You call it WHAT!?!?

[BigRedV]

So the recent threads on devon and jaffles reminded me of my BIL. My family is Victorian, and my sister married a NSW'er (well, Welshman, but you geddit) from pretty far up North- very close to the QLD border.

It always used to amuse me when he would go on and on at my sister about what we call things, because he had grown up calling it something else

Eg- what we call primas:

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(And not just that brand, any type of juice in a box)
He would bang on and on about them NOT being called Prima's, because that was the brand- they were known to him as popper's. This is what I grew up calling a popper:

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And of course, we would argue that we call things by brand names all the time- Thermos, Esky etc.


So tell me- what do you find hard to believe that other people think is a perfectly common word or noun?

I grew up in NSW. We call what you call primas poppers because we used to blow them up when finished and "pop" them.

Seriously think I'm too old as I don't even remember pop tops being available when I grew up.

[MonsterMoosMum]

We call them gumboots

Gumboots here too

[Ngaiz]

I'm a kiwi so everyone gets a laugh whenever I speak. I can't even say 'this' or 'fridge' let alone jandals, chilly bin, vivid, hot dog, duvet or twink without someone having a dig

[MonsterMoosMum]

I'm a kiwi so everyone gets a laugh whenever I speak. I can't even say 'this' or 'fridge' let alone jandals, chilly bin, vivid, hot dog, duvet or twink without someone having a dig

Or fish and chips I love the kiwi accent

[MrsOhara]

I've always called cat/dog biscuits (dry food) 'kibble'. So does everyone in my family but everyone else I know is like what is that?????

DF looks at me like I have two heads when I say kibble.

[sweetseven]

My brother in law is a Kiwi and calls eskies "chilly bins" and speed bumps are "jutter bars" haha. He hates that Australians say "servo", "bottlo", etc.

And of course a "dairy" is what NZers call a "convenience store".

I get ribbed for my pronunciation of Subaru - soo-BAR-oo vs soob-er-roo.

[Eko]

I'm from NSW originally and we used to call them fruitboxes, not poppers.

DH can't cope with the fact that everyone else calls them milkbars, not Delis. A deli is where you get meat products. Lol. Darn Perthies!

[Guest654]

So what do you call your thongs? Flip flops? The other is a g string or if your a little annoying like my DH a g banger lol

Yep - flip flops.

And I always say sofa instead of couch. I hadn't heard 'lounge' until I moved here either. Lounge is the room, not the sofa!

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Popper
Pop top
Cozie
Pluto pup
Beer
Kibble
Thongs

[MonsterMoosMum]

Yep - flip flops.

And I always say sofa instead of couch. I hadn't heard 'lounge' until I moved here either. Lounge is the room, not the sofa!

Our lounge is in our living room. Though DH likes to say couch in the living room lol