OMG this is WILD!! I remember subscribing to your channel before I moved to Australia almost 3 years ago and now you're reacting to one of my videos 🤩 Cheers!
Hahaha oh, mate. Firstly, sorry for messing up "Kinda" at the start of the video. My kids are at kinda so it's on my mind clearly. And secondly, thanks for the kind words! Keep up the great vids!
Where have you been Kaitlyn c'mon don't be a "Piker" , lets RIP back in , no trains on Thursday use Shanks Pony ,no hitchhiking you will be told to piss in your boots and swim,don't worry about the Blacktown Bogan's and Eshay's ,Wave next time your in Westpoint and Libary ,HooRoo
Yup... it can become an actual injury that requires time to heal if there is stubble involved. Interesting way to find out your wife is a cheating slag that.
A friend who was an exchange student in the US in the 70s was billeted with a family who's daughter was called Randy Root. She advised her that she should never come to Australia.
My dad went to college in america and knew a guy caled Randy Dick When I went to Canada decades ago, people were wondering why we found the shop Roots with a beaver as their symbol/mascot as funny. We had to buy a roots hat with a beaver on it.
Aussie here. Two stories. 1.I went to college in California in the mid seventies. I was sitting in a chemistry class next to an attractive blond. I made a mistake in taking down instructions for an assignment. I turned and asked her in a normal voice...Hi, you got a rubber? Tittering laughter and a huge blush on the blond. I staggered on.. You know...a rubber, to rub things out... More giggles, puzzled I made the motion of erasing some text. Some guy then said ..Oh you mean an eraser man... I said yeah, a rubber. The blond passed her eraser with an embarrassed smile. I used it in the intended manner and handed it back... Thanks... Later a guy I knew came up and explained. My turn to blush. 2. An American choreographer that was working on a show in Aus I was involved in was trying to get the dancers to do a particular move that involved pushing out their bums. She said... come on push out your fannies!... The dancers all dutifully hip thrusted forward rotating to emphasis their Mons.. Confusion reigned for about 30 seconds. Then someone stepped in and whispered in her ear explaining. She gasped and apologized and then there was a huge burst of laughter and many improv versions of both ideas. Total fun and no stress. The choreographer dined out on the story for the rest of the tour. Language is fluid and dynamic across cultures and time. Imagine that!!
When the Australian Army first arrived in Vietnam in 1965, they were attached to the American 173D (S) Brigade. Therefore, (we) had a lot to do with the American Troops. Our slang had them totally confused, especially when in mixed company. Aust & Americans. I remember one in particular when one of our blokes referred to another as a stupid bastard, just in a passing casual phrase. The yanks all fled immediately. We wondered why. One of the yanks explained that that was the worst possible thing to call another guy & it would call for a most intense fight. He used words much more descriptive than that. We had to explain to him, that in Australia, being called a bastard mostly meant that you were a good Bloke. Consequently, we used the term frequently after that. Just to piss the yanks off. As you would.
I know a guy who was at university here in Australia, with an American guy in the class. One day heard someone say: 'f*ck me dead'. He laughed so loud and long, then 'adopted' it saying he was taking it back home.
If it’s not offensive then why could you lose your job if you call your boss a cunt or at least a talking to. As female I hate it because it’s often to imply that women’s genitalia is dirty only good for fucking and women are “nagging” and acting like a cunt is being weak, nagging, annoying, opinionated, too soft…all the things I’m going to be called for leaving this comment I’m sure!
The original meaning of the word "Thong" in old English was for a thin leather strap/ strapping or a leather lace or lacing that was probably thicker than the leather shoe laces one might see today. Thus thongs were almost mandatory components for shoes, sandals, clothing, money pouches, saddlery, weapon handles and sheaths .... etc in the distant past before buttons and strong cordage of other materials was in common use. One could also see how the present day naming of "Thong(s)" came to be as the original Thongs were probably made of leather lacing or strapping in both cases, and the name stuck even though the material changed.
My parents (who have lived in the U.S. their entire life) still use "thong" for sandals. If you could take a time machine to the 60's, I think you'd find that both countries used it the same way (footwear) I don't know exactly when it was first used to mean underwear, but I think it was rather recent. I may have heard it occasionally in the 80's, but it wasn't until the 90's that it started being the usual way to use that word. It's only been a couple decades since then, and now the footwear meaning is completely obsolete in the states.
I'm a 66 yr old female, and I don't have any issue with the c or f bombs, even if said in a derogatory way - there are way more 'important' things to be offended by. I remember swearing for the very first time... I was14 and fell out of a tree. I was a good English girl and the worst swear I had ever heard was 'bloody' - even '5h1t' was very rarely used back then. I had never of course, ever dreamt of saying it, until that day, when lying on the ground, I suddenly yelled, "bloody tree!". My Nan heard me fall and came out just in time to hear me. I looked at her in horror. She looked at me... then we both burst into fits of laughter, both shocked at my outburst. Back then we still had religious instruction at high school, depending on your religion, and we attended an actual church for it, because it was next door to school. We had a brilliant reverend who told us that swear words were often just expressions of anger or frustration, or when we were scared. Of course, that's all the permission we needed... I only ever heard my dad drop the c bomb once, or should I say the 'effing c' bomb - when he put his trainers on and was immediately bitten by a bull ant. My mum innocently dropped her first c bomb in the middle of the china dept in Myers! We were browsing the sales and came across a huge clearance of Royal Doulton's Old Country Roses, a design that she absolutely could not stand. Walking quickly past the table she declared, and not in a whisper, "You've got no idea how I hate those old c...s!", inadvertantly shortening the word Country. Luckily, I don't think anyone else heard, but I have never been so grateful to find the 'ladies' so close to to the china dept, as I was in serious danger of crying down my legs with laughter, and it was not helped by the fact that she didn't even realise what she'd said. Needless to say, it very quickly became her go to swear word, along with flipping the bird, which she used with an over-exaggerated flourish... she saw it on TV once and that was it. Who says you can't teach old dogs new tricks? 😂😂😂
Reminds me when a member of a country club in parliament declared loudly "I'm a country member!" And Gough Whitlam with his witty mind replied "Yes, we remember"😂 Edit:- for those not getting the joke this is regarding the C-bomb word.
I got a good one... My missus was taking the laundry out in bare feet and stood on a gumnut. She exclaimed, "Fucken gumnuts!" And my 3yo daughter turned to me and asked, "What's a fucken gumnut, Daddy?"
My friend , a lady about 60, can't understand why people get weird about the so-called "C"- bomb when the very same people have no problems with calling someone a "dick", "prick" or "cock".
I think I remember seeing a doco on rude words and someone mentioned C*nt and C*ck were of Celtic origin and used equally, but some how in English the first one ended up way nastier.
