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123whisperMelbourne, Victoria Australia13 Threads 2 Polls 2,116 PostsThank you all for kind response. 
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123whisper: Your forgetting that your English is first language and even slang can't be too fare off from Ozzie's...
Yes I have been living longer in Oz then oversease but I don't mix with Bogans who speak slang most of the time ...because slang giving me headaches and sickness if used all the time...loll
I prefer fluent English.
Yes I have been living longer in Oz then oversease but I don't mix with Bogans who speak slang most of the time ...because slang giving me headaches and sickness if used all the time...loll
I prefer fluent English.
Oz slang is totally different to anything spoken here (or anywhere else in the world either
)Each word just has to be learned as a new word as if it were regular English...because it is regular English over there!
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123whisper: That's someone who dresses in pyjama or wearing slippers and normally speaks broken English (slang)...
bogans are people who like to play round with cars and do burnouts and enjoy heavey metal music and like drinking and parties and mostly dress in black clothing and have mullet haircuts etc. Not met any pj wearing bogans in my world where there are alot of bogans. Wearing the right atire and boots and haircuts show that they are bogans. And that's important to them.------ This thread is Archived ------
123whisper: Thank you for seing my point that slang can be tricky some times...specially when someone makes you feel stupid not to understand all slang wordings
I know what you mean. When I was younger some kids in school would call us honkey (or honky), and while at home my folks would listen to country music and they called it honky tonking. So I didn't think much of the word "honky" until I was older and learned what it actually meant. It's a derogatory slang, but I very rarely ever hear it being used anymore.------ This thread is Archived ------
YouMeUs: I know what you mean. When I was younger some kids in school would call us honkey (or honky), and while at home my rigtfolks would listen to country music and they called it honky tonking. So I didn't think much of the word "honky" until I was older and learned what it actually meant. It's a derogatory slang, but I very rarely ever hear it being used anymore.
how nasty for you....
sooooo how are you today...alright.....???????good. you old tosspot....
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mollybaby: Oz slang is totally different to anything spoken here (or anywhere else in the world either )
Each word just has to be learned as a new word as if it were regular English...because it is regular English over there!
You're right that each slang word has to be learned as a new word Each word just has to be learned as a new word as if it were regular English...because it is regular English over there!
but it is not a regular language in Oz - only to some people that I don't offten come accross to ...------ This thread is Archived ------
123whisper: You're right that each slang word has to be learned as a new word but it is not a regular language in Oz - only to some people that I don't offten come accross to ...
Why attach such importance to a word in fairly common use in English. It doesn't matter.
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YouMeUs: I know what you mean. When I was younger some kids in school would call us honkey (or honky), and while at home my folks would listen to country music and they called it honky tonking. So I didn't think much of the word "honky" until I was older and learned what it actually meant. It's a derogatory slang, but I very rarely ever hear it being used anymore.
Derogatory slang.
You hit the nail on the head. I don't expect to change people who's derogatory slang is normal every day language but someone who knows how to express self in much better way - could be considerate to understand my difficulties to deal with slang.
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truheart1941: how nasty for you.... sooooo how are you today...alright.....???????good. you old tosspot....
Tosspot? You would have me go looking up another word, wouldn't ya? All's good, ya old moorhen. Hows you be?
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tomcatwarne: Why attach such importance to a word in fairly common use in English. It doesn't matter.
You're right,it doesn't matter for a one word or two or three or four ....but it does matter when one persist using slang even when politely asked to avoid it...specially when that person is close friend and suppose to give some care of consideration and not to make me feel ''whirred or stupid''for not understanding all slang...then it makes me wander if such friend really cares about me...or is it naturally ignorant person that has nothing to do with me. 
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123whisper: You're right,it doesn't matter for a one word or two or three or four ....but it does matter when one persist using slang even when politely asked to avoid it...specially when that person is close friend and suppose to give some care of consideration and not to make me feel ''whirred or stupid''for not understanding all slang...then it makes me wander if such friend really cares about me...or is it naturally ignorant person that has nothing to do with me.
Slang can become so commonplace in a language that one forgets they are actually using slang.
So it mightn't be about your friend being inconsiderate, it is just part of the everyday language.
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123whisper: Derogatory slang. You hit the nail on the head.
I don't expect to change people who's derogatory slang is normal every day language but someone who knows how to express self in much better way - could be considerate to understand my difficulties to deal with slang.
Just being here in CS and in these forums I've picked up a lot of different slangs. Some were explained here while others I googled to get their meaning. It does make you feel like you're out of the loop in certain conversations when not understanding the slangs. I don't expect to change people who's derogatory slang is normal every day language but someone who knows how to express self in much better way - could be considerate to understand my difficulties to deal with slang.
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YouMeUs: Just being here in CS and in these forums I've picked up a lot of different slangs. Some were explained here while others I googled to get their meaning. It does make you feel like you're out of the loop in certain conversations when not understanding the slangs.
Your right. When I am on my computer it's much easier to search for meaning but when using mobile,it's not the same...------ This thread is Archived ------
mollybaby: Slang can become so commonplace in a language that one forgets they are actually using slang.
So it mightn't be about your friend being inconsiderate, it is just part of the everyday language.
Glad to see the same thing from a different angle.So it mightn't be about your friend being inconsiderate, it is just part of the everyday language.
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123whisper: Glad to see the same thing from a different angle.
yes everyone makes mistakes
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Cobber was use by the soldiers in the second world war, and now is mostly used in conjunction with the word "struth" (exclamation of surprise) and pretty much only used in Earles court to demonstrate one's Australian-ness. Personally, I have only been addressed "Struth Cobber!" by a drunk being thrown out of a Tel Aviv bar many years ago.
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pat8lanips: Cobber was use by the soldiers in the second world war, and now is mostly used in conjunction with the word "struth" (exclamation of surprise) and pretty much only used in Earles court to demonstrate one's Australian-ness. Personally, I have only been addressed "Struth Cobber!" by a drunk being thrown out of a Tel Aviv bar many years ago.
Your glorious entertainment industry is responsible for corrupting out language.
With television releases and the releasing of young stars on us jike Kylie the language grew by tens of slang words which are used rotinely now, like cobber strewth convict, mongrel
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Sheila is a granny name these days, the youngest you'd find with that name would be in her 60's.
One would use several other words to describe a woman these days, it would depend on the company and context.
One would use several other words to describe a woman these days, it would depend on the company and context.
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Yes thats kind of the origin of the slang term here, a dog of no particular breed. Also known as a Bitser (bit of everything), or a Turner (turns dog food into dogpoo)...
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tomcatwarne: Your glorious entertainment industry is responsible for corrupting out language.
With television releases and the releasing of young stars on us jike Kylie the language grew by tens of slang words which are used rotinely now, like cobber strewth convict, mongrel
With television releases and the releasing of young stars on us jike Kylie the language grew by tens of slang words which are used rotinely now, like cobber strewth convict, mongrel
None of these words are used here, except for mongrel occasionally like Pat said.
I have never heard 'cobber' used my entire life, except for maybe during an old black and white movie played on Anzac Day.
Yes we can thank Neighbours, Paul Hogan etc for promoting the Aussie stereotype overseas and the cultural cringe that many of us who reside here have to put up with
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