American takes the AUSSIE SLANG QUIZ!
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- čas přidán 13. 10. 2022
- I'm on vacation, so this is actually an episode from a week ago that got blocked and unblocked! Happy Arvo!
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I'll give you 9 out 10. Close enough mate.
Agree :-)
I came to write the same thing. 9/10 for sure
Definitely!
I’m in California; just yesterday we passed an accident between a horse trailer/truck and a passenger car. My American wife of 25 years says “oops, got into a prang!” and I just about fell off my seat. “You used Oz slang without even realizing it!” Surprised her too. I’m so proud.
she just needs to add on a bit of detail - "looks like e's fucked it!"
One of her favorites that she uses intentionally is “woke up with eyes like smashed Jaffa’s.”
go wifey 😆
A stubbie short of a six pack could also be "a few shingles short of a full roof"; "a few sandwiches short of a picnic"; "the stairs don't go to the top floor" ; "not the full quid (a pound in pre-decimal money)" etc. i.e. not all there. My favourite for crazy is "there's a few roos loose in the top paddock". Thanks, I really had a good laugh WITH you about our slang.
An oldie: Bats in the belfry, or bell tower.
Another one I've heard just recently: A mother board short of a few chips.
And 99cents short of a dollar
A kangaroo loose in the top paddock
not the sharpest tool in the shed
A snag short of a barbie
I’m Aussie and even the stubbie short of a 6 pack question tripped me up. I would use that to refer to someone who’s a bit dense, kind of like “he’s not the brightest crayon in the box”.. lol
That is true, BUT at the same time, i would never associate it with the word "silly", but i would understand if it was associated with "crazy".
Or the brightest candle on the birthday cake
Not.... NOT THE BRIGHTEST anything in the ANYTHING is DUMB
being short of anything is CRAZY
It's the same as "A sandwich short of a picnic"
please exit the gene pool
A Budgerigar (Budgie) is a small native Aust. parrot. You have them as pets in the US and call them parakeets for reasons known only to yourselves. So a Speedo, we call 'Budgie smugglers', I think you can figure it out. You did a great job of working out the answers on these except 'Sparrow fart' means very early, when the birds wake up, doesn't everyone fart when they wake up?🤣❤
that's so funny .... lol u bloody Aussies are crack up
@@RiGz_Nz 🤣🤣
Yeah we call them budgerigars or budgies and Americans call them parakeets. But they're native to Australia.
A similar phrase is "getting up with the sparrows" i.e. out of bed very early. Don't forget "the early bird catches the worm".
These two terms are used interchangeably, only in the U.S. While all Budgies are part of the Parakeet species, not all Parakeets are Budgies.
"Sparrow's Fart" is rhyming slang for "Day's Start".
And in traditional rhyming slang style, we sometime remove the bit that rhymes, like "Have a Butcher's" means "Butcher's Hook" or "Have a Look".
So up at "Day's Start" will become up at "Sparrow's Fart" which becomes up at "Sparrow's"
I RESOLVED IT AS FOLLOWS....
The crack of dawn there is a crack , something cracking is like breaking wind, therefore a fart so why not a sparrows fart
“Noah’s Ark = shark and Joe Blake = snake so if someone tells you to “watch out for the Joe Blake’s” means watch out for snake - simple isn’t it?
This is random but I totally love that you stop mid reaction to google details. Means by the end you actually have a more educated idea of what’s being discussed instead of just assuming & you understand us more 😜
🤣🤣🤣🤣, I've been watching you for a while, being an Aussie myself, and love watching you reaction to our little differences, it makes me smile, and have a chuckle at ourselves and each other, different yet same. Much love and kindness always ❤️
Same here!
As an Aussie, I agree you got 9/10, Ryan.. If you are a stubbie short, you are stupid, not crazy, so silly is closer to stupid. Your analogy of mising brain cells was spot on.
