Aussie Thoughts
Just my 2 cents
A while back Wil ask me to make a thread about Aussie Slang. Well, there's a lot of websites along those lines like this one:
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
but from my side there's also a lot of misconceptions about Aussie Slang and Australia in general. Like, we're all descendants of the British penal system. Not true, particularly in the southern territories where most folks can trace their lineage back to western Europe. The region I live for instance is known as the 'convict free' zone due to the fact that it was colonized long before the Poms came. That brings us back to Aussie slang.
Pom or Pommie once stood for Prisoners of His Majesty. Later it became synonymous with the rosy complexion some Brits have, resembling a Pomegranate. Nowadays some folks also use it to denote someone they consider a pampas ass. That's how it is for most Aussie slang, use and meanings vary region to region, generation to generation.
Wil mentioned to me that he'd once been referred to as Seppie which a young lady had rhymed out to Septic Tank Yank. Well, the phrase can be used to denote someone that's full of what septic tanks are full of, but that's seldom the case. It comes from the term Seppo. Which was used to describe American surfers after a perfect or superb ride. We call Americans yanks down here so surfers were often congratulated after such a ride by saying, 'Seppo Yank'! Later it bacame 'Septic Tank Yank' and was often used to describe all Americans, but it was Americans themselves that gave it the, full of crap, meaning.
I'm from the farming community. That makes me a Boggan or more specifically since I've been to University, an Educated Boggan! Boggan is basically the American equivalent of redneck or hillbilly. Bog refers to mud which we have a lot of in the rainy season and after trekking around in it all day we look a bit shabby.
Ok, so if anyone wants an Aussie translation of something or would like me to clarify something they've heard about Australia let me know. I'll do my best.
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
but from my side there's also a lot of misconceptions about Aussie Slang and Australia in general. Like, we're all descendants of the British penal system. Not true, particularly in the southern territories where most folks can trace their lineage back to western Europe. The region I live for instance is known as the 'convict free' zone due to the fact that it was colonized long before the Poms came. That brings us back to Aussie slang.
Pom or Pommie once stood for Prisoners of His Majesty. Later it became synonymous with the rosy complexion some Brits have, resembling a Pomegranate. Nowadays some folks also use it to denote someone they consider a pampas ass. That's how it is for most Aussie slang, use and meanings vary region to region, generation to generation.
Wil mentioned to me that he'd once been referred to as Seppie which a young lady had rhymed out to Septic Tank Yank. Well, the phrase can be used to denote someone that's full of what septic tanks are full of, but that's seldom the case. It comes from the term Seppo. Which was used to describe American surfers after a perfect or superb ride. We call Americans yanks down here so surfers were often congratulated after such a ride by saying, 'Seppo Yank'! Later it bacame 'Septic Tank Yank' and was often used to describe all Americans, but it was Americans themselves that gave it the, full of crap, meaning.
I'm from the farming community. That makes me a Boggan or more specifically since I've been to University, an Educated Boggan! Boggan is basically the American equivalent of redneck or hillbilly. Bog refers to mud which we have a lot of in the rainy season and after trekking around in it all day we look a bit shabby.
Ok, so if anyone wants an Aussie translation of something or would like me to clarify something they've heard about Australia let me know. I'll do my best.
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