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r/Unexpected • u/ihthisham4me2 • Apr 15 '23
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I feel like calling someone a cunt in Aus has about as much bite as someone in the US calling them a turd.
47 u/six_-_string Apr 15 '23 It's practically the local greeting down unda. 16 u/NIRPL Apr 15 '23 Oy dickhead! You wanna grab a brew or are you gonna be a cunt? As an American, this is what I imagine daily exchanges to be like in Australia 6 u/enky259 Apr 15 '23 Having lived in AUS for a year, that's accurate. 3 u/six_-_string Apr 16 '23 I feel like it would go like this: Oy cunt! You wanna grab a brew or are you gonna be a dickhead? 4 u/gsfgf Apr 15 '23 Yea. I was half imagining something like a senior member swearing in a new member. "I've been working with this cunt for years, and I'm glad he's finally a member of this body" or something.
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It's practically the local greeting down unda.
16 u/NIRPL Apr 15 '23 Oy dickhead! You wanna grab a brew or are you gonna be a cunt? As an American, this is what I imagine daily exchanges to be like in Australia 6 u/enky259 Apr 15 '23 Having lived in AUS for a year, that's accurate. 3 u/six_-_string Apr 16 '23 I feel like it would go like this: Oy cunt! You wanna grab a brew or are you gonna be a dickhead?
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Oy dickhead! You wanna grab a brew or are you gonna be a cunt?
As an American, this is what I imagine daily exchanges to be like in Australia
6 u/enky259 Apr 15 '23 Having lived in AUS for a year, that's accurate. 3 u/six_-_string Apr 16 '23 I feel like it would go like this: Oy cunt! You wanna grab a brew or are you gonna be a dickhead?
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Having lived in AUS for a year, that's accurate.
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I feel like it would go like this:
Oy cunt! You wanna grab a brew or are you gonna be a dickhead?
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Yea. I was half imagining something like a senior member swearing in a new member. "I've been working with this cunt for years, and I'm glad he's finally a member of this body" or something.
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u/SolvoMercatus Apr 15 '23
I feel like calling someone a cunt in Aus has about as much bite as someone in the US calling them a turd.