‘Mate’ is my fave word in the Australian vernacular bc it can imply two completely different states of mind (and relationship) depending on if it’s used at the front or back of a sentence. Observe: your companion has asked you what’s the difference between zucchini and courgette’, you answer-
A) “it’s the same thing, mate” = we’re bros and I have your back for all your vegetable identifying needs, anytime.
B) “mate, it’s the same thing” = SPEAK AGAIN AND I WILL CUT YOU.
I feel like we’re making quite efficient use of this endearment.
Tag: orstraya
Are you Australian? Because you meet all of my koala-fications.
I am… I’m not going to lie to myself or to you fine people: I read this pickup line and laughed out loud for at least thirty seconds. and if someone said this to me, it would work.
https://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/determamfidd/118580354308/tumblr_no418zRmbX1u4y3wk?plead=please-dont-download-this-or-our-lawyers-wont-let-us-host-audio
https://determamfidd.tumblr.com/post/118580354308/audio_player_iframe/determamfidd/tumblr_no418zRmbX1u4y3wk?audio_file=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fdetermamfidd%2F118580354308%2Ftumblr_no418zRmbX1u4y3wk
By special request! Enjoy! Auzgul strikes again
determamfidd another wonderful one for you to listen to
YOU BLOODY BEEYOOTY
Now I want to see the Auzgul in everything, dammit.
“NAH, DON’T COME THE RAW PRAWN WITH ME, SHITHEAD – I KNOW YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BAGGINS BLOKE. SO TELL US OR YOU’LL COME A GUTSER.”
“DOWN THE SHIRE, EH? I BETTER ROCK UP THERE SOON-AS, I WANT A GOOD POZZIE.”
“THAT LITTLE HAIRY DWARF RATBAG LIED TO ME. HE WAS TOTALLY HAVIN A LEND. WHAT A MONGREL, I’M FULLY SPEWIN’ MATE.”
“NAH, MATE, I’M ROPEABLE. THIS SHEILA FULLY COMES OUTTA NOWHERE GOING LIKE THE CLAPPERS. SO WE THINK ‘BEAUT’ AND GIVE IT A BURL. AN’ THEN SHE GOES AN’ DROWNS US IN A RIVER LIKE A BUNCH O’ FARKIN SHARK BISCUITS – AN’ NOT ONE OF US IN OUR TOGS OR NUFFIN. TELL YOU WHAT, THE BOSS IS GONNA BE MAD AS A CUT SNAKE.”
https://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/determamfidd/118578715698/tumblr_no40bujrq31u4y3wk?plead=please-dont-download-this-or-our-lawyers-wont-let-us-host-audio
https://determamfidd.tumblr.com/post/118578715698/audio_player_iframe/determamfidd/tumblr_no40bujrq31u4y3wk?audio_file=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fdetermamfidd%2F118578715698%2Ftumblr_no40bujrq31u4y3wk
Voice of the ‘Auzgul’ (when attempting the Nazgul voice for the Sansukh auditions…). I will get around to the real deal eventually….
STREWTH MATE
YOU HAVE DONE A RIPPER JOB – SERIOUSLY THIS IS FARKIN BONZA. GO HAVE A COLDIE ON ME, YOLD BASTARD.
still trying not to choke over ‘houses of lamination’
https://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/determamfidd/118563817643/tumblr_no3x5hq6PR1rb0mtv?plead=please-dont-download-this-or-our-lawyers-wont-let-us-host-audio
https://determamfidd.tumblr.com/post/118563817643/audio_player_iframe/determamfidd/tumblr_no3x5hq6PR1rb0mtv?audio_file=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fdetermamfidd%2F118563817643%2Ftumblr_no3x5hq6PR1rb0mtv
So, with the secret out now (hee!) the lovely poplitealqueen reminded me that I would now be able to post my cast intro.
So, here is my dulcet (read: OCKER) voice when I am not being Galadrielrond!
your accent is the most australian thing, like more australian than vegemite spread on a dangerous animal shoved up tony abbott’s bum.
I KNOWWW. I am so Strine.
(that poor animal, what did it ever do to deserve that omfg i hope it poisons/stings/eats/attacks him. And sadly Vegemite is owned by Heinz-Kraft, and is now American. Boo.)
oh my god that Aussie text post you reblogged made me fricking cry with laughter. I was simultaneously cringing & laughing.
I KNOW.
I read it and giggled in guilty recognition, bc OMFG that is probably an hourly occurrence.
(Cue theme music: “Australia, Australia, this is you”)
*smashes a duzza out side woolies*
woolies trolly guy: skoin on m8
me: fuck off
what language is this
Australian.
