Question for the Aussies...

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2004-02-17 04:15am

What's a "seppo?" I've heard it used in a context that implies it's some sort of derogatory term for Americans.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-17 04:21am

From what I hear, yank rhymes with septic tank. Which is then shortened to seppo.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-02-17 04:42am

To be honest, I've never even heard this piece of aussie slang. Given the shelf life of slang in the first place, and my general reluctance to use it, this is not surprising.

Did an aussie insult you or something?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-17 04:45am

Stofsk wrote:To be honest, I've never even heard this piece of aussie slang. Given the shelf life of slang in the first place, and my general reluctance to use it, this is not surprising.

Did an aussie insult you or something?

I still hear seppo thrown around a bit.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-02-17 04:47am

Obviously, because you sydney people are crass and vulgar.

*Come to Melbourne, where we don't insult foreigners, and take their money with smiles on our faces*

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-17 04:48am

Stofsk wrote:Obviously, because you sydney people are crass and vulgar.

*Come to Melbourne, where we don't insult foreigners, and take their money with smiles on our faces*

Come to Sydney, we're better than Melbourne.

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2004-02-17 07:17am

Stofsk wrote:Did an aussie insult you or something?

I think the exact phrase was "bloody seppo wanker." The Aussie in question was piss drunk and spoiling for a fight until his American friend got a bear hug on him and took him out of the bar. I laughed my ass off. You foreigners are just so damn cute when you get angry and start using your slang at us.

BTW, I also heard that Aussie women don't shave their legs and that if you put your fork down during a meal they'll take your plate away whether you're finished or not. Of course, it was my grandmother who told me that and the last time she visited Australia was back in the 50s when you guys were still a penal colony or something...

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-17 07:26am

Our women do shave their legs. And if you leave your fork on the plate it's meaning you're done, though they still ask.

Seppo wanker...

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2004-02-17 07:27am

Gandalf wrote:Our women do shave their legs. And if you leave your fork on the plate it's meaning you're done, though they still ask.

Seppo wanker...

That's bloody seppo wanker to you.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-17 07:34am

Galvatron wrote:
Gandalf wrote:Our women do shave their legs. And if you leave your fork on the plate it's meaning you're done, though they still ask.

Seppo wanker...
That's bloody seppo wanker to you.

You want me to bloody you up?

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2004-02-17 07:37am

Gandalf wrote:
Galvatron wrote:
Gandalf wrote:Our women do shave their legs. And if you leave your fork on the plate it's meaning you're done, though they still ask.

Seppo wanker...
That's bloody seppo wanker to you.
You want me to bloody you up?

So that was you at the bar?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-17 07:41am

Galvatron wrote:
Gandalf wrote:
Galvatron wrote: That's bloody seppo wanker to you.
You want me to bloody you up?
So that was you at the bar?

Nah, I don't think it's possible to get dunk on American "beer".

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2004-02-17 07:56am

Gandalf wrote:
Galvatron wrote:
Gandalf wrote: You want me to bloody you up?
So that was you at the bar?
Nah, I don't think it's possible to get dunk on American "beer".

We have Fosters.

Mr Flibble · Post by **Mr Flibble** » 2004-02-17 08:01am

Galvatron wrote:We have Fosters.

The worst Australian beer. Do you think we would export the good stuff?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-17 08:10am

Galvatron wrote:
Gandalf wrote:Nah, I don't think it's possible to get dunk on American "beer".
We have Fosters.

Australian imperialism!

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2004-02-17 08:30am

Mr Flibble wrote:
Galvatron wrote:We have Fosters.
The worst Australian beer. Do you think we would export the good stuff?

According to the ads, Fosters is the Australian word for beer. It must be your best stuff.

"A new trend in beer commercials is low-brow humor that has nothing to do with the actual product. No one exhibits this technique better than the Australian lager Fosters. It is hard to find any high school or college-aged males who can not quote at least a few examples of Fosters' long-running 'How to Speak Australian' campaign. For all the intellectuals out there, shark in Australian is guppy, a dead fly on the wall is abstract art, and a class reunion is a guy all alone in the middle of the desert playing a harmonica."

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-17 08:40am

Galvatron wrote:
Mr Flibble wrote:
Galvatron wrote:We have Fosters.
The worst Australian beer. Do you think we would export the good stuff?
According to the ads, Fosters is the Australian word for beer. It must be your best stuff.

The Australian word for beer is piss.

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-02-17 09:39am

Fosters is just the shit we shell to ignorant foreigners. VB is where it's at. I hear VB tossed around far more than Fosters.

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2004-02-17 06:06pm

So do you guys like Bud Light?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-17 08:57pm

Galvatron wrote:So do you guys like Bud Light?

I don't think we get that here. It's a quality control thing.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-02-17 09:31pm

Gandalf wrote:
Galvatron wrote:So do you guys like Bud Light?
I don't think we get that here. It's a quality control thing.

Either that, or a cultural thing. Gotta drink the homebrew before anyone else's, see.

jenat-lai · Post by **jenat-lai** » 2004-02-18 09:12pm

Gandalf wrote:Our women do shave their legs. And if you leave your fork on the plate it's meaning you're done, though they still ask.

Seppo wanker...

I like unshaved legs. That is legs that have never been shaved. not that have once been shaved and havn't for the last month

*edit*

That isn't to say that Australian women don't shave their legs, just to say that my particular Australian woman doesn't shave hers.

The Morrigan · Post by **The Morrigan** » 2004-02-19 12:33am

I come from Brisbane & I am proud of my crassness and rudeness.
Yes, I do shave my legs. I also wax my bikini line, if anyone is interested.
Does anyone in Australia actually drink Forsters, or do we just send it overseas to poison unweary foreigners?
VB is the work of the Devil.
Personally, I prefer Tooheys Old, Cascade Premium Light or XXXX, depending on what sort of mood I'm in.
Yankee go home!

PS: Can we now have a long, pointless and ultimately inconclusive discussion about the origins of the word 'Pommy'?

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-02-19 12:36am

Morrigan wrote:
Yes, I do shave my legs. I also wax my bikini line, if anyone is interested.

Well, now that you mention it...

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-19 12:39am

Stofsk wrote:
Morrigan wrote:Yes, I do shave my legs. I also wax my bikini line, if anyone is interested.
Well, now that you mention it...

I am too actually.