Need quick US to Aussie lingo translation - Page 2

XR6TCraig · 01-02-2011, 12:59 AM

If the character's name is Alf Stewart, you could say something like "YA Flamin Drongo".

That ought to work

Halfmo Rocks · 01-02-2011, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Iggypoppin'

The youth of Australia has a different vocabulary as far as slang is concerned compared to the older generations.

yeah...an american one mostly, movies & music taking over the slang

prydey · 01-02-2011, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Ohio XB

what he is commenting on is having seen someone do something that really is amazing,

do you mean amazing as in 'mind boggling', and being dumbfounded? or genuinely amazing?

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Originally Posted by Ohio XB

but the amazing accomplishment is a cruel act.

i don't think any of the terms given encapsulate this bit.

FgNewbie · 01-02-2011, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by pottery beige

Steve have a listen to Austen Tayshus... Australiana......

this is it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im6VEJKd1aA
but you have to know Aus to pick up on the bad jokes (still a classic)

FgNewbie · 01-02-2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Ohio XB

but the amazing accomplishment is a cruel act.

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Originally Posted by prydey

i don't think any of the terms given encapsulate this bit.

I agree.

Bloody clever prick. Deadset you dickhead, you're lower than a roach.

You little ripper but fair suck of the sav! Fair dinkum, you're a bloody bastard.

I imagine I should replace you & you're with ya

Eleanor · 01-02-2011, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by pottery beige

Steve have a listen to Austen Tayshus... Australiana......

Haha. Classic.

So I said to me mate Al, "Hey where can Marsoo pee Al?"

She can go Out Back with the fellas. She's probably seen a **** or two!"

Or

"C'mon let's go Anna."

"Nah. I'm hanging around til Gum leaves!"

pottery beige · 01-02-2011, 11:39 AM

so any of you clever dicks know the name of the swagman in waltzing matilda..??....

Mickxr8 · 01-02-2011, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by pottery beige

so any of you clever dicks know the name of the swagman in waltzing matilda..??....

Jolly ?

Geez Louise · 01-02-2011, 12:42 PM

Andy. Andy sat, Andy watched...

castellan · 01-02-2011, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bingoTE50

Cunning as a Sh!Thouse rat...

A genius could be that but they don't have to be a genius to be that. it would depend on how you would put it.
I know a lot of cunning people but they are dim whits.

I think it's just that the person is an evil genius to be correct in Aussie English.

The writer will have to explain a bit more about the story line.

pottery beige · 01-02-2011, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Geez Louise

Andy. Andy sat, Andy watched...

we have a winner..

castellan · 01-02-2011, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Ohio XB

I am writing a story with an Aussie character and I need to know how an Aussie would call someone a "genius bastard." The context is the character disliking something that someone has done, but also admires the accomplishment.

So what would be the correct lingo?

Thanks!
Steve

The word genius now days is probably watered down like we hear the word brilliant used a lot now. what some call brilliant i call OK or good or fine. but i would call brilliant something like it's exactly spot on or i could say that is brilliant he is a genius, because it is really exceptional.

And the word bastard can be misinterpret by non Aussies.

Another thing i hate is the words (are you winning) when you are working.

it would be OK if i was betting some where but it's just really moronic simpleton dribble anywhere other.

pottery beige · 01-02-2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by castellan

Another thing i hate is the words (are you winning) when you are working.

it would be OK if i was betting some where but it's just really moronic simpleton dribble anywhere other.

wow.. you must be a bag of fun to work with....

Iggypoppin' · 01-02-2011, 07:05 PM

"ya mad ya bastard!" might be the term you're looking for. From the film Wake in Fright, Australian outback film.

castellan · 02-02-2011, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by pottery beige

wow.. you must be a bag of fun to work with....

When was work about fun pottery.
I am extremely nice compered to the people i first started out working with.

I never heard of the term apart from southerners and younger people in the last 10 years.

Up hear in QLD you would say how ya going. or it going.

And i fail to see how working can be considered winning unless you are a con artist that just ripped off someone. and you are over joyed at the out come financially.

Other words that are used now days like
Sick !!!!!!!
wicked !!!!!
Are used in a stupid idiotic foolish way.
I think it's all got to do with people on drugs.

i am sick of it. why should we have to put up with nonsence.

Ohio XB · 03-02-2011, 07:55 PM

Austen Tayshus is pretty cool. We had a comedian here in the States who did a routine that someone made into a song. It used all kinds of celebrity names.

"Was Glenn Close or was Jamie Farr?"

Very similar material, funny stuff.

Well, the story is a screenplay I wrote that I am learning how to rewrite as a novel. I had to write this particular scene in novel form as an assignment. In the script the Aussie character's words are written in usual Yank English. It is up to the actor to execute the Aussie accent. Well, in a novel you have to write out the accent and spell words so that the accent gets read, even if it means misspelling words. Well, I realized while writing this scene as a novel that I needed something better than "...genius bastard." As mentioned, that is not a common Yank expression. I came up with it myself for the story. I figured there would be a better Aussie expression for it though, that's why I started this thread.

Anyway, I went with "sma't bugga." That's how I wrote the accent for "smart". I have not heard the "r" ennunciated too much by the Aussie characters/people I have seen. I am NOT SAYING that all Aussies say it this way, I am saying the Aussies I have seen in entertainment and interviews have said it that way. You know, like when you see an interview with a Yank who has seen a UFO they always have the southern accent.

Thanks to everyone for your helpful suggestions! I was too rushed to be able to wait for everyone's responses. They gave me an education anyway.

Steve

P.S. The character is retired, so that tells you he is older.

MO · 03-02-2011, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by castellan

When was work about fun pottery.
I am extremely nice compered to the people i first started out working with.

I never heard of the term apart from southerners and younger people in the last 10 years.

Up hear in QLD you would say how ya going. or it going.

And i fail to see how working can be considered winning unless you are a con artist that just ripped off someone. and you are over joyed at the out come financially.

Other words that are used now days like
Sick !!!!!!!
wicked !!!!!
Are used in a stupid idiotic foolish way.
I think it's all got to do with people on drugs.

i am sick of it. why should we have to put up with nonsence.

You weren't doing to bad till you mispelt 'nonsenSe'.
My old job was fun and we quite often had a win,it meant we had saved someones life.
Now back in your box the adults are talking.