What cheeses me off

[RooFlyer]

I’m still in the habit of putting any change in a tray in my car ‘for the meters’. Now use a parking app (brilliant) so the meter money stash is close to three figures

 

[AIRwin]

I’m still in the habit of putting any change in a tray in my car ‘for the meters’. Now use a parking app (brilliant) so the meter money stash is close to three figures

Best to hide it in case it can be seen from outside?

 

[RooFlyer]

Best to hide it in case it can be seen from outside?

In the thing between the seats with a padded flip up top. Centre console?

Occasionally pay petrol with it, to the amazement of the till operator

 

[drron]

I guess the opposite of that, where I was uncheesed, was after I'd voted in the most recent federal election and realised I had no cash on me for a Freedom Sausage ... and the P&C had organised a portable EFTPOS scanner-doohickey-thingy, and paying via credit or EFTPOS was simple & quicker than waiting for change.

Cash is the path to the dark side.
Cash leads to change. Change leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering!

I have a slightly different view of the cashless society than you.
No cash option leads to control.
Control leads to dictatorship.
Dictatorship leads to suffering.

 

[Forg]

I have a slightly different view of the cashless society than you.
No cash option leads to control.
Control leads to dictatorship.
Dictatorship leads to suffering.

A very slight risk of potential suffering compared to 100%-definite suffering!!

 

[Vic]

Certainly not an Aussie term, I found that out the hard way when I arrived!

Que?
What you talking bout Lewis?

100% aussie here, most definitely an Australian term for a singlet.

 

[Forg]

Que?
What you talking bout Lewis?

100% aussie here, most definitely an Australian term for a singlet.

I only heard of it from Pomland, and only in explanation of why Wifebeater Ale was called Wifebeater Ale in Pomland.

Could it be a regionally used word, like 'port' (for a suitcase in Queensland) or 'bogan' (spread outside of Victoria when all the popular 80's Aussie comedy like Fast Forward came out of Melbourne)? Strayan language tends to be a little more homogeneous than language in other English-speaking countries, so the occasional words like these trip us up IMHO.

 

[Vic]

I have a slightly different view of the cashless society than you.
No cash option leads to control.
Control leads to dictatorship.
Dictatorship leads to suffering.

It's a misquote of Yoda in star wars movies.

“Fear is the path to the dark side … fear leads to anger … anger leads to hate … hate leads to suffering.” — "The Phantom Menace," 1999

Edit: your version lacks sufficient connection the the original misquote. Nice try, fail.

 

[drron]

I only heard of it from Pomland, and only in explanation of why Wifebeater Ale was called Wifebeater Ale in Pomland.

Could it be a regionally used word, like 'port' (for a suitcase in Queensland) or 'bogan' (spread outside of Victoria when all the popular 80's Aussie comedy like Fast Forward came out of Melbourne)?

I was told to pack my port when in kindergarten in Sydney in 1951. Neither of my parents had ever been to QLD. A lot of my friends also took ports to school.

 

[Hvr]

A lot of my friends also took ports to school.

And I'll bet a lot of their parents drank port whilst they were in school.

It would explain why they had a tawny appearance.

 

[Vic]

I only heard of it from Pomland, and only in explanation of why Wifebeater Ale was called Wifebeater Ale in Pomland.

Could it be a regionally used word, like 'port' (for a suitcase in Queensland) or 'bogan' (spread outside of Victoria when all the popular 80's Aussie comedy like Fast Forward came out of Melbourne)? Strayan language tends to be a little more homogeneous than language in other English-speaking countries, so the occasional words like these trip us up IMHO.

Not sure about regional for Australia. It's pretty widely known among people I know from multiple autralian states...

Maybe an example of cultural imperialism of the USA...
now that cheeses me off slightly.

 

[Forg]

Not sure about regional for Australia. It's pretty widely known among people I know from multiple autralian states...

Maybe an example of cultural imperialism of the USA...
now that cheeses me off slightly.

I think it's English rather than American, though.

It could even be like 'haitch' vs 'aitch' in Australia, where 'haitch' was the lower class name of the letter ... and even though it's evened-out a bit now you still see a tendency for "social-status" to dictate how people pronounce the letter.

 

[MARTINE]

I think it's English rather than American, though.

It could even be like 'haitch' vs 'aitch' in Australia, where 'haitch' was the lower class name of the letter ... and even though it's evened-out a bit now you still see a tendency for "social-status" to dictate how people pronounce the letter.

I hate ‘haitch’ and dont get me started on the use of ‘pacific’ example (when it should be specific).. if I sound like a snob I’m guilty as charged

 

[MARTINE]

I have a slightly different view of the cashless society than you.
No cash option leads to control.
Control leads to dictatorship.
Dictatorship leads to suffering.

