the word Gaol is still use by a lot of people here, I prefer it. It is pronounced exactly the same as the American spelling.

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the word Gaol is still use by a lot of people here, I prefer it. It is pronounced exactly the same as the American spelling.

Yep!

The American has been adopted in England, as I remember, but in Oz, people still use "Gaol".

G'Day Red. "Ow ya goin' cobber?

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the word Gaol is still use by a lot of people here, I prefer it. It is pronounced exactly the same as the American spelling.

Yep!

The American has been adopted in England, as I remember, but in Oz, people still use "Gaol".

G'Day Red. "Ow ya goin' cobber?

Fit as a mallee bull mate. and you?

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the word Gaol is still use by a lot of people here, I prefer it. It is pronounced exactly the same as the American spelling.

Yep!

The American has been adopted in England, as I remember, but in Oz, people still use "Gaol".

G'Day Red. "Ow ya goin' cobber?

Fit as a mallee bull mate. and you?

Good as gold mate. Good as gold.

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Well that's just spiffing, old bean :)

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Here's on that sounds rude:

Ball tearer

It's a reference to a powerful kick in Aussie Rules Footbal (The only kind) that was strong enough to tear the leather cover of the football

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OK... here's another one.

When witnessing something great, such as a remarkable goal or (Unlikely) a pay rise, an Aussie will say: "You ripper!"

Is there an equivalent expression in UK English or Yanklish? There has to be.

you pass out as it is on par with a miracle

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He sure has my vote.

Some must have hated eating them, particularly if they had to eat quite a lot to get their vitamin C quota. But on the other hand, perhaps they didn't taste much worse than the alcohol sailors used to drink.

Most Aussies just call English people "Pommies" The origin of this name is a little vague, but is usually said to be derived from "Prisoner of Mother England" or "Prisoner of Her(His) Majesty."

As for the rum, Proper "Navy" rum had a twofold use. Navy rum was 100 Proof, which means it was sufficiently alcoholic to ignite with a naked flame. When gunpowder became damp, it would not burn, to fire cannons. Rum was mixed with the gunpowder, as alcohol is strongly "hydrophilic" (It attracts water) therefore, adding rum to gunpowder dried the powder, making it explosive again. I suppose the rum could also be used to help keep alight the taper used to fire a cannon.

talking of gunpowder i had to laugh about the history of bonfire night in the uk, it all started when some guy called guye falks or whatever, tried to blow up parliament. he was caught but the fun came with the 5 guys that got away.

they were surrounded in a farm house where the had taken some gunpowder that was damp. so as to go out in a blaze of glory and not to be hung drawn and quatered, they poured the gunpowder on the floor in front of the open log fire to dry out so they could use it for there flintlocks and fight to the death.

well you know what happened next right? i spark jumped out the fire and BOOM the keg of gunpowder went up in a puff of smoke and along with it, their hair and some clothing too.
not to be out done, they charged the army with swords to be cut down by a volly of musket fire before reaching the first step out of the house.

moral of this story? don't look for a gas leak with a naked flame

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knightmare for Forum Admin
He sure has my vote.

OK... here's another one.

When witnessing something great, such as a remarkable goal or (Unlikely) a pay rise, an Aussie will say: "You ripper!"

Is there an equivalent expression in UK English or Yanklish? There has to be.

you pass out as it is on par with a miracle

The "Lanky" (Lancashire dialect) equivalents of "ripper" are "crackin'" and "belter"/"beltin'" (omitting the terminal-G is mandatory ;-) )

Sammie's "pass out" has a double emaning:
1. Graduation from a military academy like Sandhurst (not the US school type).
2. Fainting.
So, .... after a long day on parade, it has been known for Sandhurst graduates to pass out before they have passed out

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Chas - Orme's Tun, Mercia, Albion.

talking of gunpowder i had to laugh about the history of bonfire night in the uk, it all started when some guy called guye falks or whatever, tried to blow up parliament. he was caught but the fun came with the 5 guys that got away.

they were surrounded in a farm house where the had taken some gunpowder that was damp. so as to go out in a blaze of glory and not to be hung drawn and quatered, they poured the gunpowder on the floor in front of the open log fire to dry out so they could use it for there flintlocks and fight to the death.

well you know what happened next right? i spark jumped out the fire and BOOM the keg of gunpowder went up in a puff of smoke and along with it, their hair and some clothing too.
not to be out done, they charged the army with swords to be cut down by a volly of musket fire before reaching the first step out of the house.

moral of this story? don't look for a gas leak with a naked flame

That was very good Sammie, very funny. It reminds me of sandwiches (I don't know why). The sandwich was named after 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English aristocrat, although it is unlikely to have been invented by him. And I hear the hamburgers, a sandwich with beef (so why ham?) were invented by New York Immigrants from Hamburg (ah, that's why 'ham' even though they contain beef).

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you pass out as it is on par with a miracle

The "Lanky" (Lancashire dialect) equivalents of "ripper" are "crackin'" and "belter"/"beltin'" (omitting the terminal-G is mandatory ;-) )

As a Londoner by birth, we also had "crackin'" also without the G :)

Sammie's "pass out" has a double emaning:
1. Graduation from a military academy like Sandhurst (not the US school type).
2. Fainting.
So, .... after a long day on parade, it has been known for Sandhurst graduates to pass out before they have passed out [/quote]

As an ex-soldier, I and the rest of my rookie troop had it drummed into us that it was a "Passing off" parade. we still called it "passing out" lol

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In the interests of multinational togetherness, it has been suggested that a thread be started so "English-speaking" posters can discuss words, expressions and phrases that are peculiar to their local version of English.

To start things off, here's an English expression:

"To pop one's clogs" Meaning: to die

This site might interest you, and the board readers, on this topic:
ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS

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There are two possibilities: either we are alone in the Universe, or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. - Arthur. C. Clarke.

In the interests of multinational togetherness, it has been suggested that a thread be started so "English-speaking" posters can discuss words, expressions and phrases that are peculiar to their local version of English.

To start things off, here's an English expression:

"To pop one's clogs" Meaning: to die

This site might interest you, and the board readers, on this topic:
ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS

What an excellent site. Just the biscuit! :>

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This site might interest you, and the board readers, on this topic:
ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS

Nice list, Sulijoo.

I might take another look, but I didn't see the national origin of any of the sayings. (Saying that, I often miss whole chunks of text) Some of the phrases were definitely British-English, and others were definitely US-English.

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