WHAT DAY IS IT?
August 26th is Australia Day-- in Australia. It also happens to be my friend Marysia's birthday. Well, kind of...If you are in the US, Australia Day is mostly on the 27th of January, my brother Michael's birthday. It's a time zone thing. I bring this up because it is a bit of a brain twist if I want to send someone in the US a birthday email that they will receive the morning of their birthday. When I get up in the morning here in Melbourne, it is the end of the *prior* work day in the US.
August 26th is Australia Day-- in Australia. It also happens to be my friend Marysia's birthday. Well, kind of...If you are in the US, Australia Day is mostly on the 27th of January, my brother Michael's birthday. It's a time zone thing. I bring this up because it is a bit of a brain twist if I want to send someone in the US a birthday email that they will receive the morning of their birthday. When I get up in the morning here in Melbourne, it is the end of the *prior* work day in the US.
Here is what happens on Australia Day in Melbourne...
People have the day off of work, shops close early, go to barbys (yes, and eat shrimp on the barby), wear flag shirts and hats, go to parties, get drunk, sing their national anthem, watch fireworks. Sound familiar? 
Apparently they also wear rub-on tatoos and jump on trampoline's in Heather's backyard. Yea!
FUN FACTS
LOOK People here use the word "look" as a pause word, and also in place of "so". Why in the world am I bothering to mention this? Think about what it means in the US. If a sentence starts with "Look", someone is either going to tell you a secret, wants to emphasize a point or is starting to get frustrated with you and about to tell you off. People here are randomly starting their sentences with "look" all the time and I'm constantly waiting for the ball to drop or something really important to come out of their mouths. Not here. It is simply a thing that people say.
NO WHITE GOODS, but you may get a BIR
When you rent an apartment here (also called a "flat"), it won't come with any "white goods"--a refrigerator or washing machine and may not have a stove. Look, people take their appliances with them when they move. Dryer's here are like dryers in the UK, not regularly used. Time for air-dried crunchy jeans and towels again. Oh boy. Ads for apartments will feature "robes" or "BIR" which means built in wardrobes. if it doesn't have robes, that means it doesn't have closets...it's a feature.
When you rent an apartment here (also called a "flat"), it won't come with any "white goods"--a refrigerator or washing machine and may not have a stove. Look, people take their appliances with them when they move. Dryer's here are like dryers in the UK, not regularly used. Time for air-dried crunchy jeans and towels again. Oh boy. Ads for apartments will feature "robes" or "BIR" which means built in wardrobes. if it doesn't have robes, that means it doesn't have closets...it's a feature.
LANGUAGE LAUGHS
i=oi tight=toit might=moit
here= hee-ya
e=i
look hee-ya, hith-ah, you moite loike this. = look here, heather, you might like this.
wehya is eet? ohn the binch? = where is it? on the counter?
2 comments:
You look so happy! Yay!
Are you kidding? MY brother's birthday is January 27th too. Weirdness.
And ditto Danna.
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