@@AussieEnglishPodcast it is the second word in every sentence i say lol i have to watch myself before commenting on youtube because it’s fine for Paedophile “Influencers” convince your kids that Language and Gender are somehow the same thing but heaven forbid you say the C word lol it is not offensive ever it is the most versatile word in the english language i don’t care if i offend people if words offend them they’re whinging Cunts 👍
You forgot "root" as exhausted ie I'm totally rooted. Years ago I knew an elderly scholarly couple from Sth Africa. When they first arrived, she used to sell plant cuttings and seedlings at a local market to earn a little extra cash. She initially had a sign stating "All plants are rooted" - much to the amusement of the locals :)
I tend to say buggered or stuffed, in the context of exhausted. Root, to me, is what many Aussies know the word for. And it always makes me chuckle when I hear a foreigner say they're rooting for someone or for a team 😂😂
I remember years ago when King's Cross was a very different place, wandering pass one of the adult entertainment establishments, and hearing one of the guys on the door's sales pitch: "Crack a fat, or your money back"
Older woman here. I use the "c-bomb" casually, everyone's a c-, the only question is whether there're a mad c-, sick c-, stupid c-, or sh_t c-. The first time I ever heard it used, it casually came out of the mouth of a 94 year old woman in the very early 80's. I don't think it's only about gender or age, as location and social circle also plays a huge part. I'd be very surprised to hear anyone from the beachy and inner suburbs of Adelaide use it, but not hearing it used by someone from the outer western suburbs of Sydney would be equally as weird.
My Aussie mate once took his ten day rental car back four days early in NZ and was charged the full price.....when the rental employee refused to relent to his complaint he called her a C......she slapped him.....he then asked to speak to the manager, who then asked what the issue was.....when it was explained to him he told my mate "well you did call her a C" to which my mate replied "because she is ......and so are you for finding a BS distraction to rip me off".....He didn't get his money back and was still angry weeks later when telling us, where we then made his anger even worse when pissing ourselves laughing at his story!
I would have called her a"theiving c....t" or a" useless c...t! Sticks and fuken stones anyway! fuken Kiwi c...t! respect where its due brother......even half of 4 days off would have been considerate. Fuk her and that rental company! cheers to your aussie mate!
Well, this grandma would call him that and more - my favourite “polite” way of calling someone that c-word, is to call them an “ankle”. Think about that one in terms of physical anatomy. An ‘ankle’ is about three feet lower than the c-word, and if you’re told you’re a c-word, you probably deserve to be told you’re three feet lower than ….
I have to laugh about the fanny word. I used to go to star trek conventions back when they happened a lot in Australia (before voyager ended - they became less common here after that era) and we heard the story about when de lancie went to the Qld con with several other actors and by the time it was his turn the Aussies had been sitting for a long time and where getting a bit tired. As soon as he got on stage he instructed everyone to stand and to turn to the neighbour and rub there fanny. Everyone stopped after they stood and he looked confused about why they looked awkward. Then the host jumped up and whispered to him his error. He fished then to ease the tension he said 'i'll watch'
Same here. It’s actually one of my favourite words.😂 But I don’t say it unless it’s warranted. It’s just a word. Too many people give some words too much power.
15:37 the word crack is simply defining the action. Like you have a crack at someone, means to verbally accost them, to have a crack at doing something or give something a crack, is to at least give something a try, there is to crack open a beer or any container, simply means to open excitedly., to get a crack on, is to get a move on/hurry up, get going, and as already said to crack onto someone is to attempt at flirting with them. Crack is the doing word. It’s a very versatile word. With much of many languages context is the important part.
Also, let's not forget another way we Aussies use the word "crack." And that is, to crack up laughing. Or to say, "that cracks me up", or in the past tense of, "I cracked up laughing at that". I'd never really thought about that simple word before. But just like the word 💩 , we Aussies tend to use the word crack in so many ways. 😄
My sister went to USA about 1978 as an exchange student. ( One ) they were fascinated that she spoke english ( many think that Australia is next to Germany ). ( Two ) she asked, in class, for a rubber, shocking them all until it was explained to be an eraser. ( Three ) She stayed with someone that were coming to Perth ( religious door knockers ) but were getting saturday afternoon off and so would be able to visit ( Hunter Valley, NSW ) she laughed at them. they don't realise that OZ is about the same area as the continuous states of USA with bigger distances between anywhere. ( less transport options as well )
@@alanhilder1883 Some enterprising person in South Korea made dolls of all the leaders attending the G20 Meeting in Seoul in 2010. They made one of Australia's then P.M. Julia Gillard...and depicted her wearing a dirndl, the traditional Austrian dress.
Proper old school common usage - 'wanna root?' (a proposition) , I'm rooted (tired), it's rooted (broken), 'he/she' s a rooter (playa), Rooty Hill (a suburb in western Sydney). As for 'fanny', very old school and probably got it's name for the same reason parts of regional Australia the use the term 'mick' - as every c_nt's named Mick..
I think two classics that have been missed are: "bastard" - used to mean practically anything other than illigetimate chuld - as in: It was a bastard of a a job and the bastard forman made the bastard thing even worse. In the end though, the bastard turned out yo be an ok kind of bastard who just wanted the bastard thing done. And "bugger" which is basically like saying "darn" in America, or perhaps to indicate that things have not quite gone as expected. This does tie in a little with the already mentioned "root" where something coyld be considered "buggered" or "rooted" when you are looking for a polite way to say that it is 'fucked" - which could easily mean broken, in disrepair, or simply, tired.
@@rodh1404 But they are still deemed as swear words in other countries. And were still seen as fairly heavy swear words in Australia up until about 20-30 years ago.
In Melbourne Pash Rash is specifically from a guy kissing you with a beard. It could be on your mouth, wherever. A hickie is just a hickie or a love bite. There is a funny episode of Kath and Kim where Sharron has a pash rash all over her mouth and they refer to it as such.
Never thought about how much crack gets used in context. Crack a fat, have a crack, have some crack, crack up, crack on, they cracked, ass crack. Probably more but that's off the top of my head 🤣
@@AussieEnglishPodcast I first heard of Rooting King in a Roy & HG interview with Lee Freeman (on Club Buggery). Roy was doing his usual thing, knowing everything about training horses. Freeman, trying to catch him out, says, "What's your horse's name Roy?" Without pause the response, "Rooting King". Subsequent episodes of Club Buggery would include references to Rooting King.
Frances with an 'e' is the feminine version of Francis. In the late 1960s a band ironically called 'The Band' had a hit called The Weight. Part of the chorus lyrics is 'take a load off fanny'. It's about a girl called 'Fanny' but also becomes an ambiguous reference to their arses.
I am watching random videos with my friend who is sitting next to me as I type this, we clicked on this videos as Australians, who love the idea of Americans being offended by what we see as normal. In the first couple seconds of seeing your face, she said to me ‘i bet you $5 this guys taught English before.’ we both thought nothing of it and both said it and took it as a joke. I tell you she was laughing at 1:49. I now owe her $5. Thanks for the laugh 😆
So i am an American born in 87. Idk bout the rest of the country but growing up in southern California, the term "Randy" for being horny was sometimes used. It wasnt used often but it was a known slang term. I think it is an older term though (i deff know my parents who were born in 46 used it cuz iv heard it from them before, and it grossed me out lol). So yes, the term randy has been used for horny/aroused in the states before, at least where i am from. In fact, i rem in elementary school there was a kid named Randy who would get made fun of for his name so he ended up going by his middle name instead. Also, the term thong, was nor only for the underwear bit also was used interchangeable for flip-flops back in the day, but mainly we would use the term for those cheap ass rubber sandles that were sold for like a dollar at wallmart or at beach stalls. I haven't heard or used the term in the past couple decades but back in the 90s this was a term we used. Idk bout the rest of the country though. Like i said, i live in southern California in a city right on the beach, so maybe it is just my city...idk
I went to school with 2 brothers with the surname "Roots". One was called "Randy"..Imagine the kind of shit He got . Well, Both of them really. All in good fun 😂🤣🤣😂
My Dude, my son sells his work by mail order and he made a stamp that said "Thanks C*nt" (I've censored, his spelt it out). He would stamp that on receipts. GUESS WHAT. People LOVED it, they wanted to buy their own stamp. He had only one made at first but he made some more to sell to fans. Then more, then more.That's a few years ago but as of now he has sold THIRTY THOUSAND (30,000) of them!!! Oi Oi OI!
