A warning from downunder

Zip

Zip

Zip

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You are about to get a Tourisim add that does not depict australia well at all :mad:
There catch phrase/slogan line is "Where the bloody hell are ya?"
TBH no one i know says that :mad:
There is a big fuss about this add down here at the moment.

This add in no way depicts Australia.
You have been warned.

:mad: :mad:
 
You will find out soon. Its another one of those adds the Austrlian government is trying to use to get tourists to viset Australia. And its crap.
 
Tru said:
I don't think Australia is one of those countries that needs advertised, everyone see's it as a sunkissed paradise with beaches, babes, bbq's and utes. BONZA!
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Well the govenment thinks they need to spend money to get people to come here
 
monkeypants said:
I doubt we'll get it for the simple fact that it contains the words "bloody" and "hell".
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Well they ahve the UK and the USA in there sights amoungst other countys :rolleyes:

It would be like the UK saying something "Come the the UK jolly ol' chap and we shal go have a cup of tea."
 
suicidle_tramp said:
Stereotyping the word you're looking for?
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Yep but either too many decades late or very off the mark.

I have not heard "Where the bloody hell are ya?" said in public once

Well apart from some guy that i went to school with that always sounded stupid when trying to swear.

Most of us say "Where the **** are ya?" or "Where are ya?"
 
-Mic- said:
Is that aussie speak?
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Yeah people from england do get called pomes down here. Its used a lot, either that or Britts.

Pome= Prisoner of mother england :)
 
-Mic- said:
Funny, i thought most aussies would be Pomes if thats what it stands for.

ZING!
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You need to think about it to under stand it.

Its Pome because they are the prisoners of mother england stuck on a cold damp island.
While we were set free on an island with a warm climate and beaches and we got to create a new law system.

Do you understand why they are called pomes now :)
 
-Mic- said:
Ah i see what ya mean. How many people down there would have Irish ancestory?
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Quite a lot. I think ive even got some irish in me :)
South Australia, Western Australia and The northern territory arnt convict states or territorys, those ones were settles by scottish and irish settlers and imigrints along with some nobal english famillys.
 
Berserker said:
Good lord, you call yourself Australian. I suspect you're Al Gore in disguise. :p

There is no 'e' in Pom. :)
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There must be two ways of spelling pome/pom.
I got taught the spelling and meaning i posted in this thread :)
 
merlin said:
If that's the case - why are so many of you mofo's over here stealing our bar jobs and call centre jobs?

:p
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Because we like to see where we came from, you are our mother :D
Pluss the English and irish accent is very addictive :p
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Why do you answer your own questions to like :-

Whats ya favourite colour Blue

Whats ya job Digger

Whats ya name Sheila.

Etc....

:D
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Thats a myth aswell, ive never seen it done personally.

Sheila is only usally said by country people.

And another thing, we dont go riding around on kangaroos :(
 
Thrash said:
The term that really got me when I moved to Australia was 'bash'. If someone is assaulted, seriously assaulted or almost murdered, on the news and in the newspapers they have been 'bashed'. Whenever I hear it I can't help but think of Dennis the Menace or somthing like that.
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I dont really know where that one comes from but its a very well used word here.
Its all so another word for masterbating in some places. "im gonna go have a bash"
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Classic, i like it. :D
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Glad ya like it :D

Dont remember its other meaning though, it originates from bashing someone "punching and kicking someone"
Make sure you use both meanings :)
 
How many people have been down here from this forum?

Edit: just heard there was some sort of thing with some BBC people not liking the add they have been sent by Oz to play :)
 
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singist said:
Oh dear young Zip! .... what have you strirred up?

What with your spelling too ......

You will have to think carefully about things before you incite all these young things to cross swords.

Come on now, drink your milk and try to behave in the company of your fellow OCC members.







I don't know, give these colonials an inch ....... ;)
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My spellings never been the greatest.
I thought they all needed to learn some facts about Australia and not the mumbo jumbo thats always pumped out by the govements advertisment campains :)
 
-Mic- said:
Neighbours...with all the aussies and stuff. Or maybe im thinking of home and away.
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Oh i get ya. the soapys down her that you love :p

I bet they dont tell you the meaning of root though ;)
 
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