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Expat Life, Getting Started, Uncategorised

Australian Words and Phrases That Americans Don’t Understand

I’ve been here for a little over a year now, but I’m still finding new Australian words and phrases that American’s don’t understand. And have usually never even heard before. Some of them are so astoundingly simple that I wonder if they’ve been living under a rock all these years.…

October 3, 2016January 10, 201810 Comments
Australia, Expat Life, Life, Travel, Uncategorised

Why Aussies can’t say “No” and other linguistic failures

That’s not my name! “Can I have the chicken salad and a bottle of water please?” “Sorry?” “I just wanted to order the chicken salad. And a water.” *confused look* “I don’t understand you.” I’ll spare you the entirety of this conversation, suffice to say it ended when I did…

November 19, 2015December 27, 201714 Comments

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