One of the problems Americans face with understanding Australian English is that it sounds different when we pronounce the same word. A major reason is that we often split our syllables at different locations in the word. eg. Sanga is pronounced 'sang - ah' (not san-ga') with no pause between the two syllables and a very soft G.
Emu is the classic American 'mistake'. We pronounce it 'eem --you', whereas most Americans would automatically say 'ee-moo'.
PS . I give you a pass on the 'Stubbie short of a six pack' question. The test was Australian slang, not the definition of crazy versus silly.
Good job Ryan! You are nearly ready to survive your first visit to the land of Oz!
Only ever as a tourist. 😁
@@69lure better happy arvo than trying to say, "G'day mate".
Is any one really ready to meet drop bears? Or have some sort of wildlife in their house?
I agree! and I'm gunna out up some cash for it... on one condition...
You totally got a 9/10 the 'a stubby short of a six pack' refers to someone a bit slow/stupid. Crazy is a totally different thing.!
yeah, I'd be more inclined to call someone who is dumb/thick as 'a stubby short of a six pack' and someone who is 'crazy' as 'a few roo's loose in the top paddock' or 'a few screws loose' or the good old ''he's lost his marbles'.
the answers to that question were not right.
@@myopinion69420 they mean the same thing. but yes I would use it a bit more causally. but then I would causally refer to someone who does silly things, as crazy
At least in NSW stubbie short of a six pack is definitely crazy not silly. The difference is one of extremes. It's silly is just being foolish or acting withoit common sense. Crazy is fighting over bog roll in woolies during the pandemic lol
@@raphael887 Yep...similar but stubbie short of a 6-pack is definitely crazy not silly..in NSW anyway.
No mate, it refers to someone who is crazy, nuts
when your'e short of a few brain cells
your short of a few beers
You're a stubby short of a 6 Pack
You're not all there
your cheese slid off your cracker (this is a UK Saying though)
A Few bob short of a pound (another UK one)
A Few roo's lose in the top paddock
it means crazy
Stupid and slow is....
Not the sharpest tool in the shed
dumb as a bag of hammers
not the brightest bulb in the chandeleir
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer
You know it's correct because
not being SHARP refers to not getting it and being slow
Being short of something is CRAZY
Short of brain cells (i can see how you interpret that as dumb) but it's not
it's used for CRAZY
Getting up at the Sparrows fart is when you're awake early in the morning with the birds.
Our version of Cock crow
Doesn't everyone fart when they wake up in the morning?
Totally agree - doing crazy stuff is not the correct answer.. 9/10
Really impressed Ryan..well done! I had to think myself about a few of those, and Ive lived here for 74 years!
My girls and I talk about getting up at sparrows fart all the time. It’s way too early lol😂
Thank you for showing interest in our country. Makes me want to go to America for a holiday. Good people.
I totally agree, 9/10, and great reasoning to get there! I give you the stubby. I agree, the distinction was obscure. Hard yakka came from “yakka” from the Yagara indigenous language word for work (yaga) and a company that makes work overalls and other 'tough' clothing trades under that name. .
I just think of the add song “hard yakka, oof, ah!”
@@whiteswanlilly4119 So yes!!
I love listening to people trying to work out our language! LoL
Yes you got 9, and I haven't heard sparrow fart used in years, I think that would fool a lot of younger Aussies. You are now qualified to become Prime Minister. Congratulations.
I agree, silly/crazy is hard to decipher between in that context.
Maybe replace silly/crazy with knob head or just plain dumb.
Well done, Ryan. I'd give you a nine too, that one had tricky answers. I had a good laugh at us Aussies with this one. We're obviously nuts.
Happy Arvo! You did really well! I’m not one to see sparrow’s fart. I’m a night owl! The “stubbie short of a six pack” was a bit difficult, as you did have two similar answers.
I prefer to say, “A sanga short of a picnic”, or “kangaroos loose in the top paddock”. They’re crazy; not all there.
