@BuzzFeed on How Americans are Weirded-Out by #Australia & #Australian #Australians #Aussies #Aussie #PrayForAustralia

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BuzzFeed (a link in their feed on my Maxthon homepage) gives a list of things about Australian-life that Americans just can't understand (briefly listed below the etymology).

'That word' (below-hyperlinked to my post on "Where") is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The word “Australia” is built on words that mean Southern + a word-former that makes a Noun for a Country, a Disease or a |Flower (apparently discoverers called it 'The Big Ol` South-Place' (except in Latin, so they sounded all grownup-like ☺), and writer Matthew Flinders thought it'd be better to call it something more like 'SouthLandia' ... yes, one of the Latin roots meant "South |Wind," but—So?).
Americans just don't get:
  1. which language Australians speak
  2. canned spaghetti & toast
  3. sweet biscuits with tea
  4. fairy bread
  5. pastries with meat
  6. Australian Slang:
    "Righto mate, we're goin' for a Macca's brekky run, then off to Nandos for a feed, cos mum’s cooked sausi rolls for dinner and they're rank. Don't forget, we need to stop at the servo for some durries, but avoid the Tulla cos it's chokkers at 6 p.m. and nothin' winds me up like c*nts on the freeway."
  7. more slang: "punching darts," "having a durry"
  8. telling celebrities to 'do a shoey' (drink out of their shoe)
  9. how most nicknames end in "azza"
  10. ... Acca Dacca?
  11. Christmas in the Summer
  12. that Australia isn't always sunny
  13. that they eat kangaroo (their national animal)
  14. why they're "behind the times" despite their "actually being in the future"
  15. that Halloween is ruined for them (coinciding with Magpie swooping season)
  16. Metric/Imperial (a.k.a. American)
  17. why they think lemonade & Sprite are the same thing
  18. their nation's favorite Sunday lunch is served at the hardware store (picture above)




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