A note to non-Australians

[deird1]

Whenever I see you guys talk about "rooting for someone", I start snickering - much in the fashion of a teenage boy.

"Rooting"? Over here, it's the crudest way you could possibly discuss having sex.

Feel free to keep saying it (after all, it's a perfectly legitimate word for you guys) but please be aware of the effect it's having on Aussies...

Comments

[debris4spike]

LOL

[beer_good_foamy]

So the phrase "Money is the root of all evil, and I've been rooting around for it all my life" really doesn't work in Australia?

[taiba]

First one works... Ish. 2nd one, I find utterly hilarious :-p

[henriettaholden]

Yeah but I don't know any Aussie who thinks the first part

[taiba]

Well, I don't agree with the first part and, as far as I'm aware it's a misquote in any case ;-)

[lavastar]

Hee! This anecdote never ceases to amuse me...

[mtgat]

Differences between places that ostensibly speak the same language remain very funny. At this moment, I am writing about the pot plant in someone's room. These are not the same things in the US and the UK, and I have no clue what they are in Australia.

Meanwhile, the Canadians are laughing at us all.

[taiba]

Like two different sign languages that use the same sign. In one it means "shoes", in the other it means "butt sex".

Or, so I've been told...

Sorry deird, I appear to be hijacking your post! :-p

[klme]

"good luck - we're all rooting for you!"
Yeeeeees.
Oh American English I find you amusing. I also find your use of "fanny packs" funny. And what the smeg is bologna?