Well done, I haven't heard "crack a fat" since the mid 1980s in high school! We also used to use "franger" for condom. While watching this video I can recall thinking about those pencils that had an eraser on the other end and thinking how much better a pencil it was with a rubber on it!
Many years ago I worked with an american bloke called Randy Sailor - intoducing him to customers was always fun - you would always see a slight grin on the customers face, which was then quickly hidden :)
My old man ,s favorite saying in the 70s was keep your cnt hooks ie my hands of his tools . He never said it in front of my mother but the rest off the time it was on all the time .
New Zealanders say "have a red hot crack" at a task, which is very funny. Also, remember the person who went around damaging the S in the Red Rooster takeaway sign.
Interesting fact: In the series of book Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome one of the four Walker siblings was called Fanny. It was set in the 1930's. My brother was given the book and I loved it so much I bought my own copy as an adult to re-read it and found it a bit odd to see the name Fanny to start with, which hadn't fazed me as a child. Bonus was I found there is a whole series of 12 books! Happy days. BTW they changed Fanny's name for the movie.
Same with Enid Blyton books. The characters in "The Enchanted Wood "were Dick and Fanny ( Richard and Frances ). They have changed their names now as every Aussie kid would have a secret snigger.
@@elowishusmirkatroid4898 Oh yes, thanks, I remember! I read all of her books, loved them. My grown up passion in a similar way is pretty much any SciFi starting with Dr Who on B&W tv then Day of the Triffids we had to read at school then Isaac Asimov later on and a neighbour started me on Terry Pratchett, absolutely brilliant man! Sorry for all OT. 😉😉
@@elowishusmirkatroid4898 Yes I also love and miss Terry, it was a sad day. It took me a long time before I could read his last book and have now read his biography by Rob Wilkins. Greetings from ...what's the equivalent of Fourex for Vic? ;D
Men use insults as a form of humour between themselves. Social psychologists told me it was a variation on 'jockeying for status', a gentle form of one-upmanship. It makes it no less offensive
Sharon, in Kath and Kim, had a pash with Mark (?), going at it like the clappers, ie all over each other. Afterwards the redness around her mouth gave away the intensity of their kiss, her sporting her rash was the joke. Having it off with each other. That's a pash rash. It's not necessarily a hickey or love bite.
The biggest user of C--- I know is a refined, 50+year old female ABC radio presenter. She LOVES saying it, sometimes jokingly but most of the time seriously. "Root" does have one other "= fuck" use in "The car won't go. The engine's rooted." SHnog? Who say's SHnog? It's snog.
A lesson in the importance of grammar.."The wombat eats roots, shoots and leaves" OR "The wombat eats, roots, shoots and leaves." Yes. I am a nerd. Also I think the Nanny reference you may be thinking of is the line in the theme song which is something like "She was out on her fanny.."
@@katiel7166 Thank you, but TBF, it's not an Oxford comma. That comes before the 'and' bit. The bit I was emphasizing was the difference between eating roots or eating then rooting...
You can also use the phrase “crack on” as a standalone encouraging comment to mean continue or yes do that. So if someone tells you they’ve been working hard or they’re going out drinking you might say “crack on” to mean “yes, do that” in an encouraging way.
I'd always assumed that Fanny was originally an abbreviation of the girl's name Fanella. Many years ago I had a colleague called Fanella who didn't tolerate anyone calling her Fanny.
In Australia there is a popular Queensland beer XXXX -4X- but As I understand this is the name of a popular rubber/condom in the US. There used to be a song advertisement for the beer that went “ I can feel a 4X coming on” which must have sounded hilarious from anyone from the US
We don't swear, we've evolved the English language to the point where non-specific quantitative colloquial expletives are discriptive and the "C" word is the epitome of that discriptive vernacular.
I'm also an ESL teacher. One day a couple of plumbers were fixing the pipes outside my classroom, so I paused the lesson and just wrote down every bit of 'Strine and slang they said. The rest of the lesson was dedicated to guesswork and translation. 😂
Aussie chick, Melbourne born and bred, almost 50. I use the c word often. But only at home. I would never use it in public, well not loudly or to anyone directly. Nor around extended family indoors. But have no qualms with saying it among immediate family and close friends. It's just another swear word for me, and I use many of them 😁😄
As an older Aussie, I swear (rarely in mixed company) but I would have to be very, very, very angry to use the C word. Our pronunciation of "route" also confuses Americans and Canadians. My mother said "bloody" only once in my presence. I knew I was in serious trouble. Overuse dilutes the impact.
Yes there is a sizable portion of Australia that uses the C word. We call them Bogans. Also, where I grew up, a nickname for condoms was 'franga / frangas'. I have no idea what the etymology for that is.
Australian IT people use the US English pronunciation for the device known as a "router" because we can't keep as straight face when using the UK English pronunciation.
Oh yeah. Funny how we say the word in the British English context, when referring to a travelling term. But when it comes to that particular piece of equipment, we Aussies will say the word in the US English context 😄
Context and tone is absolutely necessary to understand Aussie English, especially when it comes to the words most of the world are horrified about. Don't forget "Easy as piss", the big brother as it were to "too easy"
9:33 in The Nanny theme song, they sing "What was she to do? Where was she to go? She was out on her fanny" 17:31 "on the piss" also means something is uneven, such as a fence being on a lean, or the floor in an old house is slightly sloped, or a picture frame on a wall isn't level etc.
My friend's dad would never swear in front of a woman (neither does my dad for that matter!) and when he had a stroke one of the most upsetting things for my friend was that he lost that inhibition. She felt like it was a silly thing to be upset about since at least he was still with them, but it was so unlike him.
One saying left out is pet, the Americans will pet a dog or a cat, we are more likely to say pat a dog or a cat, we don't pet out pets. Do people from the US know what petting is?
"Franga" also "pash rash" isn't a "hickey" it's irritation from a man's beard on another person's face. The word "thong" refers to a strap, a "strap" being the thing in common with both the footwear and the underwear.
Piss on - hitting the grog hard. "Piss off" - go away (not to be confused with Piss off - to annoy) Piss away - waste Piss take - a parody Pissing down - Raining hard
Hit the piss Piss on - drinking Pissant - annoying person Piece of piss - easy to do Pisstake Scared the piss out of me Piss-awful Pissing in my pocket Pisser - toilet
62 year old woman here, ive used the c word usually in anger. Heard it used by guys and girls in a variety of contexts. Its just a form of expression like any word.
My daughter is nearly 28. Even she and friends her age use this c word in general conversation without it being particularly derogatory. When we were younger like 50 years ago my mate and I might be walking with a girl in a National Park we would say “have you ever tripped over a log? How about a root?”
