They Could Break Japanese Codes. They Couldn’t Understand Australians.

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  @shanebielski5424 · 4 weeks ago

  As a Kiwi, I understood 99% of the Aussie slang mentioned.

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• MI

  @MichaelHealy-i2g · 3 weeks ago

  A sense of humor - fun and play - is essential to being Australian. We muck around. We don't take ourselves too seriously - and we're pretty serious about that... ha!

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• JE

  @jesamindee6783 · 1 month ago

  I was on a social game site with people from all over the world.  I could have a private conversation with fellow Aussies in the open, using slang so the others didn't understand. True story!

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• NO

  @northy1254 · 4 weeks ago

  The crazy thing is we really do all understand even 60 plus years later

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• JU

  @julie-anne5565 · 1 month ago

  Having served in the Australian Army I can say that I heard lots of stories regarding our Sig Ops during wartime, and even peacetime exercises, having fun with allies and enemies alike. And also we heard about the Furphys (water carriers) and how that became an expression for sprinkling a bit of bullshit into the facts. There's actually an old Furphy cart that proudly sits outside HQ Building at Kapooka (recruit training hq). Sig corp have some truly funny and delightful stories of pranks pulled on Yanks during all the wars lol. Makes ya proud to be an Aussie.

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• TJ

  @tjwest2605 · 4 weeks ago

  Allied forces to Australia - &quot;Are you helping or trolling us?&quot;<br>Australia &nbsp;- &quot;Yeah, nah, we&apos;re helping&quot;

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• PR

  @Primaate · 3 weeks ago

  So hilarious. I&apos;m 58 Aussie .. and this shit is so basic, not a code but my language.

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• BE

  @Bea-l6l · 1 month ago

  australia stops for a horse race - the melbourne cup.

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• KE

  @kellyfoster6983 · 4 weeks ago

  your genuine laughter is setting me off in chuckles.

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• KO

  @korben-n9y · 1 month ago

  &quot;Bluey&quot; is a guy with red hair, &quot;the wogs got him crook&quot; he&apos;s sick with cold/flu, &nbsp;&quot;he&apos;s chucking a wobbly&quot; is a tantrum, &quot;and if the brass don&apos;t send a tinny of the good stuff&quot; can of beer, &quot;he&apos;s gonna go troppo before smoko&quot; he&apos;s going to lose his shit, get angry before its lunch time!

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• HE

  @heatherwickstead7980 · 4 weeks ago

  This is great! My American husband and I are greatly enjoying it!😂

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• MA

  @MandyBarnes-nr1qf · 1 month ago

  As an Aussie you know when someone is not Australian when you talk to them because they actually just nod and smile and you instantly know to talk slower and use proper words like afternoon &nbsp;instead of Arvo for example.

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