Hope everything is going well with the bubba. 💜🇦🇺💜
Actually the kangaroo one is actually a few roos short of a paddock
Where are you from? The phrase is a " A few Roo's, or coupl'a Roo's short of the top, or back, paddock"?
@@allisalie101 Sydney NSW and that's what I've always heard which was a few roos short of a paddock
@@allisalie101 and here's another one I was taught 20 cents short of a dollar
I simply shortened it. A few kangaroos loose in the top paddock. Generally, I don’t say “roos” unless I’m tired. At the moment, I’m tired. So there are a few roos loose in the top paddock. That’s what moving house does to you.
There are two others that mean the same thing as a stubbie short of a six-pack, but older (before six-packs were even invented): a sandwich short of a picnic, and a snag (sausage) short of a barbie. None of them means "crazy" exactly; they all mean really a bit thick in the head, a bit dumb. Another using different imagery is "not the sharpest tool in the shed (knife in the drawer)".
For "crazy", an old expression that some people still use is that the person has a "roo loose in the top paddock".
We also say "an emu loose in the top paddock"
@@marieravening927 Indeed we do.
This is a great explanation!!
True: 9 : 10 = Time to apply for Citizenship! 🤣👍
Woo Hoo. The accent is getting better and your getting the gist of our lingo! 😂❤
still says happy arvo tho lol
Yeah, I don’t think I have ever heard an Aussie say “ Happy Arvo” but don’t be put off Ryan. In your case we’ll let it slide. Better off to say g’ day… it’s an awesome arvo.
Just teach Jace proper Aussie. You’d better come over so we can teach him proper good Aussie (that’s a bit of outback lingo) when you get bogged you’re proper bogged…do a good job you’ve done a proper good job. 😁
@@markhill3858 I don't mind it, even though it's a bit wrong. It shows he is "having a crack!" as it were.🤣It's a lot to expect people to just get it.
@@fender282 or " i'll catch you this arvo " or " yeah see ya this arvo "
Yucka?? No Hard Yacka - think back with a short 'a' not 'ah'! I'm 62 and never heard of 'sparrows fart'. Congrats - you did get 9 out of 10!!
Struth I’m 49 and have heard and used sparrows fart since as young as I can remember
absolutely got 9 out of 10, it was a poorly worded question. A for you.
Or in Aussie 'ah goodonya'.
9/10
The fine art of Australian strine. How do we get Ryan to understand us??
Avagoodweegend.
Thanks Ryan. Been following you for a while. You’re just so nice and kind … not making fun of our quirks, but interested to know more. I think one of the main differences in our speech is…I reckon when Americans start school they are taught phonetics. You sound out every part of a word. We seem to ignore most of the sounds and just slide over them. Eg you see Brisbane, as Bris Bain. We just say Bris bin Same with words with an R, like Melbourne. You say Mel born…we say Melb in. And we don’t end ing words with a hard g sound..we just slide into sing without the hard g. You’re very entertaining…a must watch! ❤️From Queensland…all one word, not broken up into 2 words😳😳😳
Sparrows fart refers to the first thing you do as soon as you wake up. I’m not too sure if it applies to everyone,it does for me but I don’t fart in my sleep but as soon as I wake up I let rip. That’s where the saying comes from ‘The first thing you do as soon as you wake’.
Did pretty well mate. I did the exam in a minute before I watched you do it to see how I went. Got 10/10, but that's expected from an Aussie. I will say though, the wording of the answers on the one stubbie short of six-pack question, was a little how ya goin. So I'd give ya the point, cause you were on the right thought process. Love the vids mate!
I feel "someone who is a bit silly" is very different to "someone a bit crazy". I never encountered anyone who considers "silly" and "crazy" synonyms.
you need to watch John Farnham sing "Help" live with Melbourne symphony orchestra
He will knock your socks off ....Amazing voice ....
