G'day from Oz

[Hakone]

Welcome from Berlin

 

[Ozpaph]

More Aussies are always welcome!

 

[Ross]

Welcome!

 

[2Toned]

Hidoo and welcome from Kentucky. Glad to have another Aussie on board!
The area where you live sounds magical.

P.S. I've suggested a time to two that Aussies post a glossary of slang
terms so we of the U.S. can keep up. ;>)

Anytime I/we confound you be will small retribution for the likes of 'gritts' - just who on earth would eat somehting that sounds like that for breakfast! :rollhappy:

What say all you wonderful folk from Berlin, Luxemburg, etc...

 

[emydura]

Welcome Tony.

Hi Tony, welcome.
But I'm not Ivan..............(but I am in Brisbane).

I was starting to think you were going under an alias all this time.

As far as I'm aware Ivan has had no contact with this forum. He must be a lurker.

 

[Ozpaph]

Welcome Tony.



I was starting to think you were going under an alias all this time.

As far as I'm aware Ivan has had no contact with this forum. He must be a lurker.

I still haven't worked out what 'emydura' stands for.

 

[emydura]

I still haven't worked out what 'emydura' stands for.

Emydura is a genus of freshwater short-neck turtles. I studied Emydura macquarii for my Masters degree. You get this species in the Brisbane River. Actually the Brisbane River was one of five different drainages that I included in my studies. My study site on the Brisbane River was at Kholo Crossing.

For whatever reason at the time I just used that as my login name.

 

[Stone]

Hi 2Toned. Most excellent to see another Australian here!
Mike

 

[Ozpaph]

Emydura is a genus of freshwater short-neck turtles. I studied Emydura macquarii for my Masters degree. You get this species in the Brisbane River. Actually the Brisbane River was one of five different drainages that I included in my studies. My study site on the Brisbane River was at Kholo Crossing.

For whatever reason at the time I just used that as my login name.

sorry to say the last thing found at Kholo crossing was Baden-Clays body,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[emydura]

sorry to say the last thing found at Kholo crossing was Baden-Clays body,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

That's sad. I never picked up on that.

 

[abax]

Dear 2tone, another name for "grits" is polenta...same thing just sounds
better. Please explain "knob" and "ocker". I like Aussie slang and American
slang is getting old and over-used (i.e. awesome). A glossary would be
most helpful in many ways! ;>)

 

[Stone]

Dear 2tone, another name for "grits" is polenta...same thing just sounds
better. Please explain "knob" and "ocker". I like Aussie slang and American
slang is getting old and over-used (i.e. awesome). A glossary would be
most helpful in many ways! ;>)

Now thats a can of worms you might want to keep a lid on!

 

[SlipperKing]

Now thats a can of worms you might want to keep a lid on!

Please do! I just like hearing them and let the mind wonder.

 

[Stone]

Here's something that should be said (yelled) while leaning against a gum tree, covered in red dust and waving flies away from your face with your right hand and a beer in your left. ( say fast and uniterupted )
''Ya gunna wonna getya tucka inya wenya dunya yakka wakka!''
Ozpaph will translate...............

 

[Clark]

I'd like to buy Tony and the rest of the fellows a round.

 

[2Toned]

Dear 2tone, another name for "grits" is polenta...same thing just sounds
better. Please explain "knob" and "ocker". I like Aussie slang and American
slang is getting old and over-used (i.e. awesome). A glossary would be
most helpful in many ways! ;>)

Thanks for that, abax - polenta I can work with

For the gloassary:

Knob - glans penis, d*ck head, fool
Ocker - Aussie, true blue, working glass beer swilling "bloke"

 

[2Toned]

Stone - you're a cracker mate!

Clark - your shout! anytime

 

[abax]

Thank you so much, 2tone. Now I have two new terms to yell out my
car window when cut off at a turn light. Any other suggestions welcome.

 

[2Toned]

abax - "oker" is NOT a perjorative! No more than Yankee or Confederate in their respective milieux.

 

[Heather]

Ok all you Aussies - some of you all are asking about the auction in OZ. We can only offer them to bidders if we have some donors. oke: