Hey guys, I got posed these questions by an Australian friend of mine in preparation for his Australia Day party next weekend. Can y'all help me out?

1. What colour is the Australian 20 dollar bill?

2. Who is Steve Waugh and what is he doing when he dons his "baggy green"?

3. What does the phrase "fair suck of the sav!" mean?

4. What does the word "GIRT" mean, and why do Australians care?

5. What would I mean if I was to say to you - "Don't be a nong, duck round to my place for a schooner or two. There'll be plenty of tucker to shove in your mullet. We'll have a ball tearer! Bob's your Uncle!."

Bob's your Uncle? WTF?

Help!

 

first you have to stop sayin "y'all" and say mates instead

1. www.treasury.gov.au
2. http://www.google.com/search?q=steve+waugh
3. http://www.google.com/search?q=\"fair+suck...k+of+the+sav!\"
4. http://www.google.com/search?q=GIRT+australia
5. http://www.google.com/search?q=slang+australia

search engines are very handy.

 

Red

Going out to play cricket for Australia

It means "let's be fair" ... "treat me with equality" ... "give me a break"

A lightweight structural steel member. We don't care.

You would be crazy not to drop around. I've got lots of food. We'll have a great time. Everything is ok.

When an Aussie finds or offers a solution he often says "Bob's your Uncle". It's sometimes used to emphasise how easy or simple it was to achieve something or a way of saying "all done".

More often than not he says "Bob's your Aunty"

Anyway .. gotta go have a butcher's hook at something for the trouble and strife now.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by josh3io
[B]first you have to stop sayin "y'all" and say mates instead

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Thanks Muz, you are the man. Though I'm shocked you didn't realize the word "girt" was in your National Anthem!

And it seems like Aussies have an inordinate number of slang phrases that just make no sense at all (e.g. Bob's your Uncle/Aunty). Do we Americans do stuff like that that just confuses the hell out of you fellas down under? I'm guessing probably so...

 

Yep. 'My bad' is one that makes no sense to us

 

All the ones in my wallet are orange Muz! "Our home is girt by sea". You're thinking of a girder. "Girt" means "surrounded by" and we care because it's a line of our national anthem!

 

Is it a schooner or a pot?
The Victorians have it all the wrong way round!!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by naishou
[B]All the ones in my wallet are orange Muz!