Fanny packs/bum bags used to worn with the bag behind you, over your rear end. Travellers moved them to the front to make it harder for pickpockets getting into them.
Root in uk can also mean looking through, digging through Eg. Bins of discount items in a store. I was in a department store in Melbourne one day and I heard a woman with an English accent ask…where are you mum? Her mum replied…I am just over here rooting around. I swear all the Aussies who heard this nearly gave themselves whiplash turning to look in the direction of the person who had uttered those words. Of course, we then all ‘pissed ourselves’ laughing having heard the accent and realised that the mum didn’t know the other meaning of root in Australia. 😂
The word thong originated in medieval times. Footwear was laced to the leg with a thong wound around the leg, so in effect a single string or cord. works for both footwear and underwear
OMG this is WILD!! I remember subscribing to your channel before I moved to Australia almost 3 years ago and now you're reacting to one of my videos 🤩 Cheers!
Hahaha oh, mate. Firstly, sorry for messing up "Kinda" at the start of the video. My kids are at kinda so it's on my mind clearly. And secondly, thanks for the kind words! Keep up the great vids!
Where have you been Kaitlyn c'mon don't be a "Piker" , lets RIP back in , no trains on Thursday use Shanks Pony ,no hitchhiking you will be told to piss in your boots and swim,don't worry about the Blacktown Bogan's and Eshay's ,Wave next time your in Westpoint and Libary ,HooRoo
Love ya work kindaussie, watch ya all the time ✌️❤️🇭🇲
you,ve got skills🥰
@@AussieEnglishPodcast is kinder usally spelt as kinda? I always spelt it as kinder
Correction, pash rash is not a hickey... a hickey is a hickey... a pash rash is the rash around your mouth from pashing too much in one setting.
Yup... it can become an actual injury that requires time to heal if there is stubble involved. Interesting way to find out your wife is a cheating slag that.
That's what i thought.
A hickey is a love bite.
Pash rash is usually associated with the guy having stubble, this can also affect other parts of the body 😎Omg man "snog" is UK
Yep; pash rash is caused by a bloke's stubble and bloody hurts 😅 Guys, do us a favour and shave yer mug beforehand 😅
As a woman I have always found the c-word very offensive, but the kid next door to me is definitely one!
HAHAHA! Yeah... I think we all know of those
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You poor cunt it must be hard listen to that crap cummen out of their mouth.
A friend who was an exchange student in the US in the 70s was billeted with a family who's daughter was called Randy Root. She advised her that she should never come to Australia.
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My dad went to college in america and knew a guy caled Randy Dick
When I went to Canada decades ago, people were wondering why we found the shop Roots with a beaver as their symbol/mascot as funny. We had to buy a roots hat with a beaver on it.
I 100% believe this, "root" in the 70s was used in every sentence. 'The Wombat it Eats, Roots and Leaves'😂😂
FMD 😂
NO!! She definitely shouldn't!! I've already been laughing hysterically, snorts & all, for at least 5 minutes over her name 🤣🤣🤣
We do also use root as an adjective, as in "well, that's rooted" (meaning totally broken, no good) 😉
It's the same as saying it's f*cked.
I usually use either fucked or cactus
Or "munted" if you a Kiwi.
Aussie here. Two stories.
1.I went to college in California in the mid seventies. I was sitting in a chemistry class next to an attractive blond. I made a mistake in taking down instructions for an assignment. I turned and asked her in a normal voice...Hi, you got a rubber? Tittering laughter and a huge blush on the blond. I staggered on.. You know...a rubber, to rub things out... More giggles, puzzled I made the motion of erasing some text. Some guy then said ..Oh you mean an eraser man... I said yeah, a rubber. The blond passed her eraser with an embarrassed smile. I used it in the intended manner and handed it back... Thanks... Later a guy I knew came up and explained. My turn to blush.
2. An American choreographer that was working on a show in Aus I was involved in was trying to get the dancers to do a particular move that involved pushing out their bums. She said... come on push out your fannies!... The dancers all dutifully hip thrusted forward rotating to emphasis their Mons.. Confusion reigned for about 30 seconds. Then someone stepped in and whispered in her ear explaining. She gasped and apologized and then there was a huge burst of laughter and many improv versions of both ideas. Total fun and no stress. The choreographer dined out on the story for the rest of the tour. Language is fluid and dynamic across cultures and time. Imagine that!!
C-U in the NT is a long-standing tourist campaign for the Northern Territory. It's all about context.
Haha yeah it's a pisser seeing that on the back of people's cars
Haha yeah it's classic 👍 what about FAR-Q 😅😅
Not to forget C U Next Tuesday.
@@AussieEnglishPodcast Nice use of pisser
Not wrong, got full blown christians etc driving around with fuck cancer across the back window.
When the Australian Army first arrived in Vietnam in 1965, they were attached to the American 173D (S) Brigade. Therefore, (we) had a lot to do with the American Troops. Our slang had them totally confused, especially when in mixed company. Aust & Americans. I remember one in particular when one of our blokes referred to another as a stupid bastard, just in a passing casual phrase. The yanks all fled immediately. We wondered why. One of the yanks explained that that was the worst possible thing to call another guy & it would call for a most intense fight. He used words much more descriptive than that. We had to explain to him, that in Australia, being called a bastard mostly meant that you were a good Bloke. Consequently, we used the term frequently after that. Just to piss the yanks off. As you would.
I always carry a franga
Always be prepared!
A dinga, too.
Can't believe he couldn't think of this one. Drink a slab and have think about what ya done.
The ol’ Frenchie 😂
Probably carried the same one for 6 years 😂
"it shit me to tears" had trouble explaining that--it just has so much more life than "frustrated"
Telling an American to ( stop piss farting around ) pure gold.
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😂👌
Or tell them their ass about.
Confused, kind of insulted looks over telling them that their t shirt is inside out. Lol
Interesting about "root". What about a suburb in Sydney then? The glorious "Rooty Hill"!
You can also say - it pissed down, for heavy rainfall
Pissing rain or snow means light precipitation.
Although raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock means a downpour.
@@machintelligence I've only heard "it's pissin down" to mean very heavy rainfall, never light. Perhaps it's different in other states.
@@kari2570 yes, in Queensland, we say it's pissing down when it is pouring. The same in the NT.
@@kari2570 I may have misheard "spitting snow" as "pissing snow."
@@machintelligence Light rain is usually "spitting" and a downpour is "pissing" down..
I know a guy who was at university here in Australia, with an American guy in the class. One day heard someone say:
'f*ck me dead'.
He laughed so loud and long, then 'adopted' it saying he was taking it back home.
I think I first heard that in Canada about 40 years ago.
I've been in Australia my whole life and can I say I've never seen an Australian be offended
Stay out of the cities then. Everyone is offended there!
@@MrBenski81. Fucken pussies I the city lol
I worked with a Truckie in the 80s who threw fists if you called him a cunt (in any context). He got tested... A lot.
EXACTLY
I'm Australian and everything is kinda chill but then people not from here it's 'offensive'
If it’s not offensive then why could you lose your job if you call your boss a cunt or at least a talking to. As female I hate it because it’s often to imply that women’s genitalia is dirty only good for fucking and women are “nagging” and acting like a cunt is being weak, nagging, annoying, opinionated, too soft…all the things I’m going to be called for leaving this comment I’m sure!
