P. Sherman
... 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney...
The Australian address that EVERYONE knows. Only problem is it doesn't actually exist. There's not even a Wallaby Way in Sydney :(
Some more language differences for you...
Lollies - Candies (not chocolate ones)
Trolly - Cart (like at the grocery store)
Parcel - Package
Something I discovered at work, if you order a lemonade you'll get a sprite, if you want what I would define as "lemonade" you order Lift, which is a specific brand of it.
Eating -
Something I didn't quite expect to be different, and it took me a while to notice, is the way people eat. Back home I've always seen people eat with their fork in their right hand (if you're standard right handed). If you have something to cut up, you'll use the knife in your right hand, cut a few pieces (or the whole thing), then set the knife down and replace the fork in your right. This is not the case here. You eat with your fork in your left and your knife in your right, constantly cutting as you go and even using your knife to assist things on to your fork if necessary. I actually find it more polite than the "American" way I've always done.
Bacon. Yummm. This difference is currently on my mind because of the bacon and egg wrap I'm scarfing down. Here they take bacon from a different part of the pig. It's not nearly as good. But there is one aspect of it they do have going for them...
Paper is a different size here. Standard paper in the US is 8 1/2" x 11" (letter size) but here it's 8.3" x 11.7" (A4)
I'm discovering it's harder to pick out differences in language. The longer I stay here, the more used to it I get and therefore it's hard to find oddities. However, I was accused the other day of starting to develop an Aussie accent. Don't get too excited, it was just one word. My response to a question, "Yeah we are." When I said 'are' it was as an Aussie would say it (I have no idea how to explain the difference). I've also changed the say I say some other words to avoid getting the response of "That's so American." For example, the word Tomato. The "American" way to say it is To-mae-to. I now say To-mah-to.
The Australian address that EVERYONE knows. Only problem is it doesn't actually exist. There's not even a Wallaby Way in Sydney :(
Some more language differences for you...
Lollies - Candies (not chocolate ones)
Trolly - Cart (like at the grocery store)
Parcel - Package
Something I discovered at work, if you order a lemonade you'll get a sprite, if you want what I would define as "lemonade" you order Lift, which is a specific brand of it.
Eating -
Something I didn't quite expect to be different, and it took me a while to notice, is the way people eat. Back home I've always seen people eat with their fork in their right hand (if you're standard right handed). If you have something to cut up, you'll use the knife in your right hand, cut a few pieces (or the whole thing), then set the knife down and replace the fork in your right. This is not the case here. You eat with your fork in your left and your knife in your right, constantly cutting as you go and even using your knife to assist things on to your fork if necessary. I actually find it more polite than the "American" way I've always done.
Bacon. Yummm. This difference is currently on my mind because of the bacon and egg wrap I'm scarfing down. Here they take bacon from a different part of the pig. It's not nearly as good. But there is one aspect of it they do have going for them...
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| I wish bacon were this big in the States... |
Paper is a different size here. Standard paper in the US is 8 1/2" x 11" (letter size) but here it's 8.3" x 11.7" (A4)
I'm discovering it's harder to pick out differences in language. The longer I stay here, the more used to it I get and therefore it's hard to find oddities. However, I was accused the other day of starting to develop an Aussie accent. Don't get too excited, it was just one word. My response to a question, "Yeah we are." When I said 'are' it was as an Aussie would say it (I have no idea how to explain the difference). I've also changed the say I say some other words to avoid getting the response of "That's so American." For example, the word Tomato. The "American" way to say it is To-mae-to. I now say To-mah-to.
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