New Zealand/Australia relationship

Mazdabater · 09-19-2011, 08:32 PM

It's a shifter get over it. And yanks don't even count, they call bonnets "hoods" and boots "trunks". Also have never heard people refer to all soft drinks as coke.

speedjunkie · 09-19-2011, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Madaz

I've never heard of them being called shifters either until I moved here to Australia.

A colleague recently said "pass me a sheefter" and I was like.....wtf?

Chilly bin = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooler

Ooooooh, gotcha. Yeah most people I know just call them coolers.

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Originally Posted by Mazdabater

It's a shifter get over it. And yanks don't even count, they call bonnets "hoods" and boots "trunks". Also have never heard people refer to all soft drinks as coke.

Yep, hoods and trunks, because that's what they are! Bonnets, boots? Shifters?! Sheesh.

LOL

You've never heard them called cokes because you're not in the US haha. I don't do that because it's ridiculous to me, but its' pretty common here. Either calling everything a Coke, or calling it a Pop. To me it's either a soda or Dr. Pepper or whatever brand it is. I always kid people here that call them cokes or pops.

EJayCe996 · 09-19-2011, 11:32 PM

I never understood the pop terminology. I assume it is in reference to the sound a can makes when opened or maybe the old school pop tops....that's all my reasoning can come up with. Of course either one of those terms expands the number of things of what it could be referring to. Maybe I'll just start calling twist top sodas hissers or something and see if it catches on

Madaz · 09-20-2011, 03:21 AM

Here is one that Ozzies and Kiwis DO agree on.

Fanny=Ass(USA) Fanny=Vagina(Australia+NZ)

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Mazdabater FC3S Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Townsville, QLD, AUS Posts: 326 Rep Power: 16	It's a shifter get over it. And yanks don't even count, they call bonnets "hoods" and boots "trunks". Also have never heard people refer to all soft drinks as coke.

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Madaz Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Burleigh Heads QLD Australia Posts: 56 Rep Power: 17	Here is one that Ozzies and Kiwis DO agree on. Fanny=Ass(USA) Fanny=Vagina(Australia+NZ)