No really, this word is heavily used here. Between friends, CO WORKERS, policemen, everywhere.. and it is pronounced like it is one word (go ahead say it as fast as you can in your best Australian accent). People kind of look at your funny if you use any other word you can think of for jerk. It is just an acceptable way to talk here. Here are some other random observations:
The word “heaps” is used a lot
Fillets are pronounced with a T
Side walks are foot paths
Cook out is something you do in the woods if you are a cave man - barbie is the correct word used here
“Suit you” is said a lot
The food is pretty mediocre – especially the lunch meat. Oh dear Lord it is the fattiest meat I have EVER seen and as someone who loves meat very thinly sliced this is something that I just can’t eat here. Which is unfortunate because I love sandwiches for lunch.
They put butter on all sandwiches – lots of it (gross)
Although I’ve never been to Asia, if I could imagine what it smells like I think it might smell a little bit of what it does in Australia as there is such a huge Asian population/influence here
Everyone is shocked here when Jason and I tell them we don’t have a car. But we don’t need it! We do something called WALKING everywhere
St. Patricks Day isn't really celebrated here – don’t know why as there are so many Irish here!
I get told that I have an accent (psht please!)
When Jason and I get asked where we are from they always say “Are you Canadian or American?” Always saying Canadian first. I finally asked someone why do people say Canadian first and their response is that Canadians seems to get more offended if you ask them if they are from America than if you ask an American if they are from Canada. Interesting!
Bananas and coffee are way better from South America
Twitter isn’t nearly as popular here as it is in the US
Rugby or “footy” as they call it here is really cool. We went to our first match and it was under 2 hours and fast paced!
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