason as to why a person is known as Spider!

The Aussie

crushproof wrote: »

I've also yet to get a decent reason as to why a person is known as Spider!

Would that be a Rock Spider they are talking about???

Thats a bloke who "Enjoys" prison life, especially shower time. :eek:

Claasman

Drink UHT milk, it looks like white water...

ellaq

Best before dates will be on the box for sure, they wouldn't be allowed to sell them otherwise.

I always thought a rock spider is a paedophile.

man1

mandrake04 wrote: »

Never heard of a Trimmer just a Whipper Snipper.

Must be a regional thing, they seem to call them trimmers around here. Very Strange!!

STIG83

They wear sunglasses when the sun is not shining.

man1

call bed linen manchester???

woolymammoth

STIG83 wrote: »

They wear sunglasses when the sun is not shining.

to be fair to the aussies, UV radiation can be a lot higher here. Even if the sun isn't shining, it can still be bright and glary. And since no amount of UV is good for your eyes, sunglasses with uv protection are often recommended even if it's overcast.

to be fair to the rest of us, aussies do love to wear them even when it's dark. I've seen them everywhere, at night, indoors, underground car parks, supermarket.. it's pretty ridiculous.

Mellor

crushproof wrote: »

The lack of best before dates on eggs is quite annoying, delightfully found this out yesterday during breakfast....ugh!
I've also yet to get a decent reason as to why a person is known as Spider!

The best before is on the eggs somewhere. Has to be.

And rock spider is prison slang for a pedophile.

Traq

Mellor wrote: »

The best before is on the eggs somewhere. Has to be.

In Ireland they're printed on the egg, in Australia they're just on the box. It got annoying when I'd throw out the box and then forget so I've just started writing 'em on myself now.

STIG83

When people say "sweet as"
Is it an Aussie saying or a Kiwi saying?

Claasman

STIG83 wrote: »

When people say "sweet as"
Is it an Aussie saying or a Kiwi saying?

both...

no dramas
no worries
too easy