Person 1 is standing outside a Woolworths (or woolies for short) supermarket (an Australian dystopian grocery monopoly) hurriedly smoking a cigarette (or durry/duzza) when the youth generally employed by Woolworths (trolly boy/guy) to collect their shopping carts (trollies) from the car park asks person 1 “what’s going on friend” (s’koin on or s’carn on is a contraction of “what’s going on). To which person 1 who is in a hurry replies with a disgruntled “fuck off”, which I’m sure everyone understands.
thanks for translation
*passive aggressive Australian voice* listen…mate
Australian Gothic Masterpost
Note: This masterpost is updated each day. If you’ve reblogged this from someone else, please, why not check the original post? New Gothics may have made themselves known…
So, enough people seemed to like the set I posted, that there definitely seems to be an appetite for the stuff. So… here’s all the Australian Gothics that I’ve seen so far, sorted by state. If you’ve seen posts that aren’t here (and I know I’ve missed a few that I couldn’t find again), let me know (either by message or by reblogging this post), and I’ll update the list. If you decide to make one yourself, please, let me know! I check as many tags as I can, but I can’t catch them all! To make it easier for me to find them, feel free to tag “#australian gothic”
Generic Australia (No locality specified)
- Australian Gothic by kessira
- Australian Gothic by benthic-beauty
- Australian Autumn Gothic by you-llc
- Australian Gothic by penthesilia
Australian Bush Gothic
by noxnoctisanimaAustralian Gothic
by youngearlgreyAustralian Gothic
by trashspaceprinceAustralian Gothic
by notvaleriAustralian Gothic
Australian Capital Territory
- Canberra Gothic by imaginaryink
- Canberra Gothic by lowercasename
- Canberra Gothic by benthic-beauty
- Canberra Gothic by aristophania
- Canberra Gothic by aufdenglischbitte
- Federal Politics Gothic by fragilesoftmachines
- Australian Gothic (with a hint of South West Sydney & Canberra) by lichtenstrange
New South Wales
- Sydney Gothic by clive-gershwin-palmer (note: this post was the earliest Australian Gothic)
- More Sydney Gothic by clive-gershwin-palmer
- Some Sydney Gothic by anachronisming
- Western Sydney Gothic by wardinpanties
- Sydney CBD Gothic by wehaveallgotknives
- Sydney (+ Eastern Suburbs and surrounding) Gothic by dysnomiia
- Australian Gothic (with a hint of South West Sydney & Canberra) by lichtenstrange
Blue Mountains Gothic
by gayenjolresNSW Central Coast Gothic
by your-bell-jar- Tamworth Gothic by skaal
- Some Albany Gothic Crap by lookoutbro
Northern Territory
- None so far
Queensland
- Queensland Gothic by hexcoderose
- Brisbane Gothic by kalimayablack
- Moar Brisbane Gothic by kalimayablack
- Brisbane Gothic: 4ZzZ edition by kalimayablack
Brisbane Gothic
by requirecookieBrisbane Gothic
by milktea-and-honey- Brisbane/SEQ gothic by lovemeonamonday
- Brisbane/Queen St Mall Gothic by agent-pluto
- Queen St Gothic by strifestuck
- University of Queensland Gothic by kirby-pamyupamyu
- South-East Queensland Gothic by korvidian (note: this was the post that popularised the meme in Oz circles)
- More South-East Queensland Gothic by korvidian
- Even More South-East Queensland Gothic by korvidian
- South-East Queensland Gothic by kirby-pamyupamyu
- South-East Queensland Gothic by kirby-pamyupamyu
- South East Queensland Gothic by primalsympathy
- South-East Queensland Gothic by sailor-star-wars
- Far North Queensland Gothic by fragilesoftmachines
South Australia
- Adelaide Gothic by outrospection
- Adelaide Gothic by imma-firin-ma-eraser
- Adelaide Gothic by wolfchasing
- Adelaide Gothic by aerynlallaboso
- Adelaidean Gothic: Northern Suburbs by manicpixienightmareboy
- Adelaide Uni Gothic by dreaming-of-powered-flight
Tasmania
Victoria
- Melbourne Gothic by passerkirbiusscribens
- Melbourne Gothic??? by jamiemacdonalds
- More Melbourne Gothic by jamiemacdonalds
- Even More Melbourne Gothic by jamiemacdonalds
- Melbourne Gothic by hmasfatty
- Melbourne Gothic by drosometer
- Melbourne Gothic: CBD by nextdoor-letsgo
- Melbourne Gothic: The Dandenongs by alisonblogsthings
- Melbourne + South East Suburbs Gothic by bluesargently
- Melbourne Gothic: Western Suburbs by blakelriley
- Melbourne Gothic: Outer West by passerkirbiusscribens
- Williamstown Gothic by sharpestrose
- Melbourne Gothic: The Mornington Peninsula by mindctrlz
- Melbourne Gothic: Monash University by cozcat
Melbourne Gothic with a touch of North-East Suburbs
by my-faultlinesMelbourne Gothic: Dandenongs
byMelbourne South-East Suburbs/Bayside Gothic
by sheddingself- Melbourne Public Transport Gothic by tsunderrorist
Melbourne Suburb/Murray River Gothic
by ive-got-a-bijet- Bendigo Gothic by johndisneys
- Macedon Ranges Gothic by lillynire3
- South Gippsland Gothic by theswordofthemourning
- More South Gippsland Gothic by theswordofthemourning
Even More South Gippsland (Rural Victoria) Gothic
by- Rural Victoria Gothic by mercy-misrule
- Rural Victoria Gothic Take Two by mercy-misrule
Western Australia
I feel like I need to tell you this story. SO my friends and I all read Sansûkh, and cry over it regularly. One of my friends said ‘GOD IF I COULD MEET THE AUTHOR I WOULD KISS THM AND MAYBE PUNCH THEM’. But, we didn’t actively search where you lived because HA THEY’RE ALL IN THE US. Then a friend looked it up and well *waves from NSW* HEY YOU WE ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE SAME COUNTRY HOLLA
LOLOL! I won’t duck!
HEY from QLD! If you’re ever up my way, send me a message, love to catch up (and cry about fictional dead Dwarves hahahaha oh my heart)