Practical tips for arriving students
heres a few helpful hints for students who are arriving/just got here to get a little bit more used to the aussie culture
any more suggestions would be welcomed. haha
Tim tams are a must have and should be named their own new food group
Megorang will now be a staple in your weekend diet, And add some chicken & veggies to the MiGo(MeGoreng) and it's acctually a really nice meal!
Reese's cups have the trading value of black market kidneys
McCafe....enough said
You will find 20 degrees celcius rather nippy
Peanut butter becomes your life, you hoard it and lunch time gets violent if it's in limited supply ( if your north american that is )
At first, you will think the tropical birds waking you up at 6am were cool, tropical even. eventually you will wish you brought your BB gun on the plane...
a comforter is a doona,
A sweater/bunnyhug/hoodie is a jumper,
sneakers are trainers,
a bathing suit is togs,
peppers are capsicums
and an iced coffee has ice cream in it.
Burger King = Hungry Jacks ....
Maccas = Mcdonalds ...
Lemonade = Sprite
You don't whine.. you whinge ...
Look BOTH ways when you cross the street
pretty much nothing is open on sundays except for the sunday markets ( go figure )
tea is lunch, tea is also a drink...
salvo is the thrift store...
avo is the afternoon..
muslie is granola...
mince is ground beef...
flat white is a latte without foam...
long black is an americano...
mate is a friend...
boot is the trunk, bonnet is the hood..
Rock Melon is cantalope
flip flops are thongs.
you hire a video while eating hot chips from the take aways shop and wash it all down with a can of soft drink
if you wash australian money in your pants, No worries! Its made out of plasticy type stuff so it doesnt get wrecked. Hooray!
"bloody" is very (bloody hard yakka)
"bikkie" is a biscuit
"brekkie" means breakfast
"Cockie" is a nasty cockroach (they have lot of this at echlin 1)
"G'Day" hello!
"Hottie" hot water bottle
"Mickey Mouse" excellent, very good. Beware though - in some parts of Australia it means inconsequential, frivolous or not very good!
"Mob" group of people
Tea.. is more often used in place of dinner.. occasionally lunch. we also have morning tea and afternoon tea - which actually involves drinking a cup of tea...whereas tea (aka dinner) usually has nothing to do with tea drinking just eating!
Salvo's is short for the Salvation Army second hand store. There are other second hand stores like Vinnies (St vincent de Pauls). and often these type shops are refered to as Op Shops. which is short for Opportunity Shop.
we don't go to the mall, we go to the shops.
Footy is important. If you refer to Rugby you are talking about Rugby Union. If you say Footy or NRL you are talking about Rugby League. This is a very important distinction! they are two very different games. Now just to confuse the matter if you are in the southern states if you say footy you are talking about AFL or Aussie Rules - an even more different sport! Then there is football aka soccer.. but we won't get into that!
A cockie is a cockroach, but it is also short for Cockatoo (large white bird with yellow comb feathers)
a coldy... is a beer.. but we don't need to talk about that.
'no worries' is a phrase you will add to your vocabulary
NEW additions. thanks brandon funk
the city is pronounced "briz-bin" not bris-bane
the city is pronounced "can-brah" not can-berra.
( I have to add this one too brandon ) its "cans" not care-ins
ISA (pronounced "eye-sah") is a city not an administration
a dunny is a toilet.
the half moon on the dunny is for pee pee
the full moon on the dunny is for poo poo
the toilets don't swirl they flood with fury
if you've ever heard a word more than 3 syllables it can be shortened with the suffix "-ie or -ies" i.e. Magnetic island is maggie. the word lollie was derived from lollipop. sunglasses are sunnies. you get the point.
A 3 foot lizard lives outside echlin 1.
Bats are nothing to be afraid of, even though they are 2 - 3 feet (1 meter) across.
if you've ever seen a pillow you've seen a wombat.
real men wear short shorts.
football(aka rugby) is footie
Practicle advice for incoming SOMM students
cables of any type (instrument, power, microphone) are "leads"
strings cost more in australia than in any country in the world as does everything else music related
musicians are "musos"
monitors are "fallbacks"
a plug in the wall is a "power point"
don't plug your stuff into the wall unless it has the right voltage. (220v) (On replacing stuff refer to point 2)
it's 3.5 mm now. not 1/4 inch. you're in metric land aka not the USA.
500 c is much hotter than 500 f. remember this when soldering.
third degree burns are painful in every country.
it's pronounced "soul-dering" not "sod-ering"
A "legend" is no longer a tale but a legit individual.
any more suggestions would be welcomed. haha
Tim tams are a must have and should be named their own new food group
Megorang will now be a staple in your weekend diet, And add some chicken & veggies to the MiGo(MeGoreng) and it's acctually a really nice meal!
Reese's cups have the trading value of black market kidneys
McCafe....enough said
You will find 20 degrees celcius rather nippy
Peanut butter becomes your life, you hoard it and lunch time gets violent if it's in limited supply ( if your north american that is )
At first, you will think the tropical birds waking you up at 6am were cool, tropical even. eventually you will wish you brought your BB gun on the plane...
a comforter is a doona,
A sweater/bunnyhug/hoodie is a jumper,
sneakers are trainers,
a bathing suit is togs,
peppers are capsicums
and an iced coffee has ice cream in it.
