You Know You're Australian If ...

1. Rocky Rook
   November 10th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

   I love the Australian/New Zealand accent of all the clone troopers on Clone Wars ... "Roguh Roguh"

2. Skipweasel
   November 10th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

   Now't wrong with pronouncing places oddly. Near where I grew up is Trottiscliffe - only it's pronounced Trosley.

3. Ali S.
   November 10th, 2008 at 4:34 pm

   Don't forget the good ol'game of Knifey-Spooney.

   You call that a knife!? THIS is a knife! *busts out spoon*

4. thaco
   November 10th, 2008 at 4:36 pm

   what about the 5 cents coin that is bigger than the 10 cents coin ?

   i say that is not ok !!

5. Nick
   November 10th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

   I have to say, when i was over in Aus last November i was rather impressed by the whole $2 being smaller than the $1 thing, makes a lot of sense when you think about it

6. fnord
   November 10th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

   I'm pretty sure that if you'd asked the Viscount Melbourne, after whom both the Floridian and Victorian cities of Melbourne are named (well strictly speaking, at least according to Wikipedia, Melbourne Florida is in fact named after Melbourne Victoria), he'd have pronounced it closer to 'Melb'n' than 'Mel-booorne'.

7. Jess
   November 10th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

   @ thaco
   The 5c coin is not bigger than the 10c coin. I must say though, Australia has the prettiest bills.

8. Sheldon
   November 10th, 2008 at 6:19 pm

   @ Jess
   In America it is.

9. Moon
   November 10th, 2008 at 7:13 pm

   I've ALWAYS pronounced Melbourne "mel-bin", although there is a kind of an "r" sound that you get in there if you do it just right.

10. mamfidd
    November 10th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    Chuckled at this. Got a bit to add:
    1. Am Australian. Not far from Woolloomooloo as I type.
    2. The 10c coin is BIGGER than the 5c coin. Proof: http://www.toxiccustard.com/australia/coins.jpg
    3. About half the population *hates* Crocodile Dundee. The rest don't really care.
    4. It's extremely rare you hear anyone use the word 'barbie'. It's usually BBQ. We say 'prawn', not 'shrimp'. It's uncommon to hear 'little beauty' - although it's shortened to 'beaut' in some areas. 'G'day' is only used by salesmen and tourism campaigns. 'Bugger' is an extremely mild swear word, and the word 'bloody' is generally used as punctuation.
    5. Hamburgers become 90% more tasty with beetroot on. Even though the lettuce goes pink.
    6. #22 on that list - if you're in a pub in Newcastle ('Newy' - see #27) on a Friday and that song plays, you may leave with mild tinnitus.
    7. THE BLOODY WAGON WHEEL *IS* SMALLER. It's a travesty.
    8. A friendly note to those fashionable types I saw in NYC wearing ugh boots ('uggies' - see #27) out and about - our rednecks are called 'bogans', and they've done the same for 30 years or more. Classy.
    9. He's not Kevin - he's Big Kev. Or Ruddy. See #27.
    10. Of all our insanely dangerous native species, Drop Bears are easily the most deadly.

11. Easy
    November 10th, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    @mamfidd

    Well I'm also from Oz, also just up the road from woollomoolloo as we speak (you're probably sitting next to me and I don't know) and while I agree with most of what you've written, I definitely disagree with:

    4. Gday is used ALL THE TIME. What do you say? Hello??

12. mamfidd
    November 10th, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    @Easy

    Haven't heard it since I was a kid. Mostly I hear 'hi' or 'howyagoin'. The second one especially!

13. Scott-O
    November 10th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    And you never say "I'm stuffed" at the dinner table when dining with your girlfriend's parents.

14. Evil Pundit
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:56 am

    @mamfidd #9 -- It's 'Krudd' or 'Kruddy'.

15. Jessa
    November 11th, 2008 at 2:26 am

    I come from a small rural town in QLD and g'day is used quite often, mostly by the farmers.

16. Polx
    November 11th, 2008 at 7:36 am

    Man I loved that.