The original meaning of the word "Thong" in old English was for a thin leather strap/ strapping or a leather lace or lacing that was probably thicker than the leather shoe laces one might see today. Thus thongs were almost mandatory components for shoes, sandals, clothing, money pouches, saddlery, weapon handles and sheaths .... etc in the distant past before buttons and strong cordage of other materials was in common use. One could also see how the present day naming of "Thong(s)" came to be as the original Thongs were probably made of leather lacing or strapping in both cases, and the name stuck even though the material changed.
Interestingly the French use of the Australian word "Thong" is "Tongs," always plural but with a silent 's', so almost the same.
My parents (who have lived in the U.S. their entire life) still use "thong" for sandals. If you could take a time machine to the 60's, I think you'd find that both countries used it the same way (footwear)
I don't know exactly when it was first used to mean underwear, but I think it was rather recent. I may have heard it occasionally in the 80's, but it wasn't until the 90's that it started being the usual way to use that word. It's only been a couple decades since then, and now the footwear meaning is completely obsolete in the states.
You mentioned "sheaths", I recall that as an earlier civilized term for a condom!
I still say I tape a program on tv instead of record. 😂
Cracking on can also just mean getting on with something. "Ok, lets crack on with the job then." Comes from stage coaches and stock whips, I suppose.
Get cracking, get a move on.
@@leopoldpoppenberger8692 Yeh, Cracking onto someone is hittin on em but to Crack on is to just get on with the job or whatever u doin
@@stevehawthorne47 I wouldn't be surprised if it's related
Or having a crack means attempting something
I think more a UK term.
As a woman, when driven to my most extreme fury and frustration, I used the Cword . The fact that I never used it meant it packed a punch.
c bomb.. yep as a lady tradie its said pretty much every 2nd word! i like to use the phrase "i have one, but you are one"😂
As an Aussie chick, I'll definitely have to remember that one 😂
😂😂👍 luv it mate !!
Yeah I was a tradie for nearly 30 years and personally I'm not a fan of the C word at all.
@@Healthliving1967 So do you have one or are you one, or both?
You must have one 😂@Healthliving1967
I'm a 66 yr old female, and I don't have any issue with the c or f bombs, even if said in a derogatory way - there are way more 'important' things to be offended by.
I remember swearing for the very first time... I was14 and fell out of a tree. I was a good English girl and the worst swear I had ever heard was 'bloody' - even '5h1t' was very rarely used back then. I had never of course, ever dreamt of saying it, until that day, when lying on the ground, I suddenly yelled, "bloody tree!". My Nan heard me fall and came out just in time to hear me. I looked at her in horror. She looked at me... then we both burst into fits of laughter, both shocked at my outburst. Back then we still had religious instruction at high school, depending on your religion, and we attended an actual church for it, because it was next door to school. We had a brilliant reverend who told us that swear words were often just expressions of anger or frustration, or when we were scared. Of course, that's all the permission we needed...
I only ever heard my dad drop the c bomb once, or should I say the 'effing c' bomb - when he put his trainers on and was immediately bitten by a bull ant.
My mum innocently dropped her first c bomb in the middle of the china dept in Myers! We were browsing the sales and came across a huge clearance of Royal Doulton's Old Country Roses, a design that she absolutely could not stand. Walking quickly past the table she declared, and not in a whisper, "You've got no idea how I hate those old c...s!", inadvertantly shortening the word Country. Luckily, I don't think anyone else heard, but I have never been so grateful to find the 'ladies' so close to to the china dept, as I was in serious danger of crying down my legs with laughter, and it was not helped by the fact that she didn't even realise what she'd said. Needless to say, it very quickly became her go to swear word, along with flipping the bird, which she used with an over-exaggerated flourish... she saw it on TV once and that was it. Who says you can't teach old dogs new tricks? 😂😂😂
I enjoyed your stories, they came to life in mind. If you're not already a writer, perhaps you should be.
Reminds me when a member of a country club in parliament declared loudly "I'm a country member!" And Gough Whitlam with his witty mind replied "Yes, we remember"😂
Edit:- for those not getting the joke this is regarding the C-bomb word.
I got a good one... My missus was taking the laundry out in bare feet and stood on a gumnut. She exclaimed, "Fucken gumnuts!" And my 3yo daughter turned to me and asked, "What's a fucken gumnut, Daddy?"
My friend , a lady about 60, can't understand why people get weird about the so-called "C"- bomb when the very same people have no problems with calling someone a "dick", "prick" or "cock".
I think I remember seeing a doco on rude words and someone mentioned C*nt and C*ck were of Celtic origin and used equally, but some how in English the first one ended up way nastier.
@@AussieEnglishPodcast it is the second word in every sentence i say lol i have to watch myself before commenting on youtube because it’s fine for Paedophile “Influencers” convince your kids that Language and Gender are somehow the same thing but heaven forbid you say the C word lol it is not offensive ever it is the most versatile word in the english language i don’t care if i offend people if words offend them they’re whinging Cunts 👍
The amazing part to me is how men use it as an insult, when it's what they like best of all.
The power of the offended seemingly lies within one camp
I am a 60 year old Aussie woman, and I wonder why people become upset too. LOL
You forgot "root" as exhausted ie I'm totally rooted. Years ago I knew an elderly scholarly couple from Sth Africa. When they first arrived, she used to sell plant cuttings and seedlings at a local market to earn a little extra cash. She initially had a sign stating "All plants are rooted" - much to the amusement of the locals :)
I tend to say buggered or stuffed, in the context of exhausted.
Root, to me, is what many Aussies know the word for.
And it always makes me chuckle when I hear a foreigner say they're rooting for someone or for a team 😂😂
She probably started the plants with rooting powder.
Rooting is also used for looking for something = rooting through the rubbish or dirt 😂
"I'm wallaby Bills' cousin." Roo Ted. Meaning exhausted.
Omg crack a fat, i havemt heard that in decades! Used to have a joke about cracking a fat and flipping your desk 😂😂😂
I think now they say bricked up
And " flipping your desk " 🤣🤣 !!
I remember years ago when King's Cross was a very different place, wandering pass one of the adult entertainment establishments, and hearing one of the guys on the door's sales pitch: "Crack a fat, or your money back"
Crack a fat.. not heard that for so long and it just made me piss my pants..
Older woman here. I use the "c-bomb" casually, everyone's a c-, the only question is whether there're a mad c-, sick c-, stupid c-, or sh_t c-. The first time I ever heard it used, it casually came out of the mouth of a 94 year old woman in the very early 80's. I don't think it's only about gender or age, as location and social circle also plays a huge part. I'd be very surprised to hear anyone from the beachy and inner suburbs of Adelaide use it, but not hearing it used by someone from the outer western suburbs of Sydney would be equally as weird.
"I'm rooted after a hard day".
your a soft C ...lolol
Root 66? I can barely root 1 (I know it's route but still)
Yeah I wondered why he didn’t mention being rooted, or having a car that’s fuckin rooted
My Aussie mate once took his ten day rental car back four days early in NZ and was charged the full price.....when the rental employee refused to relent to his complaint he called her a C......she slapped him.....he then asked to speak to the manager, who then asked what the issue was.....when it was explained to him he told my mate "well you did call her a C" to which my mate replied "because she is ......and so are you for finding a BS distraction to rip me off".....He didn't get his money back and was still angry weeks later when telling us, where we then made his anger even worse when pissing ourselves laughing at his story!