Up before the sparrows fart, is getting up before it's dawn, when the birds wake up. Budgie smugglers are really tight, so there's nowhere to hide the tackle.
Ryan. You're a bloody legend.
Question seven you nailed, and you were 100% right, we don't say Sanger, we say Sanga
Hey Ryan, great vid! Congrats on passing our citizenship test 😋
Also, keep an eye out for some mail. I sent you something the other day. Fingers crossed it arrives without any breakages.
Oh did he release a PO Box?
@@darkcase123 Yep, check out the description beneath the video 😊
I can’t see the Post Box address
"A --- short of a -----" is invariably referring to someone crazy or "not all there". A few sandwiches short of a picnic, a few snags short of a barbie etc.
A "can short of a 6 pack" = Daft; "Kangaroos loose in the top paddock" = Crazy. Greetings from Melbourne
As an Aussie, I got one of the questions you read out wrong too!! 🤣😭👍
Hi there! Very well done! Others have done the stubby short of a six pack...where I am the most common slang for a sandwich is a "sarnie" in the tradition of shortening words...Cheers!
Yeah matey! Ya' got 9 outa' 10 , ya' blitzed it no worries cobber!😉👍🇦🇺
"Budgie smugglers" means "men's briefs", and referring to swimwear it only means the type of racing briefs you would call "speedos". The expression goes back to a news story in about 1983 about a man being arrested at Sydney airport trying to smuggle endangered parrots out of Australia (for the international pet trade) hidden in his underwear. For context, "budgies" are budgerigahs, a kind of small Australian parrot often kept as pets.
Had a mate who had a taste for exotic fish but not the $$ for them, he used to put the bottom part of a 2L milk bottle down his dacks with a bit of water and scoop them straight outta the aquarium at the pet store.
i always thought it was because thats what it looks like, a budgie in your speedos, an guessed the water was pretty cold the day they came up with it.
@@pascalswager9100 the convict spirit!
@@danielponiatowski7368 That is definitely why it caught on, and why it shifted from underpants to swimmers.
I agree with you Ryan (and I am Australian). "a stubbie short of a six pack" is someone who isn't quite all there mentally.....someone who does silly things and someone who acts crazy are the same thing. Someone who IS crazy or slow or thick is a better description. They are "a sandwich short of a picnic" is used over here more than the "beer short of a six pack" anyway.
Stubby short of a six pack is the same as 'he's missing a few kangaroos in the top paddock'. It means the person is stupid!
Mate, how about “a sandwich short of a picnic”? Grüße aus Australien.
@@peterfromgw4615 I use both 🤭
You did so well Ryan!! Good job mate😊
Hi Ryan, well done on the quiz. A Drongo would be someone doing silly things. Someone that is a stubbie short of a six pack is someone that is a bit crazy.
Also in my part of AUS, we say sparrow fart not Sparrows fart. Its a bit like the word maths and math for mathematics.
Sparrow or sparrow's fart. I think the quiz was a bit badly worded.
I just subscribed am glad we're not the only ones out there that can have a laugh at bugger all; we love the yanks more than the poms too good to see a mate on CZcams .
Budgie smugglers refers specifically to speedo type swimwear. On a man. Imagine the shape of the "front" of the swimwear when they are ON. Then imagine a Budgie wich is a small Australian parakeet that is small enough to be held in your hand...... make the connection.....
A stubby short of a six pack refers to stupid or dumb people. The quiz is wrong , or at the very least vague
Hey Ryan. When I first found your channel I was so frustrated and was thinking for you to do some research before incorrect comments. Now I understand the concept. I feel a slice less than a loaf now. Oh and deffinately 9/10 mate.
ahah an American trying to picture what budgie smugglers are that was gold!!
u did real good mate! love sparrows fart too " i better head home, gotta be up at sparrows fart" oh btw yakka is pronounced yacka
Definitely 9/10!
Ben Stiller wore budgie smugglers in Meet the parents when he smashed the other players face with a volleyball!! Classic!
