What are you trying to say, Xan? Aussies have some wacky slang?? LOL

I gotta tell ya something, every Aussie I've met or come into contact with has been alright with me! I do alot of Skiing and my Brother(moving to Perth next week, weird ain't it!) used to live near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, so on visits there I would come into contact with a lot of Aussies. Disclaimer: This is only my opinion so don't anybody get offended (can't see how you could anyway). Average Aussie: Happy go lucky, rowdy, beer not wine coolers, boisterous, above average intelligence but not smart ya know what I mean...down to earth, passionate(horses and skiing for sure), and excitable. Doesn't seem like there's too many bad apples down there, proportionately.

I do have alot of trouble with the lingo, but I first try to figure it out before asking. I have no problem asking because I'm an info freak.

My brother told me about a guy calling him something that could be construed as derogatory, but after explaining it he was only calling him a Yank! It seems like a lot of the sayings you guys use come from rhyming with the word it is meant to represent, like "Crocker" meaning shocker, and whatever that guy called my bro. That thing about Rona cracks me up, since we say that also, but mean "he's up to something" either good or bad. I don't see how people could be so dumb.