me my wife my kids & a few of my friends went for a barbeque put on some sausages it was great (humdinger) we washed down the sausages with some beer's then played some australian rules football it was a terrific day.

humdinger & bonza can mean the same thing & thanks to mr steve irwin most of the world thinks aussie slang is the word crikey

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

I think, he and the kids went on a picnic (Barbeque). Got lost after that.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Lost me after "me the missus".

HUH??

John in Selma, IN in the USA

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

g'day guys

you guys wouldnt want to come to aus for an extended length of time if you picked up our lingo no one would understand you when you got home try this

me the missus the billy lids & some china plates went for a barbie chucked on a couple a snags was a real humdinger washed the snags down with some frothys then played a bit of the old aussie rules bloody bonza day.

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

It is, but it's also amazing how quickly we pick up enough of the local dialect when we're living there. Took me twenty years to learn to say park after Ct. Then I moved to Fla for a couple years, that's another story. One of the things I dislike about TV is it's destroying all the regional sounds, we're losing something there. Kinda like another piece of 20th century America is gone. I was amazed at how popular Country music is in New England. We always think of NE as Boston or Vermont, has to be one or the other.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

It's funny how people don't realize what they sound like until they leave their backyard. I remember way back in the dark ages I was at Lackland for basic training, someone asked if I had a dime. I reached in my pocket and said "no, all I have is a kwater". They looked at me funny and said "You mean a quarter?" Yep, a kwater. This of course led to the whole soda vs pop, frappe vs milkshake, grinder vs sub discussion. I never said kwater again, and I still laugh when I hear other folks say it.

AH ya! Of Kause!  You have to root for the Pats too. After you PAHK the CAHHH. remember to ask for a soda or a Frappe if you want a milkshake. Not sure when they quit speaking English up there. Was before I was stationed in New London in the early 60's though.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Oh great. Do we have to watch hockey too?

Yep Frank, that is correct  even the spelling

-Gary Burnette-