It's all English, part dos.

See what I did there?  If not.. re-read..  Still nothing?. um.  Yeah, just forget it.  ;)

My last blog post was quite long with all the language shmanguage stuff.   I'm sure most people scrolled and got lost and thought "forget that, not reading through all this crap".  So, today, I'm gonna use examples of shit I said this week that I thought I would never say, or at least 3 years ago I wouldn't have known what the hell I was even saying.

"What I said" -->  "what I meant"

"I need to go to the servo for petrol"  "I need to go to the gas station for gas"
"If you need me, ring my mobile"  "If you need me, call my cell"
"I can meet you at the shops in the arvo"  "I can meet you at the mall in the afternoon"
"I sure could use a cuppa"  "I need a cup of coffee/tea"
"I have heaps of work to do"  "I have a lot of shit to get done" (lol)
"Do you own a ute?" "do you own a truck?"
"Let me pop the boot"  "let me open the trunk"
"Is that kid sitting on my car bonnet?"  "Is that kid sitting on my car hood?"
"How is uni going?"  "How is college going"
"Where is the pathology?"  "Where is the lab?"
"Do you want a flu jab?"  "Do you want a flu shot"
"Did you take your tablets?"  "Did you take your pills?"
"It was hot today... 36 degrees"  (obviously, that was F..... I would never say HOT and 36 in the same sentence.. ever.. lol.  And in case you are curious... that would have been 96.8... and we are in the MIDDLE of Autumn.  aka...fall)
"I need to use the toilet"  "I need to use the bathroom"

And that last one reminds me of a story I'll never forget.  On my second trip to Oz, the brother in law took me and the two nephews (well, all future, but family doesn't need formalities, does it?) to the beach.  Well, it's a place called "Hillary's Boat Harbour" (with the extra U.. what IS it with those damn extra U's??) and they have an area that is great for the kiddos because it's the ocean but basically NO waves.  So for a little 18 month old and 3 year old, it means great fun.  The oldest, Koby, needed to go to the toilet.   As we approach the room with said toilets, I look and Koby keeps walking.  "Koby... this way pal..here's the bathroom"  He STOPS.  Looks at me like I have WORMS crawling out of my nose.  "Auntie April.  I need a TOILET.  I don't need a BATH."

And that is the very moment that I learned......... I had a lot to learn.

G'day mates!