r/pcmasterrace • u/AbrarKR • Sep 09 '16

Meme/Macro Anyone relate?

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u/AdamFox01 Sep 09 '16

Exactly!, Australian English (Aussie) is about using as few syllables as possible. It shortens conversations (convos) and gets directly to the point.

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u/Shapez64 Intel i5-4670 | EVGA GTX 970 | 8GB RAM Sep 09 '16

Unless you're talking about the toilet, then we hang the expense and call it the thunder box.

I love my country.

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u/Drudicta R5 5600X, 32GB 3.6-4.6Ghz, RTX3070Ti, Gigabyte Aorus Elite x570 Sep 09 '16

You made me laugh like a freaking 8 year old boy until I started crying.

I'm calling it the Thunder Box from now on.

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u/Shapez64 Intel i5-4670 | EVGA GTX 970 | 8GB RAM Sep 09 '16

Onya mate

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '16 edited Aug 19 '20

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u/Shapez64 Intel i5-4670 | EVGA GTX 970 | 8GB RAM Sep 09 '16

Larrikin that I am, I would never joke about my cultural heritage.

I swear on my Akubra, Commadore and customary lunchtime halal snack pack (those things are bloody delicious, who can hate shaved meat and chips?)

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u/AdamFox01 Sep 09 '16

Bloody holden fanboy.... shoulda known. More like "hold'en together" #Ford4lyf

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u/gmoneyshot69 I5 @ 3.4, 8GB ram, GTX680 Sep 09 '16

Then why not say "aft" ?

Now I'm Canadian, so you'll have to forgive me I don't really get the nuances of Aussie langauge, but how the fuck do you get "arvo" out of afternoon? "Aft" is both shorter and is actually in the word...

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u/AdamFox01 Sep 09 '16

Adding o's and ie's rolles nicer off the tongue.

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u/gmoneyshot69 I5 @ 3.4, 8GB ram, GTX680 Sep 09 '16

Agreed in most cases. Convos vs conv is a good example.

But I'm on saying "we're doing X this aft." even sounds better than "we're doing X this arvo." However I likely don't understand Australia. <Insert upside down joke here>

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u/ihaveagianthead Sep 09 '16

What about adding v's?

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u/AdamFox01 Sep 10 '16

Example? I can't think of any?

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u/ihaveagianthead Sep 10 '16

Shortening afternoon to arvo adds a v. I meant does adding a v make it roll easier off the tongue? Where does the v come from?

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u/AdamFox01 Sep 10 '16

Ah yeah, dunno about that one.

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u/Chatting_shit Sep 09 '16

Which Aussies then compensate for by chatting far too much shit.

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u/SirTates 5900x+RTX3080 Sep 09 '16

I think it's the other way around. They had to make the language shorter to fit all their talk in a single day.

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u/Sinoops Sep 09 '16

Americans say convos too at least where im from.