You big sook…
Trying out some more Aussie slang today. Maybe one of my Antipodean readers can tell me if I’ve got it right.
I’ve always been a fairly cliched Gen X-er - sarcastic, cynical and suspicious of excessive earnestness. But nearly a year ago, with the arrival of Baby Z, the bulk of that sardonic skepticism got left on the delivery room floor. These days if you want to see me go all soft, see my eyes well up, see me get all gooey like baked brie, all you need to do is tell me a good evocative Dad story.
Like the one that I heard on a Radio 4 podcast this morning. A Ryanair flight (useless busses with wings) from Bristol to Barcelona lost cabin pressure at its cruising altitude. The oxygen masks deployed but did not dispense oxygen and neither the pilot nor crew made any announcement as to what was happening until they got down to a ’safe’ altitude of 8,000 feet. So the passengers on the plane were subjected to a few very frightening minutes during which they had no idea whether they were going to live or die.
One of the passengers was Pen Hadow - explorer, inspiration, environmental and motivational speaker and A Free Man’s new hero - was asked later by Radio 4 if he was frightened:
“Honestly, I don’t wish to sound sort of typically stiff upper lip about it, but for the first second or so I was sort of confused, it all happened so quickly. And then when I looked at my son’s face I knew what I had to do.”
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This got to me as well, for the same softie Dad reason. If I was still uncertain about what to do on the upcoming election day, this might be enough to sway me.
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27 Aug 2008 at 5:27 pm
Isn’t being male and compassionate a hanging offence down there?
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27 Aug 2008 at 5:30 pm
Kicking goals with the Aussie slang there cobber! ‘You big Jessie’ is also popular with my mob, though we did flog that from Billy Connolly, who’s not exactly what you’d call an Aussie. ‘You big boob’ is also a common phrase, and you say that when someone’s stuffed something up. Think we knocked that one off from Kath and Kim.
I reckon that paragraph might keep you going for a while! Word to the wise though - no-one, and I mean no-one, ever, in their right mind, would ‘chuck another shrimp on the barbie’. You’d have to be a few sangas short of a picnic to carry on with that kinda caper!
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27 Aug 2008 at 5:52 pm
I dated an Aussie once. He could kiss like a wet dream. He tried to teach me Aussie slang, but it didn’t sound nearly as sexy coming from me with my hillbilly accent as it did when he said the words.
I’ll never forgive him for convincing me to try vegimite on toast, no matter how good he kissed.
I’ve been on an emotional rollercoaster for days. I’m going to click on the links in this post and cry, right? And then I’m going to blame you for the rest of the day.
27 Aug 2008 at 7:36 pm
Wow, Agnes’ comment is like a foreign language. You crazy Aussies.
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28 Aug 2008 at 12:06 am
Ah yes we’re all short a few kangaroos in the top paddock here in downtown Oz…
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28 Aug 2008 at 8:20 pm
Come on Agnes, no one says cobber anymore! Unless they’ve reintroduced it in Queensland? The Sunshine State has always been mired in the 50s.
‘Sooky la-la’ is the pet phrase of Rowie (local Adelaide radio personality).
Roy and HG refer to blokes who are ‘a big girl’s blouse’.
I use ‘wuss’ but I suspect that is American.
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30 Aug 2008 at 12:02 pm