The Ask Shans, Astral Omega & Kaida About Australia Thread

Post by **Kaida** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:29 am

Heso! Why not make one?

Post by **Cheezdude** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:39 pm

Do people say 'KRIKEY!' at all?

Post by **Silver** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:08 pm

I appologize in advance for this...

On a scale from one to Chuck Norris, how big of a deal was Steve Irwin? He was popular in the U.S. of A, so I immagine, in Australia...

Post by **Kaida** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:45 am

Cheezdude wrote:Do people say 'KRIKEY!' at all?

Genrally, no, most people don't say Krikey at all, probably the only time you'd hear it was if someone was making a joke or talking about Steve Irwin

Post by **Kaida** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:49 am

Silver wrote:I appologize in advance for this...

On a scale from one to Chuck Norris, how big of a deal was Steve Irwin? He was popular in the U.S. of A, so I immagine, in Australia...

Appology accepted.

Steve Irwin was, and still is, a pretty big deal, I'm not sure If he made it all the way to Chuck Norris level, but I'm sure you could find plenty of people who think he did. Pretty much everyone knows who he is, weather they liked him or not is another matter.

Post by **Giga-Gar** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:08 am

do you have Outback Steakhouse resteraunts in Australia?

Post by **Cheezdude** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:55 am

Do Kangaroos kick people?

Post by **Kaida** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:18 am

Gardialvoir wrote:do you have Outback Steakhouse resteraunts in Australia?

If you're talking about Pubs in the outback that sells steak then yes, lots of them, their everywhere.

But If you talking about a resteraunt named Outback Steakhouse then, no, not tht I know of.

Post by **Kaida** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:26 am

Cheezdude wrote:Do Kangaroos kick people?

Generally no, most wild kangaroo's you see will either be roadkill, or they will run, well hop/jump away from you. Really the only time they'd kick you is if you threatened their young, or you tried to have a kicking match, in which case expect them to kick, bite and scratch, but mostly kick.

Post by **Josiah** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:15 am

There was this great entry on America's Funniest Home Videos where a wild Kangaroo hopped up behind a guy and kicked him into a pond...

Anyway, one more speech question. Do people call each other 'mate' a lot?

Post by **Giga-Gar** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:40 am

I have read somewhere that people in austraila have an accent similar to the people in southern England. I think. anyway, do you guys have different words for things?

ex. Trunk in the US, Boot in the UK(I think I got that right....Shauni?)

Website · Post by **Shans** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:06 am

I'm from Australia too so... i wanna answer stuffs...

I have read somewhere that people in austraila have an accent similar to the people in southern England. I think. anyway, do you guys have different words for things?

I dunno what southern accent is but, the australian accent is not like the english because the original australian settlers were convicts. The accent comes from these convicts which were reletively rough people.

Also, there's a lot of Australian slang that's used by the so called "hardcore" aussies. Examples I can't rili give, but there are quite a few. Like the phrase "fair dinkum" which is like, something fair and stuffs...

Anyway, one more speech question. Do people call each other 'mate' a lot?

depends on your interpretation on "a lot". I'd say yeah, a lot of people ranging from different races in australia use "mate". But not everyone does... I don't.... but probably cause i'm asian... but i know a lot of asians that say mate. Anyways, "mate" is used a lot in Australia in my opinion.

Post by **Giga-Gar** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:25 pm

Is a white Christmas as foreign to you as Christmas in July is for everyone in the USA?

Post by **Doodleshark** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:17 pm

I've heard stuff abvout a drought that's been going on in Australia for the past couple of years. How bad is it?

Post by **Kaida** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:00 am

Gardialvoir wrote:Is a white Christmas as foreign to you as Christmas in July is for everyone in the USA?

Yes it is, you see when we have christmas here I's usually hot because its summer. And a particually hot one this year when you add in the humidity, that and working in a kitchen that's about 10 degrees hotter then outside doesn't help. We need air-con!!!

Doodleshark wrote:I've heard stuff abvout a drought that's been going on in Australia for the past couple of years. How bad is it?

It was pretty bad actually in some parts(such as where I live) and not so bad in others. We got up to level 6 water restrictions where I live, but theres been lots of rain recently and flooding in quiet a few area's. Although weather the restirictions are lifted or not is another thing because we don't know when we'll get more rain again. One the bright side the Farmers are overjoyed at the amount of rain.