I'm a West Australian and I love watching your clips on us. Your awesome mate. Cheers.
9 out of 10, well done Wassa!
Yeah well done Ryno!
I agree with you about "stubby short of a six pack". It means someone who is stupid or slow. Sandwich short of a picnic, sausage short of a barbie.
You're right, Ryan. Like a lot of similar expressions implying that someone falls short of the usual complement of something, "a stubbie short of a six-pack" means "stupid, mentally deficient". If someone were crazy or behaved erratically we might say that they had kangaroos in their top paddock.
"Yakka" is pronounced with the first "a" short as in "can" or "man". "Sanger" is pronounced which a ŋ but without the hard "g" sound. And the final "R" is silent, as usual.
Some of those questions weren't clear enough. You definitely got 9/10. Fantastic reasoning skills.
Good logic. Love seeing you try to make sense of our slang
Love your videos mate ☺️☺️☺️
hey Ryan,you did really well and I just love the thumbnail 😂 😂 😂
Good job Ryan!!!
Most people don’t have a clue. Your almost an Aussie now ⭐️
Definitely 9 out of ten!
Wow earliest I've ever seen on the channel ☺️ Hi from a tiny place in Western Australia called Gabbadah (which means mouthful of water in the Aboriginal language). Sadly, there isn't much water left around here anymore tho 😐
Aww mate over here in NSW got to much living out scrub aswell
I'm from Perth and had to look up this town.. So it's guilderton Moore River?
@@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 Wee Waa we just got out from being an Island and may be an Island by next weekend again with the rain coming
@@daneavery6281 hope things are improving for all you guys stuck in the wet. Best wishes from a tiny patch of NSW coast that didn’t get flooded…sorta like winning the lottery.
Thanks mate for putting this Bonza post up on CZcams.
It cracks me up when you say 'happy arvo', we generally don't pronounce the 'r'. So it sounds like aavo, 'aaahvo' 🤔🙄😊😃
Ryan, you're pretty sharp with this stuff. Probably time to book a ticket, mate. See ya soon
a stubby short of a six-pack is someone who's got a few roos loose in the top paddock.
you got 9/10
😂 A for effort but there’s quite a bit of difference between someone doing silly stuff & someone who is crazy/lost the plot/not all there etc. etc. Sorry Ryan it’s definitely 8/10 BUT mates rates for you so let’s say 9/10 😉🤣
Great work on the Sanger. Completely right, we say Sanga. One of our house faves is the Kanga Banga Sanga. I’ll leave you all to enjoy that one
Nice! But where do you source your kanga bangers?
Definitely 9/10! The 2 alternatives for Q8 are almost the same thing, as you said. 😆
I agree that doing silly things and crazy are too close to choose Ryan... I would give you 9 out of 10 also !! Well done !!
I agree. You got 9 out of ten! I’m an Aussie, living in Australia.
I get up at a sparrows fart (4:15).
Those two you had a hard time picking I agreed. The national treasure Steve did use all of those phrases, and I was confused at the 6 pack one, even though it’s a phrase I use.
Stubby short of a six pack means you aren't very bright.
Kangaroos loose in the top paddock means you are a bit mental.
Ryan us Aussie really love your channel!!
Well done Ryan. U are definitely an adopted Aussie now.. 👏😛
We also say” Dumb as dogshit” and, “ Mad as a Meat axe”, The forward pouch of a pair of swimming trunks is large enough to hide a budgerigar, a very small grass parrot.
Once again hillarious thankyou
Well done Ryan, nailed it mate.
We say 'hard yakka' ('a' is sounded like in apple not yarka) and yes, it means hard work. We even have (or had) overall brand called Yakka an 'hard yakka' was used in the ad for them. Of course we wear hard helmets on building sites or anywhere that can be dangerous but we call them 'hard hats'.
