Is There A Britpicker in the House??!! A Very Silly HP Post

[darklotus1211]

I hope you'll forgive my demented sense of humour - but I was thinking what would HP be like if it were written with an Australian flavour, and this little piece of insanity came to me.

The incongruity of Australianisms (is that even a word???) in the setting of the very British HP universe cracked me up - hope you enjoy(?) it.

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Comments

[laurielover1912]

Thank you for the best laugh I've had in a long, long time. This is utterly brilliant - priceless. I think you should post this on ffnet or somewhere.

'I've heard she bangs like a dunny door in a stiff wind'

Hahahahahhahahahahahaha!

And the translation too!!!!!!!! Just outstanding. Outfarrrrkkkkkingstanding.

[darklotus1211]

LOL! Thanks laurie!

I gave myself a good laugh with this too - and you've got to love the good old Aussie 'crow call', haven't you? I'm quite partial to it myself, and find it quite useful in a multitude of situations!

[toblass]

I loved this!

Thanks for the belly ache I got from laughing so hard...throw us another anytime!

[darklotus1211]

LOL! I may just do that!

[inamac]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Awesome (or whatever the Aussie term is).

I love the Australian use of language - even if I am flailing in your wake occasionally (clearly I have not yet seen enough episodes of 'Neighbours').

I suspect that this may be the best thing I read over Christmas. Thank you for a great laugh (I have been reading it aloud, in an execrebal accent, and my partner is also laughing.)

[darklotus1211]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I was in stitches myself, writing this!

I love our use of language too - it's witty, imaginative, very descriptive, colourful, and, when crude, it's nearly always funny. Even our insults are humorous as a rule, and it's a bit of a badge of honour to come up with a really good one, and it's rarely cruel or mean spirited, and usually has a funny bent to it.

It's hard not to end up in a good mood when speaking Aussie slang - or I find it so. It has a charm all its own to me.

Then there's the wonderfully cathartic 'crow call'.

[teddyradiator]

I loved it - just goes to show that Aussies can put the message across with the best of them, and better than most!

I do recall someone giving me a hard time when I had Hermione and Severus' Aussie-born son say "S'truth" in Morning Falls, but I asked my SIL, who's lived in Canberra for the past 20 - odd.

You can't please everyone!

[darklotus1211]

Glad you enjoyed my moment of madness! If you have a relative who lives over here, you'd most probably not have needed the translation so much

[teddyradiator]

I had a bit of luck with the fossicking last night, and managed to scab up a few bum nuts in a local chook yard

I forgot to mention how much that made me laugh. I actually love the different ways people speak. It seems to me that Australian English is both colourful and very descriptive. I remember reading the Thorn Birds and the poetry of Australia and how it related to them because it was written by the people who lived it and therefore had a rhythm and grace all its own. It's so distinctive, and relaxed. There is just this sort of laid backness to the language and how it is used.

Here in Southern America, we are just lazy. We slur words together, we make these gutteral noises that are meaningless to anyone but us. Jeff Foxworthy is brilliant about highlighting them.

Yowntoo - We're going to the mall, yowntoo?

ahait - I want you to beta read this for me. Ahait.

[capcomplover]

Don't believe it, read through it, giggling and laughing out loud throughout and didn't need a translation.
Particularly liked 'bum nuts' and 'get up off your ring'.
More please!

[darklotus1211]

I'm glad you enjoyed it - I'm a daft bugger, aren't I? But I amuse myself...

As to not needing a translation - I'm impressed!

I may do another - depends if the madness takes me again. I'm sure I don't have to tell you, as you no doubt know me well enough - it most probably will!

[capcomplover]

You amuse yourself and many others.
Long may the madness continue!!!!