Less derogatory than being called a tank of decaying crap? Ya think? A little?More likely yanks. Less derogatory I think .
And I assume it's no worse than calling a New Zealander an Ausie.The worst insult you can give an Australian is to call them a Kiwi...
Septic tank = Yank. AKA Seppos.
All said in good fun.
Anyhoo, gotta make the sheila a schmick sanger before smoko. She's a two pot screamer and needs tucker before we hit the boozer...
No offense taken. Honestly, at first I thought it was a typo and my first post on the subject was, like yours, all in fun (and to find out what word you intended). Your explanation made it all clear, including your intention, and my second was in the same spirit (or at least intended to be).I'm sorry if I offended you or anyone else here, @jqavins, that was never my intention. I was just running with the lingo. As I said in my post, 'All said in good fun'. I treat TRF as my hangout place to relax and enjoy myself with a bunch of like minded mates.
Your explanation made it all clear, including your intention, and my second was in the same spirit (or at least intended to be).
and you know what a "two-pot screamer" is .Now that I have the translation of smoko, schmick sanger, and tucker, it’s a lot funnier...
And my wife really isn't a two-pot screamer, she's more a legendary philosopher.
"This here's the wattle
The emblem of our land
You can stick it in a bottle
You can hold it in your hand
Amen"
Cockney rhyming slang from East London (the one in England!)We what now?
Aussies have a marvelous but sometimes inscrutable lingo, but true Cockney is almost unintelligible to us Seppos! (Which I take to be derived from "Separationists!")Cockney rhyming slang from East London (the one in England!)
It is amazing how accents and dialects develop. Just the physical separation seems to do it.We have the term 'Seppies" which refer the "separatists" the ones who want Quebec to separate from the rest of Canada. it is a bit of an insult to them.
And "Quebecois" French isn't 'Parisienne' French.. Like how "English" [commonwealth] English differs from "American" English (and maybe also Ozzi / Kiwi English, despite the "commonwealth" label..)
Can confirm about Quebecois-in high school I had a native Quebecois speaker in my French class. There is a joke running around that Quebecois isn’t a language, it’s more of a throat disease. I believe that High German speakers feel much the same way about Swiss German.We have the term 'Seppies" which refer the "separatists" the ones who want Quebec to separate from the rest of Canada. it is a bit of an insult to them.
And "Quebecois" French isn't 'Parisienne' French.. Like how "English" [commonwealth] English differs from "American" English (and maybe also Ozzi / Kiwi English, despite the "commonwealth" label..)
Poutine is very good!
Good point! I had "classic" last year when I was in Montreal on business. But I can see where there is plenty of room for embellishment! I do forget the name of the restaurant, unfortunately, but it was not fast food. It was near a coil shop we were working with, and quite nice.Which one?! (It's like saying "BBQ ribs"!!)
Classic Poutine (with thick cut fries, thick gravy, and real genuine "squeaky" cheese curds)
Poutine with added toppings?
- Smoked meat!
- a hot dog buried deep inside?!
- With a different [$$$] type of cheese (Brie, Swiss, Oka, etc..)
- with ground up hamburger,
- Mexican style
- Italian style
- and Adam Savage's favorite: Fois Gras!
https://fritealors.com/en/type/poutines-en/
He achieved fame as one of the hosts of Mythbusters, and yes that was him with the optical center punch.And who's this Adam Savage guy? Isn't that the fellow on another thread around here that likes the optical center punch? Oh, I know... I could google the fellow...
Hmm, it'll be a bit to remember. We flew into Montreal, of course, and stayed at the Marriot downtown, or something owned by them. A bit rich for my taste, but nice. Then we had a nice driving tour of the city past the (former) Olympic facilities to an industrial park, and the restaurant was near there. Then we had to go up to Three Rivers to a large, very nice fabrication shop. It was mid-winter and you had a nice covering of snow.
Ah, nothing like gov't to come up with these boondoggles! The legacy of busted-down, left-over Olympic stuff around the world is sad indeed, though one must admit the Games themselves are marvelous.Ahh, the "east end" of the island. Predominantly French & blue collar. I live on the west end "the west island" predominantly English
And, yeah, the "Big Owe".. What we call the Olympic stadium, because of the cost overruns & maintenance are in the near billions, for a stadium that has no sports teams, acoustically negative for concerts, and and is closed half the year due to the threat of 'bad weather' tearing the fabric roof (again, and again, and again!!) We all want it torn down, but oh no, it's a legacy!!!
Some great fishing up near Trois-Rivieres!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-olympic-stadium-problems-1.4397761
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