Humpty Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 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'." Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 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] http://www.dunway.com/html/aussie_slang.html fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigathus Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 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 http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds http://www.piriform.com/docs http://www.postimage.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted August 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted August 11, 2007 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. Values Australia: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigathus Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Hi Dennis The truth sometimes hurts, but not on this occasion lol http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds http://www.piriform.com/docs http://www.postimage.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigathus Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 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 http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds http://www.piriform.com/docs http://www.postimage.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spelbynder Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 what would that air hostess make of our Alf "flamin' heck!" Stewart from Home and Away then! Windows 7 - Office 2010 - Internet Explorer 9 All better than the versions preceding them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigathus Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 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 http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds http://www.piriform.com/docs http://www.postimage.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Yeah, just imagine the look on her face if Alf had been the passenger (I know, not who you where talking about, but couldn't help myself) Alf fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigathus Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Back in the days when I used to watch TV, that was one of my favorite shows http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds http://www.piriform.com/docs http://www.postimage.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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