Unique Australian sayings and (sometimes) Rhyming Slang

[nomadpete]

  On 08/02/2024 at 9:55 AM, old man emu said:

To me  a jumper is a garment of similar appearance, but of knitted wool.

 

I call the garment a sloppy-joe.

 

What do the Mexicans and Banana Benders call it?

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OME,

Bananabenders don't need a name for it. I lived in Qld for 35 years without owning one.

[nomadpete]

Now I live in Taswegia, I have a wardrobe full of windcheaters, spray jackets, cardigans, jumpers, raincoats, oilskins, snow vests, greatcoats, driza-bones, hoodies, merino layers, and a few others I cannot  name.

[facthunter]

Mexico is HOT. Victoria is "anything". Like Tassie you have to think to survive and selecting suitable attire is essential..  Nev

[willedoo]

  On 08/02/2024 at 9:55 AM, old man emu said:

What do the Mexicans and Banana Benders call it?

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A jumper, everything's a jumper here except if it's a coat. In it's day, the word cardigan would be used as a specific, but is still considered a type of jumper.

[spacesailor]

I don't think so .

A cardidigan has a joint at the front .

A jumper has a full one piece front .

According to a " knitwear manufacturer " .

" DADS '' .

spacesailor

[nomadpete]

  On 09/02/2024 at 9:02 AM, spacesailor said:

I don't think so .

A cardidigan has a joint at the front .

A jumper has a full one piece front .

According to a " knitwear manufacturer " .

" DADS '' .

spacesailor

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Yeah, whatever.

 

In any case terminology for  jumpers, cardigans, etc, is not relevant in Queensland.  Because the articles mentioned are only carried by southerners, and seldom heard of or seen during most Queenslander's entire lives.

 

Queensland - THE SUNSHINE state. Sunny one day, sunnier the next!

Edited February 9, 2024 by nomadpete

[willedoo]

  On 09/02/2024 at 9:12 AM, nomadpete said:

In any case terminology for  jumpers, cardigans, etc, is not relevant in Queensland.  Because the articles mentioned are only carried by southerners, and seldom heard of or seen during most Queenslander's entire lives.

 

Queensland - THE SUNSHINE state. Sunny one day, sunnier the next!

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Pete, you must have been living on Cape York.

[spacesailor]

And ' bloody cold ' at night . I had to sleep with my 'woollies ' on 

To stop freezing .

except " Karumba ' that was 32 •C At night .wonderful  .

spacesailor

[red750]

  On 09/02/2024 at 9:12 AM, nomadpete said:

Sunny one day, sunnier the next!

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Except when there are cyclones.

[nomadpete]

  On 09/02/2024 at 10:00 AM, red750 said:

Except when there are cyclones.

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Or monsoons.

 

Maybe I  did exaggerate a bit. But it was pretty true north of capricorn.

And it is true that I had the jumper that I brought with me from NSW, and didn’t wear it for 35 years.

 

Have I been in Tassie too long?

[onetrack]

I can remember a bloke from S.A. telling me how he and a mate, when they were young and keen in the 1960's or early 1970's, decided to go to Darwin around about May.

They'd heard about the fabulous Darwin weather, so they packed no Winter clothing whatsoever! What was the point, it was always HOT in Darwin!

 

But they got to around about Katherine or maybe just South of Katherine, where they camped up for the night - and a cold front with a vicious cold Southerly wind swept through during the night - and he reckoned the temperature went down to 7 or 8 degrees, and they absolutely FROZE in their light Summer clothing!! They had to stop and buy some jumpers, to keep the cold at bay!! 

 

I've camped in a motorhome at the Bungle Bungles (between Halls Creek and Kununurra), in July - and it went down to FIVE degrees overnight with a vicious Southerly blast!

We woke up and we were fogging up the inside of the motorhome with our exhaled breaths!!

 

Edited February 9, 2024 by onetrack

[willedoo]

Some of that country can get pretty cool at night even in summer. Back in the mid 80's we did a job on the edge of the desert near Yagga Yagga, south of Balgo. It was January and daytime maximums averaged around 50C for a month. It was that hot that we had to wait until about 8pm for a shower when the water cooled down enough. I was camping out on one of those steel and wire shearer's cots with a swag on top. You would go to bed hot and lying on top of the swag and about 1am every morning a freezing cold wind would come through and I'd burrow into the down sleeping bag I had in the swag. I don't know where the cold air was coming from, but it was blowing in and replacing our hot air as it rose.

[old man emu]

People forget that because of the dry air and lack of vegetation, the heat of the desert floor is rapidly radiated into the atmosphere after the sun goes down. 

[willedoo]

  On 09/02/2024 at 9:23 PM, old man emu said:

People forget that because of the dry air and lack of vegetation, the heat of the desert floor is rapidly radiated into the atmosphere after the sun goes down. 

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When that happens it can get as cold as a witch's t*t (back on topic).

[willedoo]

And the desert can be, to quote Barry MacKenzie, 'dry as a nun's nasty on Good Friday'. Bazza always used the more polite versions of sayings.

[pmccarthy]

In 1934, Roy Rene starred in the film Strike me lucky, the title of which comes from one of his many catchphrases. Many of Rene’s favorite catchphrases are still part of the Australian vernacular. Other catchphrases included 'Don't come the raw prawn with me' (to tell someone not to try and deceive you or misrepresent the situation) and 'Fair suck of the sav' (to indicate incredulity or to le

[facthunter]

Well. Strike Me Lucky.  Nev

[onetrack]

I'm afraid I'm a little too young to remember Roy "Mo" Rene. Maybe some of you more elderly blokes do.

[facthunter]

Wiki gives a fullsome account of his life. Nev

[old man emu]

  On 10/02/2024 at 3:35 AM, pmccarthy said:

In 1934, Roy Rene starred in the film Strike me lucky, the title of which comes from one of his many catchphrases. Many of Rene’s favorite catchphrases are still part of the Australian vernacular. Other catchphrases included 'Don't come the raw prawn with me' (to tell someone not to try and deceive you or misrepresent the situation) and 'Fair suck of the sav' (to indicate incredulity or to le

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Well, cop that young 'Arry!

[willedoo]

I wonder if nicknames are on topic for this thread.

[facthunter]

I doubt my opinion would make any difference.. I was called "Speedy Gonzales" at St Mary's (Eastern Creek).H. S.  Nev

[pmccarthy]

In the late 1950s (I think) the ABC had a radio show “ memories of Mo”. So us oldies might remember that of not the 1930s. 

[old man emu]

 

[nomadpete]

No wonder he was known as Roy Rene Mo.

 

Starting out with a name like 'Van Der Sluice' sure taught him his sense of humor.

 

Was he a product of jewish concentration camps?