Comments on: Australian Expressions of Pleasure

By: theprofessionalhobo

theprofessionalhobo — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:31:28 +0000

@Ausralian Accent – I had a look through my Spam, couldn’t find it! Your initial comment seems truly “eaten”!
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By: australian accent

australian accent — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:34:26 +0000

Hmm it appears like your blog ate my first comment (it was extremely long) so I guess I\’ll just sum it up what I submitted and say, I\’m thoroughly enjoying your blog. I as well am an aspiring blog writer but I\’m still new to everything. Do you have any tips for newbie blog writers? I\’d certainly appreciate it.

By: theprofessionalhobo

theprofessionalhobo — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:07 +0000

In reply to Martin(o). @Martin(o) - Thank you for this clarification! It certainly beats some of the other incantations I've heard!

By: Martin(o)

Martin(o) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:53 +0000

Hey,
Can definitely clear up “Sweet as” because it comes from “Sweet as a nut”. That’s an old one, language is as much passed on tradition as instinctive invention though and it does tend to repeat itself through succesive generations.

By: theprofessionalhobo

theprofessionalhobo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:34:33 +0000

@Nicola – I realize that a lot of what makes Australia unique to me is seated in British customs. So it comes as a little surprise to me that some of these are originally UK sayings; amusing though that they are dated in the UK now – they’re still rampant in Oz! Then again, I hear that Australia is a touch behind “the times”….if keeping up with the world-wide Joneses is important. 🙂

@DavenDeb – Cooee rocks. I first heard it in the context of a conversation and it flowed so nicely I almost missed out on learning about this new word!

@Deb – I think the booklet of Aussie sayings is perfect. I keep collecting more and more….I’ll have to whip out my travel journal again!

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:19:31 +0000

This brings back great memories. My first trip to Australia was as a 16 year old exchange student, about 25 years ago. Reminds me of the first night at my host families house, after a plane ride from Sydney to north of Noosa. I and the other passengers had been served hot black tea and biscuits on the plane ride. I arrived very late in the afternoon, and when my host mom asked me if I’d like tea I replied “no thank you, I had some on the plane”. Didn’t realize my error until the family sat down to supper and there was no place for me at the table. In Queensland, it was common for what I thought of as supper to be called tea! I was pretty embarrassed, but we all had a laugh, and yes, they did share the meal.
When I returned to the US a year later, I brought back a booklet in which my friends had written all sorts of Aussie sayings and their English equivalent. My 20 year old daughter loves to look at this and can’t wait to go back there some time (she went with me when she was 3 & 1/2 and doesn’t have many memories).

By: Dave and Deb

Dave and Deb — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:00:23 +0000

I love cooee. I am going to use it today. I am not joking, practicing my high pitch now. One of my favorite things is talking about favorite sayings and unique words from other English Speaking Countries.

By: nicola

nicola — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:22:24 +0000

‘Sweet as’, ‘she’ll be apples’ and ‘cooee!’ are all mid-20th century British sayings ad probably came out here at that time. They are still used in the UK but are slightly dated. (I used to live in the UK and am currently in Melbourne).