Now that I have your attention. That did not really happen. Although I must say my concentration factor has gone up by 80% now when I am driving. Reversing is a challenge and also I find myself veering to the right side of the road ie the curb when driving.
Although it is early days I am sure at some point that I will crash or be driving on the wrong side of the road.
Colloquial terms do not go down well here:
A simple phrase like "What have you got on today ?" meets with a look of astonishment (jaw drop and eye bulge) and a "What" promptly followed by "It's the accent and your terminology" I have also found a restaurant chain called outback steaks. Oh my god. A worse attempt at Ozzie food I have never witnessed. They have tried and have put fosters on the beer list. I met with the prof yesterday and politely informed him that Fosters is the beer we send overseas to keep foreigners from visiting. They have shrimp on the BBQ and some weird battered onion flower that I just can't bring myself to order. It is surreal witnessing what people think re Australia and what we do.......
With regards to driving... Turning out of driveways and streets is the worst. I have on multiple occassions turned onto the wrong side of the road, especially when the roads are quiet. It's much easier to drive on the right (ie. wrong) side of the road when there are lots of other cars around doing the same thing!!
ReplyDeleteI should have warned you about the Outback Steakhouse - hilarious!!!
And, of course southerners do not "get" colloquialisms - they're southerners!!!