Burger King = Hungry Jacks ....
Maccas = Mcdonalds ...
Lemonade = Sprite
You don't whine.. you whinge ...
Look BOTH ways when you cross the street
pretty much nothing is open on sundays except for the sunday markets ( go figure )
tea is lunch, tea is also a drink...
salvo is the thrift store...
avo is the afternoon..
muslie is granola...
mince is ground beef...
flat white is a latte without foam...
long black is an americano...
mate is a friend...
boot is the trunk, bonnet is the hood..
Rock Melon is cantalope
flip flops are thongs.
you hire a video while eating hot chips from the take aways shop and wash it all down with a can of soft drink
if you wash australian money in your pants, No worries! Its made out of plasticy type stuff so it doesnt get wrecked. Hooray!
"bloody" is very (bloody hard yakka)
"bikkie" is a biscuit
"brekkie" means breakfast
"Cockie" is a nasty cockroach (they have lot of this at echlin 1)
"G'Day" hello!
"Hottie" hot water bottle
"Mickey Mouse" excellent, very good. Beware though - in some parts of Australia it means inconsequential, frivolous or not very good!
"Mob" group of people
Tea.. is more often used in place of dinner.. occasionally lunch. we also have morning tea and afternoon tea - which actually involves drinking a cup of tea...whereas tea (aka dinner) usually has nothing to do with tea drinking just eating!
Salvo's is short for the Salvation Army second hand store. There are other second hand stores like Vinnies (St vincent de Pauls). and often these type shops are refered to as Op Shops. which is short for Opportunity Shop.
we don't go to the mall, we go to the shops.
Footy is important. If you refer to Rugby you are talking about Rugby Union. If you say Footy or NRL you are talking about Rugby League. This is a very important distinction! they are two very different games. Now just to confuse the matter if you are in the southern states if you say footy you are talking about AFL or Aussie Rules - an even more different sport! Then there is football aka soccer.. but we won't get into that!
A cockie is a cockroach, but it is also short for Cockatoo (large white bird with yellow comb feathers)
a coldy... is a beer.. but we don't need to talk about that.
'no worries' is a phrase you will add to your vocabulary
NEW additions. thanks brandon funk
the city is pronounced "briz-bin" not bris-bane
the city is pronounced "can-brah" not can-berra.
( I have to add this one too brandon ) its "cans" not care-ins
ISA (pronounced "eye-sah") is a city not an administration
a dunny is a toilet.
the half moon on the dunny is for pee pee
the full moon on the dunny is for poo poo
the toilets don't swirl they flood with fury
if you've ever heard a word more than 3 syllables it can be shortened with the suffix "-ie or -ies" i.e. Magnetic island is maggie. the word lollie was derived from lollipop. sunglasses are sunnies. you get the point.
A 3 foot lizard lives outside echlin 1.
Bats are nothing to be afraid of, even though they are 2 - 3 feet (1 meter) across.
if you've ever seen a pillow you've seen a wombat.
real men wear short shorts.
football(aka rugby) is footie
Practicle advice for incoming SOMM students
cables of any type (instrument, power, microphone) are "leads"
strings cost more in australia than in any country in the world as does everything else music related
musicians are "musos"
monitors are "fallbacks"
a plug in the wall is a "power point"
don't plug your stuff into the wall unless it has the right voltage. (220v) (On replacing stuff refer to point 2)
it's 3.5 mm now. not 1/4 inch. you're in metric land aka not the USA.
500 c is much hotter than 500 f. remember this when soldering.
third degree burns are painful in every country.
it's pronounced "soul-dering" not "sod-ering"
A "legend" is no longer a tale but a legit individual.
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Sandor Kovats on -
Thanks for the advice Stephanie .....
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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Krahn on -
Very nicely put! Although reece's peanut butter cups are loosing their value, I have heaps in a suitcase under my bed. Sour Patch Kids, Ginger Ale(Canadian Dry), and A&W Root beer is where it's at now!!!
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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Krahn on
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And add some chicken & veggies to the MiGo(MeGoreng) and it's acctually a really nice meal!
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Permalink Reply by Stephanie Anderson on -
true enough bec. almost a delicacy at that point haha
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Permalink Reply by Justin and Amanda Claypool on -
mie goreng is the actual spelling, and if you cook it then put in a pan, crack an egg over it and let it cook, it's quite divine. and what the heck, you have a suitcase full of reese's peanut butter cups? share the wealth!
come on.
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Permalink Reply by Stephanie Anderson on
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agreed! what the heck!? ill give you a kidney!
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Permalink Reply by Justin and Amanda Claypool on
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i'll give three kidneys (sure i may have only two of them, but i'll find a third!)
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Permalink Reply by jonno mcnamara on -
i know your type =]
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Permalink Reply by Stephanie Anderson on
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what does that even mean?? haha
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Permalink Reply by Melinda "Mindy" Irwin on -
extensive list! i'm impressed!
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Permalink Reply by Katie Hannah on -
It leaves the mind wondering where the language deviated. I mean why don't we all sound like Brit's?
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