AN Australian woman was branded a criminal by airline officials after "swearing" on an American flight - with a classic, and utterly inoffensive, Aussie oath."Fair dinkum," New South Wales woman Sophie Reynolds muttered when told by a air hostess that there were no pretzels for her to snack on.
The next thing Ms Reynolds knew, the flight crew had demanded her passport to note down her details, telling her that swearing at attendants was a crime.
The 41-year-old, who lives in Queanbeyan, near Canberra, was stunned to find three uniformed officers waiting for her when she left the flight in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
"They said: 'You swore at the hostess and there are federal rules against that'," Reynolds told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
"And I said: 'I did not swear at the hostess, I just said 'fair dinkum'."
Never heard of "fair dinkum" being classed as a swear word before.
Definition:
Genuine; honest; true
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/FAIRDINKUM
Real - genuine [fair dinkum]
Strewth! they have got to be joking! our "Aussie" slang could sound a bit strange to some, but "Fair dinkum"?
That flight attendant "air hostess" must have lead a very sheltered life, she needs to get out more see the world, visit Australia
How to speak English in Australia.
HOW TO DO THE AUSTRALIAN ACCENT
To speak like a fair dinkum Aussie, practise speaking with your mouth closed and without moving your lips or jaw. This stops the dunny budgies getting into your mouth. To you it may sound like mumbling, but other fair dinkum Aussies will understand you perfectly well.
If Aussies can see your mouth moving they will think you're an a**e-b****t, a w****r, a try-hard, or an intellectual. Probably all of these. All are deprecated in Australian culture.
Edited by poster for our younger members.
Hi Dennis
The truth sometimes hurts, but not on this occasion lol
Strewth!they have got to be joking! our "Aussie" slang could sound a bit strange to some, but "Fair dinkum"?
That flight attendant "air hostess" must have lead a very sheltered life, she needs to get out more
see the world, visit Australia
I seem to recall you Aussies getting a little upset when Canadian athletes showed up for an event in their "Roots" brand team uniforms.
I seem to recall you Aussies getting a little upset when Canadian athletes showed up for an event in their "Roots" brand team uniforms.
Hi Glenn
Theres always going to be some "politically correct" over the top with no sense of "humor" people.
Most Aussies would have had a good laugh
what would that air hostess make of our Alf "flamin' heck!" Stewart from Home and Away then!
what would that air hostess make of our Alf "flamin' heck!" Stewart from Home and Away then!
Hi spelbynder
Yeah, just imagine the look on her face if Alf had been the passenger
Yeah, just imagine the look on her faceif Alf had been the passenger
(I know, not who you where talking about, but couldn't help myself)
Alf
Back in the days when I used to watch TV, that was one of my favorite shows