Originally Posted by Yossarian

Oh , You mean like when I sent an electonic text based message asking a female freind of mine when an event was starting, and I qoute.

"u needz 2 b there b4 430 or u will miss us kbye."

Oddly enough no I don't mean like that as texting is limited to what 100 characters therefore abbreviations are a requirement (even though I am probably the last person alive to text in full).

My problem is the laziness of what they said and the standard it was setting for the kid she had with her.

Originally Posted by MontyB

Oddly enough no I don't mean like that as texting is limited to what 100 characters therefore abbreviations are a requirement (even though I am probably the last person alive to text in full).

You and my missus. Me?... I don't even have a mobile phone.

Originally Posted by MontyB

You have to remember Australian is an easy language to learn, it has the 5 step learning structure:

1) Replace I with E so Shrimp becomes Shremp.
2) End all first names in O so instead of Dave and Robert you have Davo and Robo.
3) Add extra letter A's to words so instead of Dance and Chance you have Daaance and Chaaance.
4) To get the tone correct talk through your nose.
5) When dealing with things other than peoples names end everything in "ie", so for example you were bitten by a mossie in Aussie while throwing another shremp on the barbie the night Davo came over after the daaance.

No, we actually say, "shrimp" at 0:36secs, even that d!ckhead Paul Hogan says it, when "bunging it on" for the Yanks.

Shrimp on the Barbie

You might note that in Australia, no one actually eats shrimp, we eat "prawns". Shrimp are small almost translucent fresh water crustaceans used only for bait, but the word was used in the ad for the benefit of American tourists who call prawns, "shrimp".

Oh,... and only those with a private education say daaance, chaance etc., and we take the p!ss out of them too.

I have to say anyone that starts a sentence with yo! Also obese people in general irritate me. (I will have a large double large fry and a diet coke wtf??!!)

Originally Posted by MontyB

Oddly enough no I don't mean like that as texting is limited to what 100 characters therefore abbreviations are a requirement (even though I am probably the last person alive to text in full).

You're certainly not the last person. I can't stand texting in 'short form'.

People putting on fake accents or talk using "Gansta" speak wind me up.

Went to a white European lad who had been assaulted.
I asked what happened and I was told:

"He dissed ma *****. So I goes to him to get some respect but him and is blood slap me up. I gonna shank da...... etc etc."

His mobile rang and he then answered "Oh father! It was awful! I've been assaulted. The Paramedics are here now and I may need to go to hospital."

I asked, again for an explanation as to what had happened, but in real English please.

Purchasing a new laptop with the virus protection, firewall, you name it and a few days later having 5000 "issues" show up at the bottom of the page. Pop ups while I'm watching a video or reading an interesting story. Internet shutting down suddenly for no reason, then finding out you can buy a small box, hook it up to your tv and "play computer" right off your tv set. But---you're not really willing to do that either as the last thing you want is to be watching television and have a warning of a terrible contagious virus spreading among the commercials.

Originally Posted by Trooper1854

English people who come back from a holliday in Australia, and talk with an Australian accent!
They don't do it when the come back from an Indian holliday!

I did, "Oh bloody blimey, Queen Victoria very good man," while shaking my head from side to side.

Sorry I couldn't help myself.

Another example of "gangsta speak" I heard recently was when a distraught young man explained to his friend
"Da poo poos ave taken ma skate!"
Translates to: "Those law enforcement chaps have confiscated one's automobile".

Originally Posted by Trooper1854

Thats the motto of the NHS Ambulance Service!

Really...?? That was something I picked up from a book about the Vietnam War many years back.... kinda got stuck with it...

The other phrase I had pasted on the file I used when I was a case manager for a local hospital- basically what we do is that we planned their discharge the day they got admitted, and to manage their follow-up treatment (how nasty can you get?)- was this- "The only easy day was yesterday...". This was something I picked up from a SEAL book that I read sometime back- I think...

Originally Posted by BritinAfrica

I did, "Oh bloody blimey, Queen Victoria very good man," while shaking my head from side to side.

Sorry I couldn't help myself.

Yup, probably this is what I sound after visiting Scotland- "I'm taking a boos to the poob..."