😂
I would have called her a"theiving c....t" or a" useless c...t! Sticks and fuken stones anyway! fuken Kiwi c...t! respect where its due brother......even half of 4 days off would have been considerate. Fuk her and that rental company! cheers to your aussie mate!
Well, this grandma would call him that and more - my favourite “polite” way of calling someone that c-word, is to call them an “ankle”. Think about that one in terms of physical anatomy. An ‘ankle’ is about three feet lower than the c-word, and if you’re told you’re a c-word, you probably deserve to be told you’re three feet lower than ….
@@1ihws interesting.
Fanny Bay, NT 0800. Dick Ward Drive leads to Fanny Bay.
Fannie Bay, and it’s 0820. But yes.
and you can see Cox peninsula from Fannie Bay
I have to laugh about the fanny word. I used to go to star trek conventions back when they happened a lot in Australia (before voyager ended - they became less common here after that era) and we heard the story about when de lancie went to the Qld con with several other actors and by the time it was his turn the Aussies had been sitting for a long time and where getting a bit tired. As soon as he got on stage he instructed everyone to stand and to turn to the neighbour and rub there fanny. Everyone stopped after they stood and he looked confused about why they looked awkward. Then the host jumped up and whispered to him his error. He fished then to ease the tension he said 'i'll watch'
If something is broken, saying it's rooted is perfectly acceptable.
Yeah, means it's effed, poked, had the d*ck, etc
thats fkin rooted
Roger'd?? :)
Munted 😅
@@skippy8696 spewin
My high school music teacher taught us that on a bass guitar, the G string goes on the bottom
Lol I am a 42 yr old woman who uses the c-word A LOT 🤷♀️ not in front of certain people and around certain areas. But every day I use it often 🤣🤣
Ditto
Same 🖐 but 54
Until a Karen overhears you and reports you HR
Same here. It’s actually one of my favourite words.😂 But I don’t say it unless it’s warranted. It’s just a word. Too many people give some words too much power.
@@sueb2220
I've had a cunnava week. I do outdoor markets and it's been pissing down for the last seven days. F*ck!
15:37 the word crack is simply defining the action. Like you have a crack at someone, means to verbally accost them, to have a crack at doing something or give something a crack, is to at least give something a try, there is to crack open a beer or any container, simply means to open excitedly., to get a crack on, is to get a move on/hurry up, get going, and as already said to crack onto someone is to attempt at flirting with them.
Crack is the doing word. It’s a very versatile word. With much of many languages context is the important part.
A crack in SEPO language is a key to break into some software.
Also, let's not forget another way we Aussies use the word "crack."
And that is, to crack up laughing.
Or to say, "that cracks me up", or in the past tense of, "I cracked up laughing at that".
I'd never really thought about that simple word before.
But just like the word 💩 , we Aussies tend to use the word crack in so many ways. 😄
We now also often use the Irish word craic... the craic - to have a good time, something that's good.
Don't forget the Plumbers Crack
And calling someone cracked in the head, denotes mental shortcomings or illness. Or you can get cracked in the head in a fight.
A hickey on the neck is a hickey. Pash rash is pash rash. From a bloke's whiskers when you pash him. Totally different from a hickey.
Exactly 👍🏻
Hickey or love bite
In Scotland the C word is so common it's used as a form of endearment...as in how are ya dain ya old C 😂
Same for us Aussies
I've noticed in UK tv shows and movies the c word is very common.
That’s how I greet my mate who is much older than me.
My sister went to USA about 1978 as an exchange student. ( One ) they were fascinated that she spoke english ( many think that Australia is next to Germany ).
( Two ) she asked, in class, for a rubber, shocking them all until it was explained to be an eraser. ( Three ) She stayed with someone that were coming to Perth ( religious door knockers ) but were getting saturday afternoon off and so would be able to visit ( Hunter Valley, NSW ) she laughed at them. they don't realise that OZ is about the same area as the continuous states of USA with bigger distances between anywhere. ( less transport options as well )
haha too funny.
hahaha they forget we have the extra al xD we aren't Austrian!
@@The_Gaming_Hamster When Dubbya toured here, well Canberra, I was surprised that Little Johnny wasn't wearing lederhosen.
@@alanhilder1883 Some enterprising person in South Korea made dolls of all the leaders attending the G20 Meeting in Seoul in 2010. They made one of Australia's then P.M. Julia Gillard...and depicted her wearing a dirndl, the traditional Austrian dress.
Proper old school common usage - 'wanna root?' (a proposition) , I'm rooted (tired), it's rooted (broken), 'he/she' s a rooter (playa), Rooty Hill (a suburb in western Sydney). As for 'fanny', very old school and probably got it's name for the same reason parts of regional Australia the use the term 'mick' - as every c_nt's named Mick..
Rooty Hill was colloquially known as 'Shagger's Ridge' to Westies back in the 1970s.
I think the "mick" thing is Irish.
@@SandD55now you must explain to the Americans what shagging is!
I think two classics that have been missed are:
"bastard" - used to mean practically anything other than illigetimate chuld - as in: It was a bastard of a a job and the bastard forman made the bastard thing even worse. In the end though, the bastard turned out yo be an ok kind of bastard who just wanted the bastard thing done.
And "bugger" which is basically like saying "darn" in America, or perhaps to indicate that things have not quite gone as expected. This does tie in a little with the already mentioned "root" where something coyld be considered "buggered" or "rooted" when you are looking for a polite way to say that it is 'fucked" - which could easily mean broken, in disrepair, or simply, tired.
Those are good ones. I remember it blowing my mind the first time I found out that bugger referred to sodomy. "But we say it all the time?!"
Well, bugger me sideways!
@@AussieEnglishPodcast That's because most Aussies care bugger all about that reference.
Remember the cunts fucked?
@@rodh1404
But they are still deemed as swear words in other countries.
And were still seen as fairly heavy swear words in Australia up until about 20-30 years ago.
In Melbourne Pash Rash is specifically from a guy kissing you with a beard. It could be on your mouth, wherever. A hickie is just a hickie or a love bite. There is a funny episode of Kath and Kim where Sharron has a pash rash all over her mouth and they refer to it as such.
In the 70s in WA we called condoms, "frangers".
The Nanny was Fran, there's a line in the theme that goes,
"She was out on her Fanny".
i always refer to them as dingers
& dangers for men😂
Frangers or dingers is what we called them as teenagers back in the 80s in my neighbourhood in Melbourne.
Frenchies too
Americans might say a Jimmy hat
@bradwebber3211 Jimmy hat! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm stealing that one. 👍
Never thought about how much crack gets used in context. Crack a fat, have a crack, have some crack, crack up, crack on, they cracked, ass crack. Probably more but that's off the top of my head 🤣
I remember Roy and HG talking about their racehorse, The Rooting King 😂
LOL... Never heard about it. Got a link to the story?
Roy and HG take it to another level!
