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01-02-2006, 03:39 PM
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65 Galaxie Hardtop
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Is it because I'm not an Australian? Did I miss something when they cleared me for entry? Am I missing a stamp in my passport?
I am referring to bed linen, or what you strange people call manchester. A short rant shall ensue: Manchester is a city a little north of slap-bang-in-the middle-of the UK. Personally, I've never liked Manchester. It was close to were I went to university in Liverpool and as such we, as students, would on occasion take the train there for a night out to Cream, a massively great nightclub in the early 1990s. There we would dance the night away, get very drunk and get mugged on the way home at 7am by someone closely resembling a dishevelled student with an poor Mancunian accent, usually shouting "mad for it, mad for it..." Then there's Oasis. I hate Oasis, or more specifically, I hate Noel and Liam Gallagher. In equal measure. And then there's Boddingtons, which despite what people may claim, is an absolutely ИИИИИ beer. And let us not forget that fact that Manchester Uni turned me down, so frankly, I hate Manchester. Apart from Cream, which was the scene of one of the proudest moments of my life when I spent a good six minutes gyrating less than 12 inches from Kylie Minogue's bottom. On speed. Why is bed linen called Manchester? It's bedding, bed linen, sheets, towels, and God knows what else. Where did "manchester" come from? And why? Australia is the ONLY country I am aware of that has seen fit to name something as innocent as a pillowcase as manchester. It makes no bloody sense at all. I need to know. Really, I do. This charade has gone on long enough. If some dimwitted shop assistant at Myer tells me to go to Manchester one more time when I'm looking for a napkin, I think I'm going to launch into a verbal version of what I've just written above. With any luck, it'll just confuse them as much as I am confused myself.
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01-02-2006, 03:49 PM
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they call me Tibbo
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because in early colonial times all linen was made @ Manchester..
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01-02-2006, 03:54 PM
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Er... But why should Australia still call it Manchester when every other country in the known universe (apart from the Pit region on the planet Tharg) calls it linen?
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01-02-2006, 04:35 PM
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Same reason England calls cups an plates "china" I guess!
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01-02-2006, 05:14 PM
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Balls. There goes my entire argument... lol.
/grabs coat, leaves...
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01-02-2006, 05:37 PM
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Soooooo.... did ya give "carpark Kylie" a bit of a grope? (yes, she was called that at one stage, I'm old enough to remember)
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01-02-2006, 06:13 PM
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OK don't stop there what are some other items that Aussie's use that the English or Americans find ,Let's say different.
English: Crisps why do you call them chips English: Sweets why do you call them lollies |
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01-02-2006, 06:17 PM
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apparently we are the only country in the world that refers to chickens as "chooks" and drive "utes" rather than pickups or trucks.
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01-02-2006, 06:18 PM
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Bazza is actually a english term for Barry, not aussie... Not sure on Shazza
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01-02-2006, 06:24 PM
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That must've been (or close to) the shortest lived rant ever!!  :
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01-02-2006, 06:30 PM
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The english use "lorry" a lot for utes too. Doesnt have the same ring to it..."I've gone and bought me an XR8 Lorry"
Manchester sounds a bit swiffo for me, stuff gets called the bare minimum instead of the long worded rubbish. I just call it "towells, sheets, and ИИИИ" |
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01-02-2006, 06:31 PM
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If you tie a heap of sheets together.... would that be Manchester United?
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01-02-2006, 06:32 PM
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Why stop there? We've got different names for pints, strass and speedos on a state by state basis.
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01-02-2006, 06:42 PM
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Right out sideways
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01-02-2006, 06:52 PM
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Eh? Different pints? Bah! Never heard such tosh!!!  : Cue: mixed reaction from S.A residents! I spent a good six minutes gyrating less than 12 inches from Kylie Minogue's bottom. On speed. How did you know her bottom was on speed? Was it gurning!! Neeek, I had no idea that you were a sasenach (pommy!) I wholeheartedly agree about the Gallachar thing..(cant even be bothered to correct spelling) Manchester is a bunch of ar$e apart from the "Curry Mile"!  :
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01-02-2006, 06:56 PM
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In the UK- Ute= pickup Truck/semi=lorry Manchester?? Neeek, I had never heard this expression til I moved here either! China only refers to a particular material used in fine crockery, not all crockery in general.
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01-02-2006, 07:00 PM
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while you're all at it, why in Australia do we drive on a parkway but park in a driveway?
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01-02-2006, 08:05 PM
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01-02-2006, 08:11 PM
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In america BUM = FANNY
Whats the go with that?
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01-02-2006, 08:37 PM
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Haha the only people in Aus who call it manchester are old farts who love doilies and tea.
Though one word that is definately different and everyone knows it: THONG. I've got a few friends from Scotland and they were very confused when the guys started talking about their thongs  :.
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01-02-2006, 08:39 PM
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pints, strass never heard of these but: speedos are Trunks in the UK from memory (Thats what a trunk is for,too keep ya trunk in)....LOL |
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01-02-2006, 08:42 PM
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Seems XXXX signs on all the pubs just confused the hell out of them.... made me almost wet myself laughing. Oh, and classic corner "pubs" are very English, the yanks have bars and they are nothing like out pubs in look or layout.
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01-02-2006, 08:48 PM
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Ah wait, it's pot we can't agree on. SA just can't measure pints.
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01-02-2006, 09:10 PM
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In US its cookie, here we call them biscuits...
I still dont get the truck/ute thing... trucks are trucks, utes are utes... In SA its fritz (bung fritz to be exact), over there you have Stras I think. Here in SA its Yiros, over in Vic (and elsewhere no doubt) its Kebab. In the US they call it daiper, here we call them nappies. In the US, bathroom, here its toilet/dunny/loo etc... US Vacation = our holiday... US elevator = our lift... We vacuum, they hoover (as a verb) We have rubbish, they have trash. We have caravans, they have motorhomes... We have bonnets, they have hoods... We have petrol, they have gas (Gas is something different for us) We have chemists, they have drug stores We have Coke, they have Cola Its mainly a US thing Id say... LOL
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And the US use the term Coke probably more than we do!
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01-02-2006, 10:01 PM
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The US use more than one name for carbonated drinks. Pop, coke, soda and a few others. Pop. That just sounds stupid.
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Ha ha! Trust the Seppo's to mess it up! Most of the examples you put here are the same as UK- Truck is not the same as a ute- Truck/semi=lorry ute=pickup
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02-02-2006, 11:16 AM
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We vacuum, The English hoover
and my old favorite ,here we say my wife is in the house:UK: wy wife is in doors (how the hell can you live in a door) |
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Americans say Coca-Cola. The 2 bosses at work are American, and whenever I mention to get the lift downstairs to buy some coke, they mumble "I thought you was clean"
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Manchester - why?
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