So...hi there. Sorry I've been neglecting this bad boy. Time...priorities...school stress. You know. But I think of random small sh*t all the time. And I'll try to be better about posting the quickies.
Here's one for you...besides the fact that they call math "maths" (yes, I've tried to explain it's like deer or fish but it hasn't changed anything)...I learned a few weeks ago that they call trapezoids "trapeziums" - for real! I had to look up how to calc the area of one (which was listed under 7th grade math, I think, oopsy)...and noticed on the aussie website that what I'd only heard before was in fact spelled right before my eyes on a fairly legimate looking website.
Trapezium. It sounds like a new prescription drug...or an odd shaped atrium...or a gymnasium dedicated to trapeze acrobatics.
Trapezium.
Showing posts with label slang. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slang. Show all posts
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
other words
- bogan - kind of a redneck, usually the opposite of classy, low level of education/manners
- bits
- 'horses for courses' (?) - one professor in particular loves this one
- off track, on track, jumped the track - they do love horse racing here...maybe that's the influence?
- have a go, see how you go - take a chance, take a stab; also related to 'how are you going?'
will keep adding...
Monday, June 7, 2010
no time...more words
Almost done with my last assignment! A 3,000 word paper...on climate change in the Midwest, how we can prepare the built environment for anticipated change, and how the Adapative Model plays into living more sustainably. (sounds official, right? ;)
Looking through my notes, I found a few other words that came up during lectures...
Pissed - have I already mentioned this one? I've used it in the regular American sense of the word, (angry, upset), but here, it only means DRUNK.
Stuffed - see above, plus can mean hungover, exhausted, and range of other adjectives I'm sure I haven't picked up on yet
Reckon - they use it ALL the time! I reckon.... Look mate, I reckon that....
"It's not all beer and skittles" - not sure if this is an Aussie thing or just something our most recent professor likes to say...
He also says 'pedantic' all the frickin time! Had to look that one up....and 'innocuous'....
Always good to expand the vocabulary!
cheers...
Looking through my notes, I found a few other words that came up during lectures...
Pissed - have I already mentioned this one? I've used it in the regular American sense of the word, (angry, upset), but here, it only means DRUNK.
Stuffed - see above, plus can mean hungover, exhausted, and range of other adjectives I'm sure I haven't picked up on yet
Reckon - they use it ALL the time! I reckon.... Look mate, I reckon that....
"It's not all beer and skittles" - not sure if this is an Aussie thing or just something our most recent professor likes to say...
He also says 'pedantic' all the frickin time! Had to look that one up....and 'innocuous'....
Always good to expand the vocabulary!
cheers...
Thursday, May 27, 2010
quirky observations
Sydneysiders wear a lot of perfume / cologne.
[I think it's because everyone sweats a lot here...esp in hot weather, but even in this cool fall weather, I find myself bundling up quite a bit at home (where it's f-ing cold because we have no heat, single pane glass, and lots of thermal bridging going on)...I walk a short distance to uni, and then once I get to my destination I'm already sweaty. Delayering helps...but with this natural deoderant I bought...only so much!]
Aussies love to start sentences with "Look, ..."
They say "maths". Plural. Weird.
When someone asks 'how are you going?' (odd enough in itself), the typical response is, 'not too bad'. It's never 'Great!' 'Good!' 'Crap!' (another word they like to use alone...def. usurping that one)
Generally, I find Australians really amusing. Even their cheesy TV commercials (and believe me, they are pretty cheesy!).
much love from Sydney, mates,
bk
PS- former roomies, the law&order tradition continues...caught some SVU tonight! (only b/c one roomie watches it religiously...even though he's aethiest ;)
[I think it's because everyone sweats a lot here...esp in hot weather, but even in this cool fall weather, I find myself bundling up quite a bit at home (where it's f-ing cold because we have no heat, single pane glass, and lots of thermal bridging going on)...I walk a short distance to uni, and then once I get to my destination I'm already sweaty. Delayering helps...but with this natural deoderant I bought...only so much!]
Aussies love to start sentences with "Look, ..."
They say "maths". Plural. Weird.
When someone asks 'how are you going?' (odd enough in itself), the typical response is, 'not too bad'. It's never 'Great!' 'Good!' 'Crap!' (another word they like to use alone...def. usurping that one)
Generally, I find Australians really amusing. Even their cheesy TV commercials (and believe me, they are pretty cheesy!).
much love from Sydney, mates,
bk
PS- former roomies, the law&order tradition continues...caught some SVU tonight! (only b/c one roomie watches it religiously...even though he's aethiest ;)
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Sydney slang
mozzie = mosquito
cozzie = swimming costume = swimsuit
togs = swimsuit (?!)
prezzie = present
thongs = flip-flops
tucker = bushtucker = food / native bush food
dusty / dusted = not feeling 100%, tired, worn-out, hungover
cuppa = cup of tea
people here say Look a lot...as the start of a sentence, as in, Look, I'm not going to tell you what I got on my tax return, but I did get a refund. I like it...it's cute.
I have to ask for things to repeated quite often (surprisingly)...the vowels are spoken very differently.
I swear I had a ton more to share...hmm...will continue to update...
*thought of 3 add'l already!
college = dorm
pub = place that serves drinks, and also likely has rooms for accommodation
hotel = place that serves drinks, and also likely has rooms for accomodation
(WTF, right?)
cozzie = swimming costume = swimsuit
togs = swimsuit (?!)
prezzie = present
thongs = flip-flops
tucker = bushtucker = food / native bush food
dusty / dusted = not feeling 100%, tired, worn-out, hungover
cuppa = cup of tea
people here say Look a lot...as the start of a sentence, as in, Look, I'm not going to tell you what I got on my tax return, but I did get a refund. I like it...it's cute.
I have to ask for things to repeated quite often (surprisingly)...the vowels are spoken very differently.
I swear I had a ton more to share...hmm...will continue to update...
*thought of 3 add'l already!
college = dorm
pub = place that serves drinks, and also likely has rooms for accommodation
hotel = place that serves drinks, and also likely has rooms for accomodation
(WTF, right?)
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