@@AussieEnglishPodcast I first heard of Rooting King in a Roy & HG interview with Lee Freeman (on Club Buggery). Roy was doing his usual thing, knowing everything about training horses. Freeman, trying to catch him out, says, "What's your horse's name Roy?" Without pause the response, "Rooting King". Subsequent episodes of Club Buggery would include references to Rooting King.
Don't forget Club Buggery. Was one of the reasons Mike Myers went on the show.
Rooty Hill RSL!!!
Frances with an 'e' is the feminine version of Francis. In the late 1960s a band ironically called 'The Band' had a hit called The Weight. Part of the chorus lyrics is 'take a load off fanny'. It's about a girl called 'Fanny' but also becomes an ambiguous reference to their arses.
bob Dylans Band ,very smooth made it (the concert) look easy ,& members would come and go,a fluidity in line up saw them in Sydney 77 , i think
I am watching random videos with my friend who is sitting next to me as I type this, we clicked on this videos as Australians, who love the idea of Americans being offended by what we see as normal. In the first couple seconds of seeing your face, she said to me ‘i bet you $5 this guys taught English before.’ we both thought nothing of it and both said it and took it as a joke. I tell you she was laughing at 1:49. I now owe her $5. Thanks for the laugh 😆
"Had a little cheeky root on the weekend." - that's gold!
So i am an American born in 87. Idk bout the rest of the country but growing up in southern California, the term "Randy" for being horny was sometimes used. It wasnt used often but it was a known slang term. I think it is an older term though (i deff know my parents who were born in 46 used it cuz iv heard it from them before, and it grossed me out lol). So yes, the term randy has been used for horny/aroused in the states before, at least where i am from. In fact, i rem in elementary school there was a kid named Randy who would get made fun of for his name so he ended up going by his middle name instead. Also, the term thong, was nor only for the underwear bit also was used interchangeable for flip-flops back in the day, but mainly we would use the term for those cheap ass rubber sandles that were sold for like a dollar at wallmart or at beach stalls. I haven't heard or used the term in the past couple decades but back in the 90s this was a term we used. Idk bout the rest of the country though. Like i said, i live in southern California in a city right on the beach, so maybe it is just my city...idk
😆😆 That’s how Prince Andrew got his nickname, Randy Andy 😆😆
I went to school with 2 brothers with the surname "Roots". One was called "Randy"..Imagine the kind of shit He got . Well, Both of them really. All in good fun 😂🤣🤣😂
Pissed is Drunk
& Moreso Pissed Off is Angry.
So many variations 😂
My Dude, my son sells his work by mail order and he made a stamp that said "Thanks C*nt" (I've censored, his spelt it out). He would stamp that on receipts. GUESS WHAT. People LOVED it, they wanted to buy their own stamp. He had only one made at first but he made some more to sell to fans. Then more, then more.That's a few years ago but as of now he has sold THIRTY THOUSAND (30,000) of them!!! Oi Oi OI!
loooool send me a link :D
I need one as well.
Sindy Sinn. Mad cunt. (I don’t know him; I just read his About Me page) 😁
Well done, I haven't heard "crack a fat" since the mid 1980s in high school!
We also used to use "franger" for condom.
While watching this video I can recall thinking about those pencils that had an eraser on the other end and thinking how much better a pencil it was with a rubber on it!
Many years ago I worked with an american bloke called Randy Sailor - intoducing him to customers was always fun - you would always see a slight grin on the customers face, which was then quickly hidden :)
My old man ,s favorite saying in the 70s was keep your cnt hooks ie my hands of his tools . He never said it in front of my mother but the rest off the time it was on all the time .
New Zealanders say "have a red hot crack" at a task, which is very funny. Also, remember the person who went around damaging the S in the Red Rooster takeaway sign.
Interesting fact: In the series of book Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome one of the four Walker siblings was called Fanny. It was set in the 1930's. My brother was given the book and I loved it so much I bought my own copy as an adult to re-read it and found it a bit odd to see the name Fanny to start with, which hadn't fazed me as a child. Bonus was I found there is a whole series of 12 books! Happy days. BTW they changed Fanny's name for the movie.
Same with Enid Blyton books. The characters in "The Enchanted Wood "were Dick and Fanny ( Richard and Frances ). They have changed their names now as every Aussie kid would have a secret snigger.
@@elowishusmirkatroid4898 Oh yes, thanks, I remember! I read all of her books, loved them. My grown up passion in a similar way is pretty much any SciFi starting with Dr Who on B&W tv then Day of the Triffids we had to read at school then Isaac Asimov later on and a neighbour started me on Terry Pratchett, absolutely brilliant man! Sorry for all OT. 😉😉
@GingerFennel I love and miss Terry Pratchett. Greetings from Fourex.
@@elowishusmirkatroid4898 Yes I also love and miss Terry, it was a sad day. It took me a long time before I could read his last book and have now read his biography by Rob Wilkins. Greetings from ...what's the equivalent of Fourex for Vic? ;D
We aren’t here to fuck spiders is a favourite
Mine is Bob's your Aunty. It's not swearing but it's funny
Men use insults as a form of humour between themselves. Social psychologists told me it was a variation on 'jockeying for status', a gentle form of one-upmanship. It makes it no less offensive
Sharon, in Kath and Kim, had a pash with Mark (?), going at it like the clappers, ie all over each other.
Afterwards the redness around her mouth gave away the intensity of their kiss, her sporting her rash was the joke.
Having it off with each other.
That's a pash rash.
It's not necessarily a hickey or love bite.
Kath n Kim use the pash rash . Magda's character- Sharon, is always suffering from a pash rash. Soo funny 🤣
Remember telling a Canadian that didgeridoos were a method of sending multiple poisonous darts at an enemy. He actually believed me.
🤣
He is an embarrassment to our country. I would expect that from an American.
Ahahaha holy shit I havent heard 'Crack a fat' in decades!
Same 😂😂😂
Yeah, but it brings back memories!
Give the Fat a Whack.
It was so common when I was a kid, growing up in a rural town. Strange that it’s almost never used these days.
8:19 mark - condom = franger! How can you not know that?!?!......
I was thinking the same thing 😂
Would also accept "dinger"
The biggest user of C--- I know is a refined, 50+year old female ABC radio presenter. She LOVES saying it, sometimes jokingly but most of the time seriously. "Root" does have one other "= fuck" use in "The car won't go. The engine's rooted." SHnog? Who say's SHnog? It's snog.
A lesson in the importance of grammar.."The wombat eats roots, shoots and leaves" OR "The wombat eats, roots, shoots and leaves." Yes. I am a nerd. Also I think the Nanny reference you may be thinking of is the line in the theme song which is something like "She was out on her fanny.."
The Oxford comma for the win!
She was out on her Tunt😂 until I jerried it meant Bum😁
@@katiel7166 Thank you, but TBF, it's not an Oxford comma. That comes before the 'and' bit. The bit I was emphasizing was the difference between eating roots or eating then rooting...
Condom in early 80s was a franca derived from frenchy (French letter)
You can be a “piss head” or a “piss pot”
Haha true!
Or just a pissy
My great aunty used to say things like: "I've been rooting around for a hanky (handkerchief) for years now!"
It was hard to keep a straight face 😂
As an American, I recall growing up that "Thongs" sas something you'd wear on your feet... as well as a type of bathing suit bottom or underwear.
No kidding? Whereabouts in the US?
I've heard that from a few Americans and Brits also.
