QUOTE(Shivers @ Mar 24 2024, 06:49 PM)
QUOTE(wonkipop @ Mar 24 2024, 05:32 PM)
this ads been on TV etc last few days - timed with F1 race here in melbourne.
a few of you "septic tanks" might get a laugh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVhRm0eJ4A4At first I didn’t get it. Then I turned my phone upside down and it all made sense.
I liked the vehicle, it’s like a little el camino. I must ask, what is a “septic tank”
o;d school aussie rhyming slang.
american = yank = septic tank. (latter shortened in typical aussie form to seppo.
take any word shorten it and add an o to the end of it. term of endearment when applied to americans. if you have been insulted in australia it means they like you. always beware the compliment.
other examples.
wife = trouble and strife.
business atire = suit = bag of fruit.
have a look (at something) = take a Captain Cook.
phone = dog and bone.
shark = noah's ark.
lie = pork pie. or porky.
it goes on.
all now of course a lost language.
derived it is believed from original convicts and cockney language mannerisms.