Longest Thread Part 8 - Metal-R.US

Amok · 04:16 PM

Continued from part 7

The explosion thing is one of the lamest cliches we have right now in movies. same with when a character finds something out, looks silent for a second and the other character asks, "What..."

This guy is so awesome:

Ashman

ya, thats a great clip from louie ck

About2Crash

I love Louis CK.

Hamish

Haha yeah same. I love this one, short, sweet and hilarious in so many ways:

Dane

That was a cool clip. We had an old phone like that for years when I was a kid.

We don't sound like the British either

Most parts of the UK sound pretty different from each other too.

Hamish

Even parts of Australia if you get down to it. People from the city don't have very strong accents, people from outside of major centres do. Also in some parts of the country they say their A's differently, e.g. I say cARRRRstle, where as other parts say cAstle, with a short sharp A (my dad or brooke would be able to explain that A LOT better than me).

About2Crash

I remember the rare times that Hamish would call me, drunk off of his gourd. I could understand his speech perfectly.

Pelican

you know the bit at the end of love actually where the english guy meets the american girls in a bar? that actually happened to me the other night. i met a group of girls who were all loving my accent.
i think it was one of the best moments of my life. i dont want to go home

stach

I have been to Australia. Everybody there has strong accents.Some were easy to understand, others very difficult. I also noticed that some spoke very differently to Americans than they did amongst themselves. I kept a little note book with all of the
different terms. Aussies don't say "candy bars" every candy bar is a "chockie" whether is contains chocolate or not.

About2Crash

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Originally Posted by Pelican

you know the bit at the end of love actually where the english guy meets the american girls in a bar? that actually happened to me the other night. i met a group of girls who were all loving my accent.
i think it was one of the best moments of my life. i dont want to go home

I've done the same thing with a fake accent. I love being an actor (liar).

Pelican

you're a twat, dont ruin it for me or get my accent wrong so people think thats how i sound.
or you will feel my wrath, raaaaaaa!

Dane

This dude explains the most common Aussie slang pretty well. This is how most of us talk in my area but when we say "pisser" it means funny, not excited.

We have our own little language in my group of friends.

Dreg = Foolish, idiot.
Dregging = tiredness after smoking weed or just general "dreggingness" feeling
Sav = savage
Savly = had to do something "sav" as in "how was work?" "savly hot"
Badly = good. "how was the movie?" "badly good."
-wit = something to add to the end of insults. "savwit" "dregwit" "harshwit" and of course "fuckwit" and "cuntwit"

There is much more in our "groups" lingo but thats the jist of it.

Wigg

In South Australia, often instead of saying 'very', we say 'heaps', as in, 'That movie was heaps good.'

Some people have kind of turned it into a tourism thing and a fashion statement, these shirts are heaps popular:

About2Crash

Quote:

Originally Posted by stach

I have been to Australia. Everybody there has strong accents.Some were easy to understand, others very difficult. I also noticed that some spoke very differently to Americans than they did amongst themselves. I kept a little note book with all of the
different terms. Aussies don't say "candy bars" every candy bar is a "chockie" whether is contains chocolate or not.

When I lived in Texas every soda was called a Coke. At restaurants you'd say "What cokes do you have?" and they'd say "Pepsi, Sprite, Dr. Pepper. etc" And you'd say "I want a Pepsi coke".

This is why I love not living in Dallas anymore. Sorry Eye

Pelican

what did you say if you wanted a coke?

Sigurd

I would imagine you'd say a Coca-cola? Maybe not, that seems too specific for the average texan mind to grasp (I'm just joking Eye_am, just joking haha).

Pelican

oh yeah, i did the tim tam slam today. it was "heaps good" but i made a mess

Hamish

Haha 'heaps' is used all over Aus. I use it all day long. Heaps, actually.
Crash I'd call you again but I'm confident the number I have is the correct. Has your number changed?

Actually, speaking of Heaps Good:

I love that song.

About2Crash

it's the same one yes haha

Dane

Yeah we say heaps good here too. I didn't really realise it was "different" until just now

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