Pie=meat (not fruit)
Jelly=Jello (used for dessert not salad)
Green salads=anything goes in them and some times no dressing
Potatoes come in three ways washed, scrubed and dirty
Salt= fine, med., and course
Sugar= fine, med. and course
flour=for baking has baking powder in it, the rest is for making thickening
Plumbing=very big pipes, double flush buttons for toilets, big drains on the floor (smart idea)
Dryers=sunshine
Birds=Cockatoos, Parrots, Magpies, Kookaburras, Lorikeets, Crested Pigeons, and the list goes on, they wake you up early in the morning and carry on the rest of the day.
Roundabouts=no four way stops (love it)
Driving=Left hand side of the road (takes some getting use to)
Turn signals=turning on the winshield wipers all the time (signals are of the right side)
Barbe=BBQ=Lamb, Lamb, Lamb, Sausage (very long ones), Chicken, Beef, Pork, Kangaroo
(I did not care for Kangaroo)
Bibee=Baby
Sun=lots and lots of sun screen
Stores hours=closing at 4:00PM week days and 2:00PM Saturday
Sun=traveling South for Summer and North for the Winter
Sky=Southern Cross
Rain=very big drops and coming down hard, then gone
Road Signs=No overtaking, Overtaking lanes ahead, all streets are 50K in the city, 40k around schools between 7 and 9:30AM and 2:30 to 4:00 PM, Kangaroo and Koloa (instead of deer and cattle)
Road Cameras=large fines if you break the speed limit ($1,000 and up)
Parking=Backing in at 90 degree angle (in Tamworth)
Cookies=biskets (they are very hard)
Lollies=candy
Sultana=Rasins
Rootbeer=not in Australia
Can't Understand=ask them to spell it (always different then how you think it is or would spell it)
and much much more when I have time and can think of them.
A smiling blogging come back……
11 years ago
5 comments:
That's great Mom that learning a new language!
Put me down for the lamb barbe!
We had lamb this week. I loved it. Everyone tried it and said it was alright, except Connor who opted to fast.
My goodness, it is almost like learning another language huh! Thanks for the info. I hope this finds you doing well. I send love, Lura
It's funny, you're speaking English, but it's just so different. In Ghana, pants= underwear... so when I was at church and told a little boy that he got his pants dirty, I got the strangest look ever. I got a good laugh when I realized what I was actually saying to him- smile!
Thank you for the translation! I saved this on "Word" for future reference. =)
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