Wow @drron - you got all that from a Bunnings snag?!

 

[Forg]

I hate ‘haitch’ and dont get me started on the use of ‘pacific’ example (when it should be specific).. if I sound like a snob I’m guilty as charged

They're not quite the same thing though ... in the same way I've come to accept that "jail" is an allowed alternative in Australian English to the correct spelling of "gaol", I've had to accept that "haitch" is a valid (if lowbrow) way to pronounce the letter H.

Saying pacific when they mean specific ... that's just incorrect, like 17yo single-malt Scotch mixed with Coke!

 

[TheRealTMA]

I only heard of it from Pomland, and only in explanation of why Wifebeater Ale was called Wifebeater Ale in Pomland.

Could it be a regionally used word, like 'port' (for a suitcase in Queensland) or 'bogan' (spread outside of Victoria when all the popular 80's Aussie comedy like Fast Forward came out of Melbourne)? Strayan language tends to be a little more homogeneous than language in other English-speaking countries, so the occasional words like these trip us up IMHO.

Wifebeater is also a type of sleeveless shirt.

Sleeveless shirt - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

"The tank top designed for a tight fit and often made of ribbed cotton is also called a wifebeater, beater, or A-shirt, or historically a guinea tee, or dago tee (guinea and dago being American ethnic slurs for people of Italian ethnicity). In recent years, attempts to rehabilitate the image of the “wife-beater” have lead to the garment being re-designated a “wife-respecter” instead, allegedly starting with niche podcast Every Movie Is Good."

 

[TheRealTMA]

Interestingly I've seen a few very silly articles on cancelled language from Universities recently with phrases like "Rule of Thumb".

(ref: Brandeis warns students not to say ‘picnic,’ ‘rule of thumb,’ calling words ‘oppressive’)

Rule of thumb - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

"A modern folk etymology[10] relates the phrase to domestic violence via an alleged rule under English common law which permitted wife-beating provided that the implement used was a rod or stick no thicker than a man's thumb.[6] Wife-beating has been officially outlawed in England and the United States for centuries, but enforcement of the law was inconsistent, and wife-beating did continue. However, a rule of thumb permitting wife-beating was never codified in law.[3][11][12]: 15 "

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19th-century United States[edit]​

An 1824 court ruling in Mississippi stated that a man was entitled to enforce "domestic discipline" by striking his wife with a whip or stick no wider than the judge's thumb. In a later case in North Carolina (State v. Rhodes, 1868), the defendant was found to have struck his wife "with a switch about the size of this fingers"; the judge found the man not guilty due to the switch being smaller than a thumb.[12]: 41  The judgment was upheld by the state supreme court, although the later judge stated:

In 1873, also in North Carolina, the judge in State v. Oliver ruled, "We assume that the old doctrine that a husband had the right to whip his wife, provided that he used a switch no larger than his thumb, is not the law in North Carolina".[11][12]: 42  These latter two cases were cited by the legal scholar Beirne Stedman when he wrote in a 1917 law review article that an "old common law rule" had permitted a husband to use "moderate personal chastisement on his wife" so long as he used "a switch no larger than his thumb".[7][11]

By the late 19th century, most American states had outlawed wife-beating; some had severe penalties such as forty lashes or imprisonment for offenders.[12]: 40  There was a common belief in parts of the United States that a man was permitted to beat his wife with a stick no wider than his thumb; however, this belief was not connected with the phrase rule of thumb until the 1970s.[12]: 43–44 "

 

[RooFlyer]

Interestingly I've seen a few very silly articles on cancelled language from Universities recently with phrases like "Rule of Thumb".

Add "trigger warning"

 

[TheRealTMA]

Add "trigger warning"

and "black box" and many many more.

 

[JohnK]

I have a slightly different view of the cashless society than you.
No cash option leads to control.
Control leads to dictatorship.
Dictatorship leads to suffering.

I'm really struggling to understand how people cannot see where this heading.

No one can tell me how I spend my money, why I spend my money or where I spend my money. It's only my business. There are things I prefer doing that I do not want anyone know I am doing. Gambling, drinking etc.

There's something doing the rounds that explains the difference between using money and using card to pay for everything.

Paying cash the money stays with the person receiving the cash. You go to the barber, the barber goes to the mechanic, the mechanic goes to the grocer, the grocer goes to the butcher, the butcher goes to the pub, the publican goes to the movies etc.

Paying by card the bank takes a percentage of each transaction above. If we started with $50 spend at the barber there is not a left at the end but the bank has taken the majority of that $50 in fees and surcharges from the different people when they spend the money they've received.

It should really be very simple to understand.