Totally a 9/10!! Lolz I love watching ur vids they are sooo funny. Much love to uband the family from Queensland Australia 💯✌️💜🇦🇺🇦🇺😁
🤣 yeah sparrows fart... Like "I have to get up at sparrows fart". In other words so early in the morning, just before sun rises when the birds start stirring and waking up.
Congratulations you have done really well, you will be one of us soon.
LOL, no he won't. We'll accept him and embrace him if he ever moves here, because that's what we do for all newcomers, but only as an expat who's embraced our lifestyle, however he'll never be one of us. Only his kids will receive that honour.
Good on you. Just one thing: I have never heard of anyone ever in Australia say, “Happy arvo!” as a greeting. You’d be more like to say just, “afternoon!” or “G’day” (but not with mate added, usually). Actually, in the arvo, you’d probably be more likely to greet someone with “How’s it goin’ (pronounced like gaon)”
Another phrase used in place of the stubbie short of a six pack one is "A few roos loose in the top paddock" or "sausage short of a good BBQ" or "sandwich short of a good picnic" or "the lights are on but no one is at home". Budgie is a shortened version of the word budgerigar which is a small parrot. So, a budgie inside a pair of swimming trunks would look like...
Look up my favourite Aussie slang term: "Mum's got to *_'Split the Whisker.'"_*
😂😂😂😂😂 in America I think we would most often say "they've got a screw loose". "Not the sharpest tool in the shed" we likely say if they are really ..well dumb.
Well done mate, your aussie understandings rate
9/10 - agree crazy/silly - interchangeable there. The person who wrote that was a stubby short themselves!
Hard yakka is a brand name for men's work clothes, & that slang mainly comes from the advertising theme, these days someone who is crazy is "A bit Cray cray" or "mental" so you got that right - stubbies short of a 6 pack, a sheep short in the top paddock or a shilling short of a dollar all mean the same, your a bit slow, and crickey is right cos' no one says it anymore. Well done mate give ya 9 outta 10.
That one about being short of a six pack could have had both answers. Doing silly things or being crazy. I am Aussie and went with crazy. You did well😊
Someone who does silly things is a choice of behaviour. Someone who is crazy is a mental condition....huge difference . Just clarifying. I think you are hilarious. Keep it up 👍
Top show brother love it. Melbourne Australia. 👍🙏🙏
You got 9 out of 10. That question about the stubbie short of a six pack was wrongly worded. Also you were 100% right about how we say "sanga". No Aussie has ever said "sanger". The only thing you consistently get wrong is how you say Aussie 🤣 It's like Ozzy.
You definitely deserve 9/10.
I agree with you on the silly/crazy.
With the answers they had it should of been silly.
9 for sure ...bloody oath mate!! Happy arvo to you your wife n Jace (Jase?)🥰👍
Instead of a stubby short of a six pack I always use a "few bricks short of a barbie" or "not the full quid". And these expressions are in wide use.
I agree with you Ryan the the way the possible answers were written was a bit tricky the one about the stubbie short of a six pack. I'm an Aussie and even I was swaying between the two that you were tossing up which one to use. And "sanga" for sandwich pronounced SANG-A (-A as in when you say UP)
I'm an Aussie and mate you are correct, someone who does crazy things is just loose af or wild.. someone who is not all there in the head or dumb or silly so absolutely 9/10. Well done!
I have to agree that the answers to 'a stubbie short of a six pack' were ambiguous. I was also torn between those two answers because neither one really gets to the core of what the phrase means. I'd give you a solid 9/10 lol
Oh there are so many more 😂😂. I gotta say they were not hard but I'm looking at it from a dinky die aussie perspective. It really is an inventive lingo of its own. Kiwi's have a few too but between us and our bro's across the pond tend to understand each others lingo pretty well.
Kina think you got ripped off with the the "silly" and "crazy". It's a fine line ... you were on the money about it being someone a little slow ... at least that's what I think it means LOL!