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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 204379" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>Okay that was fun. Here's the translation:</p><p></p><p>During the afternoon of last Christmas day some of our relatives visited for drinks over some barbecued sausages. When some time had passed the presents were opened and the chocolates, biscuits and other sweets were eaten. Then everyone drank some more beer. Mother became annoyed when Father and Steven had an aggressive argument which led to blows being traded.</p><p></p><p>Marg added the bits I forgot to put in: </p><p>"after the relos rocked up they had a chinwag" meaning "had a general catch up on gossip"</p><p>and</p><p>"And after lunch they had a spinebash. Except for the pisspots driving the porcelain bus."</p><p>which in turns means:</p><p>"After the meal some of them had a sleep except for the those who had drunk too much. They were leaning over the toilet bowl, heaving."</p><p></p><p>Trinity you did very well but I claim that you had an unfair advantage. I mentioned work was multi-cultural - it is because I work at the University of Sydney and we get visitors from all over the world. Canadian English seems to be more like Australian than any other group (except of course the Kiwis), heck you even say 'zed' instead of 'zee' for that last letter of the alphabet.</p><p></p><p>Mstang climbed aboard Trinity's shoulders and made a good guess with 'relos'</p><p></p><p>Andy got arvo</p><p></p><p>gcvmom - no fair googling up snags as sausages but Trinity was a "good girl" for resisting Google to get spinebash.</p><p></p><p>Witz gets bonus points for cheek, "having a nap". Indeed!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 204379, member: 4085"] Okay that was fun. Here's the translation: During the afternoon of last Christmas day some of our relatives visited for drinks over some barbecued sausages. When some time had passed the presents were opened and the chocolates, biscuits and other sweets were eaten. Then everyone drank some more beer. Mother became annoyed when Father and Steven had an aggressive argument which led to blows being traded. Marg added the bits I forgot to put in: "after the relos rocked up they had a chinwag" meaning "had a general catch up on gossip" and "And after lunch they had a spinebash. Except for the pisspots driving the porcelain bus." which in turns means: "After the meal some of them had a sleep except for the those who had drunk too much. They were leaning over the toilet bowl, heaving." Trinity you did very well but I claim that you had an unfair advantage. I mentioned work was multi-cultural - it is because I work at the University of Sydney and we get visitors from all over the world. Canadian English seems to be more like Australian than any other group (except of course the Kiwis), heck you even say 'zed' instead of 'zee' for that last letter of the alphabet. Mstang climbed aboard Trinity's shoulders and made a good guess with 'relos' Andy got arvo gcvmom - no fair googling up snags as sausages but Trinity was a "good girl" for resisting Google to get spinebash. Witz gets bonus points for cheek, "having a nap". Indeed! [/QUOTE]
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