Can you speak like an Aussie? WE HAVE A WINNER!

The only one I have still doubts about is 3 b -as full as goog - may also mean he did eat very much

adrian

who got it...........me or adrian?

Congrats Adrian! It was down to the wire................had I not gone outside to prepare for the storm, I might have got it! LOL

Here is a full list of the answers for those who are interested...

1. Where am I going if I am going to…

a) the tuck shop? - canteen or caffeteria (usually used in a school context)
b) the dunny? - the toilet
c) the servo? - service station/gas station
d) woop-woop? - far away or out in the middle of no where
e) Macca’s? - Mc Donlads
f) the Gabba? - Queensland cricket ground at Woolloongabba in Brisbane
g) go fossicking? - looking for something, specifiaclly looking for rocks
h) the Top End? - The Northen Teritorries
i) go walk-about? - Aborginal phrase meaning to take a long walk in the bush, also means to have gone missing
j) be put in the back of a paddy wagon? - A police ute/pick-up with a cage on the back
k) Woolies? - Woolworths supermarket
l) the giant coat hanger? - Sydney Harbor Bridge

2. What am I wearing if I am wearing…

a) a jumper? - a woollen sweater
b) stubbies? - very short shorts
c) a Jacky Howe? - navy blue singlet/tank top, named after a famous shearer
d) lippy? - lipstick
e) togs? - Swimsuit also called swimmers or cosies
f) tracky daks? - Tracksuit pants (daks are pants, under dkas are under pants)
g) thongs? - flip flops (for USA), jandles (for NZ) simple rubber ones also get called "pluggers"

3. What would someone be telling you if they told you…

a) to hit the frog and toad? - Hit the road, leave (type of rhyming slang, not often used. Another example is "trouble and strife" means wife)
b) they were as full as a goog? - eaten enough and maybe even too much food
c) to have a squiz? - have a look
d) they were going flat chat? - going as fast as possible
e) that you looked swish? - look fancy, dressed up
f) something is fair dinkum? - genuine, true, "true blue"
g) to hang on a tick? - wait a minute
h) something was hard yakka? - hard work
i) they were having a blue? - having a fight or argument
j) to stop big-noting yourself? - talking yourself up, boasting
k) not to spit the dummy? - get upset, lose your temper "chuck a tanty" (throw a tantrum)
l) they were going hammer and tong? they were going at full speed, giving everything they have got
m) to stop whinging? - stop complaining
n) that you looked cactus? - to look dead, broken
o) they were stoked? - they were very pleased, they were "chuffed"
p) to chuck a sickie? - take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy
q) someone did the Harry Holt? - to disappear, sometimes abreviated to "did the Harry" (Harry Holt was an Australian Prime Minister who went for a swim at the beach one day and disappeared in the surf and has never been seen since)
r) they had a bingle? - they had a car accident
s) something was exy? - it was expensive
t) to bring a plate? - when you are invited to a party being asked to contribute with some food
u) they were dead set? - without a doubt
v) to chuck a Uey? (pronounced “yoo-ee”) - doing a "U" turn
w) to grab the Esky? Ice box, Chiller, Chilly bin (for NZ)
x) they bought a new roo bar? - bull bar intened to kangaroos

4. What is a person if they are…

a) a sook? - he's very sensitive, and upsets over nothing
b) starkers? - completely naked or extremely mad (both are true but you wouldn't just say "starkers" if they were angry, you'd say "stark raving mad")
c) a pom? - Englishman
d) a banana bender or a cane toad? - some who lives in the state of Queensland
e) a cockroach? - someone who lives in the state of New South Wales
f) an ambo? - an ambulance officer
g) a mate? - a friend
h) a yobbo? - loudmouthed person, uncouth, redneck, moron ( a bit of a multi-purpose word)
i) dead-set? - doubtless, serious, true.
j) ropeable? - very angry
k) an ankle biter? - young child
l) a bludger? - lazy, does nothing (if a school class was "a bludge" then no work was donme in that class)
m) not the full quid? - not too smart, simple minded
n) a bloke? - Australian male
o) sprung? - caught out doing something wrong
p) a garbo? - garbage man
q) a larrikin? - loveable, likeable playful person but disrespectful of authority
r) a digger? - Australian soldier (usually WW1 vets)
s) a hoon? - Loudmouth, hooligan (often associated with illegal street driving)

So there you have it.
Come and visit Australia and you can speak like a local.

Mike