Marcy and Chris' Blogaroo: Not That I'm Wining...

The Language Down Under - Dictionary and Translations

Australian male = Bloke
Australian Wild Dog (which doesn't bark, but rather howels) = Dingo
Barbeque = Barbie (not to be confused with "Ken and Barbie")
Bottle Shop or Liquor Store = Bottlo (pronounced "bottle-oh")
Breakfast = Brekkie
Bum, Butt = Arse
Conversation = Chinwag
Cookie = Biscuit
Drunk = Pissed
Drop Bear = a fictional Australian Marsupial said to be related to the koala (Click here for a more detailed description)
Electrician = Sparky
Fireman = Firey
Flip Flops = Thongs

Frills = birds (e.g. "No Birds" is our car rental agency. - see definition for "rent" below.)
Gum = Chewy
How are you? = How ya going?
If you fancy meeting up just give me a bell. = If you like me and want to hang out... Call Me!
Impertinently bold; impudent and saucy = Cheeky
Lots of = Heaps (Aussie's LOVE this word)
Pharmacy = Chemist
Registration = Rego (pronounced "rej - oh")

Rent = Hire (e.g I hired a car last week from Hertz. Even though the car hire place we use here is called "No Birds".)
Schedule = pronounced "Shheh-dual"
Shady = Dodgy
Shopping Carts = Trollies
Sunglasses = Sunnies
Sweets/Candies = Lollies
Well Done = Onya
Z = "zed" - Aussie's infrequently use "z's" in their language - it is replaced with an "s"

16 April 2008

Not That I'm Wining...

For those of you who celebrate Passover, you will hopefully be able to relate to this. Chris and I are having Passover dinner at our place on Saturday night, so I started pulling together a list of the ingredients I will need. Simple list you would think...

Matzah
Matzo meal
Lipton Onion Soup mix (part of my brisket recipe - I will not reveal the rest although i'm sure every other Jewish person I know has this recipe)
Manischewitz (Concord Grape will do... no need to get fancy with the Blackberry, Elderberry etc.)

So, I went to two grocery stores and two wine shops and I couldn't find ANY of the above. I'm officially on a mission to find my Manischewitz wine. Until then...