And somewhere along the line, it went from thongs to flip flops.
Definitely in So. California where I grew up. @AussieEnglishPodcast
You can also use the phrase “crack on” as a standalone encouraging comment to mean continue or yes do that. So if someone tells you they’ve been working hard or they’re going out drinking you might say “crack on” to mean “yes, do that” in an encouraging way.
I'd always assumed that Fanny was originally an abbreviation of the girl's name Fanella. Many years ago I had a colleague called Fanella who didn't tolerate anyone calling her Fanny.
In Australia there is a popular Queensland beer XXXX -4X- but As I understand this is the name of a popular rubber/condom in the US. There used to be a song advertisement for the beer that went “ I can feel a 4X coming on” which must have sounded hilarious from anyone from the US
We don't swear, we've evolved the English language to the point where non-specific quantitative colloquial expletives are discriptive and the "C" word is the epitome of that discriptive vernacular.
I'm also an ESL teacher. One day a couple of plumbers were fixing the pipes outside my classroom, so I paused the lesson and just wrote down every bit of 'Strine and slang they said. The rest of the lesson was dedicated to guesswork and translation. 😂
Condom = Franger. Also, a thong was originally a thin strip of leather, the Aussie version is a contraction of thong sandal.
Also Frankston (VIC) = Franga
Haha too funny!
Also dinger.
Raincoat.
Went to high school with a guy named Randy Queen. Needless to say he didn't need a nickname.
As a Carlton supporter I would appreciate any Americans rooting for my team. Might help, stranger things have happened... :D
Aussie chick, Melbourne born and bred, almost 50.
I use the c word often. But only at home.
I would never use it in public, well not loudly or to anyone directly. Nor around extended family indoors.
But have no qualms with saying it among immediate family and close friends.
It's just another swear word for me, and I use many of them 😁😄
To crack on (intransitive). is to keep doing something.
To crack on to (transitive). Is to hit on to/try to pick up/flirt with someone
Also.. Dinger (Dinga)/Franger (Franga) = condom
Oh true! I didn't think of it like "keep doing". Perfect!
lol dinger... don't think I've heard of that one! I guess it goes on your dong
Eu estou aqui, sem entender nada do que eles estão falando, mas estou firme para aprender inglês 😊 Big hug from Brazil...
As an older Aussie, I swear (rarely in mixed company) but I would have to be very, very, very angry to use the C word. Our pronunciation of "route" also confuses Americans and Canadians. My mother said "bloody" only once in my presence. I knew I was in serious trouble. Overuse dilutes the impact.
Yes there is a sizable portion of Australia that uses the C word. We call them Bogans. Also, where I grew up, a nickname for condoms was 'franga / frangas'. I have no idea what the etymology for that is.
lol come on... you must admit you've dropped it on the odd occasion. I know I'm guilty
I'm one of those bogans 😂
@jodyreasonFar-Que 🤣😎
🤓 "There is a sizeable portion who uses the c-word, we call them bogans" 🤓..... you soft c...
My understanding is that 'frangas' is an abbreviation for 'French letters'.
In Ireland the word root is used for looking for something in your wardrobe, cupbords or drawers. I was rooting thru my drawers.
Australian IT people use the US English pronunciation for the device known as a "router" because we can't keep as straight face when using the UK English pronunciation.
Oh yeah.
Funny how we say the word in the British English context, when referring to a travelling term.
But when it comes to that particular piece of equipment, we Aussies will say the word in the US English context 😄
Employee: ok I've installed the rooter. Boss: So you've fu*ked the network.
No, no. Pissed is not angry in Australia. Ever. Angry is "pissed off".
Context and tone is absolutely necessary to understand Aussie English, especially when it comes to the words most of the world are horrified about.
Don't forget "Easy as piss", the big brother as it were to "too easy"
I use “ taking the piss” quite a lot and Americans don’t understand the phrase.
9:33 in The Nanny theme song, they sing "What was she to do? Where was she to go? She was out on her fanny"
17:31 "on the piss" also means something is uneven, such as a fence being on a lean, or the floor in an old house is slightly sloped, or a picture frame on a wall isn't level etc.
Im old school, and worked as a builder and boilermaker, we swear like a trooper, but we dont swear in front of women out of respect
My friend's dad would never swear in front of a woman (neither does my dad for that matter!) and when he had a stroke one of the most upsetting things for my friend was that he lost that inhibition. She felt like it was a silly thing to be upset about since at least he was still with them, but it was so unlike him.
One of the funniest videos I’ve watched in a while. Thanks
One saying left out is pet, the Americans will pet a dog or a cat, we are more likely to say pat a dog or a cat, we don't pet out pets. Do people from the US know what petting is?
That's a peeve of mine , can't stand hearing "can I pet your dog". There's many of our words becoming "americanised".
There's a NoFx album called "Heavy petting zoo"
"Franga"
also "pash rash" isn't a "hickey" it's irritation from a man's beard on another person's face.
The word "thong" refers to a strap, a "strap" being the thing in common with both the footwear and the underwear.
Love the vids - I used to know Crack On as stop wasting time and just crack on with it/ along with making showing interest in someone
Yes! It can be used this way too.
G'day mate, the one that really messes with yanks is Bastard! That one really gets up their goat!
Piss on - hitting the grog hard.
"Piss off" - go away (not to be confused with Piss off - to annoy)
Piss away - waste
Piss take - a parody
Pissing down - Raining hard
Piss poor [effort, go at it, showing, attempt]
Hit the piss
Piss on - drinking
Pissant - annoying person
Piece of piss - easy to do
Pisstake
Scared the piss out of me
Piss-awful
Pissing in my pocket
Pisser - toilet
On the piss its not level
@@gordonschroeder1 Pisser - Disappointment.
I've heard than Duff also means Bum, with all deference to, Actress's Hillary Hayley and Ann Marie Duff.
62 year old woman here, ive used the c word usually in anger. Heard it used by guys and girls in a variety of contexts. Its just a form of expression like any word.
My daughter is nearly 28. Even she and friends her age use this c word in general conversation without it being particularly derogatory.
When we were younger like 50 years ago my mate and I might be walking with a girl in a National Park we would say “have you ever tripped over a log? How about a root?”
Fanny packs/bum bags used to worn with the bag behind you, over your rear end. Travellers moved them to the front to make it harder for pickpockets getting into them.
Root in uk can also mean looking through, digging through Eg. Bins of discount items in a store. I was in a department store in Melbourne one day and I heard a woman with an English accent ask…where are you mum? Her mum replied…I am just over here rooting around. I swear all the Aussies who heard this nearly gave themselves whiplash turning to look in the direction of the person who had uttered those words. Of course, we then all ‘pissed ourselves’ laughing having heard the accent and realised that the mum didn’t know the other meaning of root in Australia. 😂
We also use “taking the piss” to mean exploiting or taking advantage of someone.
I'm sure others will have said this, but a condom was always known as a frenchie, from French letter.
We also say I'm rooted, or I feel rooted. Which is saying I feel fucked, as in exhausted or spent
Also hitting on “cracking on” the connotation is trying to pick up/hook up. A ‘heavier lean’ if you will, than just flirting.
The word thong originated in medieval times. Footwear was laced to the leg with a thong wound around the leg, so in effect a single string or cord. works for both footwear and underwear