Australia so far

[darknetghost]

Well, I'm going into Week Three here at Griffith, and so far classes don't seem to be an issue.  I like all the ones I'm taking, and there isn't really any more work than I get back at my college in the States.  The only real difficulty is carefully explaining to each Australian who asks why I don't have a Program (major) even though I'm taking a

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[spartydragon]

Crikey!

I would type something in my Australian accent but my my Aussie accent SUCKS! XD I can do a pretty good British, Irish, French, Japanese, redneck... but not Aussie. O.o

[darknetghost]

The way they say "No!" when exasperated is really cute!

[maikaduriel]

Dude, people in Brisbane say pop in reference to soft drink? I've never heard that from an Aussie! :D Otherwise looks like you're picking up the lingo pretty well hey. Oh, that's another one. Say "hey" on the end of everything you say. Hey.
Premixed drinks confuse me too. Oh, and non-mixed ones. Could be because I don't drink :D Saves so much money!
I'd rather see anyone drink VB than XXXX. I smelled XXXX once and it was the worst moment of my life.

[darknetghost]

Oh, I'm not sure if they say pop, but I do.

Now that I think of it, I'm not exactly sure whether it's soda or pop around here, haven't really paid attention to that. =P

[maikaduriel]

I think you'll find it's neither! We all just call it soft drink.