    I'm a Scots/Irish Aussie permanent resident who fell in love with the country long ago.

    here are a few more.

    1) A rotary clothes drier should be strong enought to spin with up to 8 kids hanging off it. God bless the Hills hoist.

    2) You think that the anthem should be waltzing Mathilda despite it being about a sheep thief.

    3) You know that "Grouse" is a superlative.

    4) It is entirely normal to have towns half of whom are named after water logged pommie places and the other half are aboriginal viz Aubrey and Wodonga

    5) The only thing that can improve a burger with beetroot is a runny fried egg.

    6) If you are from Melbourne (Mel-bin)you can swear a bit in Greek despite not being Greek or ever having been to Greece.

    7) Again if you are from Melb/Vic you know what this means.

    Megalo megalo megalo atta Franco Cozzo inna Brunnas-wig anna Foodis-gray.

17. Phill
    November 11th, 2008 at 7:50 am

    Re #12 on that list. You REALLY now you're Australian if you know who changed the words of the Acca Dacca song to:
    "It's a long way to the shop if you want a Chikko Roll". Bonus points if you know what a Chikko Roll is.

18. Polx
    November 11th, 2008 at 9:53 am

    For those who don't know what "Dazza and Shazza played Acca Dacca on the way to Maccas." means its'

    Darren and Sharon played AC/DC on the way to McDonalds

    And that's AC/DC the band not any kinky swing hitting shenanigans.

19. renderanything
    November 11th, 2008 at 10:53 am

    So I've been doing things right by wearing my uggies outdoors in the U.S., redneck style, ever since the early nineties?

20. Miss Cellania
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:21 am

    What? We aren't supposed to wear uggs outside?

21. Him
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    In the U.S. 1 cent is bigger than 10 cents.

22. Miss Orange
    November 11th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    I don't know much about Australia or New Zealand but I've got to say that Flight of the Conchords is HILARIOUS.
    "He may be dead"... "He maybe did what"... "No, he may be DEAD" LOL

23. Bellatrix
    November 11th, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    Polx - I laughed so hard at: Megalo megalo megalo atta Franco Cozzo inna Brunnas-wig anna Foodis-gray. Those commercials are awesome!

    Ah it brought me back to driving past Franko Cozzo at Footscray trying to get to the city.

24. Call Me Sweetheart
    November 13th, 2008 at 4:12 am

    Addendum:
    If you have experienced these;
    1) When you get a phone call on your cell phone,you answer and you pay for the call.
    2)1) When you get a SMS message and unwanted and uninvited rintone SMS message on your cell phone,you pay for the call.
    3)You egt a single ring on your cell phone and you stupidly make a return call - you pay for it.This happens
    with all Aussie telcos.
    5)Because of John Howard, all employees has to wait 3 months probation period.During that time you earn employers' contributions to your superannuation.For years, procedures been thoroughly abused by thousand and one Superannuation Fund Managers armed with pertinent Superannuation Law. Only Employers (contributors) can open your account with your name and no ID required) call a shot and do with Company they tied up with.Before 3 months you leave and get another job and you get another account with another Superannuation Fund Managers.So on ,and after 2 - 3 years you go on closing all acounts and request for transfer to one you prefer to have.That time your ID is required to transfer to other account with your same name and it usually takes 3 months( a drawn-out process).
    After enduring so much, idiot George Bush from USA messed up the world financial system and your savings becomes FROZEN or disappeared.
    6) knows the meaning of weird slang - hokidori ( literally means OK)

25. Pol x
    November 13th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    Bellatrix

    Happy to keep ya happy mate.

26. zazie
    November 15th, 2008 at 10:58 am

    '1) A rotary clothes drier should be strong enought to spin with up to 8 kids hanging off it. God bless the Hills hoist.'

    HAHAHAHA!

27. Zorbasch
    November 16th, 2008 at 7:53 am

    I recently returned from Europe having failed to start a contraction trend in their greetings:-
    Germany - G'tag
    France - B'jur
    Italy - B'jorno

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