"No Worries"?

You know, I posted several years ago lamenting the demise of "standard Canadian English" and how it is becoming more and more "Americanized". (The loss of the pronounciation of the letter "zed", disregard for "o-u-r" spellings in words amongst others).

Now I see the Aussies are also responsible for this demise... Everytime an Aussie travels to Canada or comes to work on a farm, in a ski resort or just to travel, the down-under expression "No Worries" becomes more and more ingrained in our lexicon... Introduced throughout our fair land, baffeling little children, our youth and sweet little old ladies who speak "proper Canadian English".

"No Worries" has now become a common expression for Canadians of all ages, genders and socio-economic groups. I have observed this expression was not present in our language even 2 or 3 years ago.

What should we do with the Aussies? Can they somehow be silenced whilst they are amongst us?

My sister has to have a hysterectomy this week. Would it not be dreadful if she were to return home to tell her friends and family that she just had a "Hysi in the Hossi"???

This is a travesty and an outrage!

How Canadian is the British and Aussie term"whilst"?

hhhhmmm I will tell you what is baffling, Canadian spelling!! Besides your perfect example, what about all those words which you freely alternate between using an "s" or a "z", or when you conveniently drop the "u" in words like colour.

Are you yanks or not?

I like how they spell car tire "tyre"
I also like how they say "How are you going?" instead of "How are you?"

'fo shizzle

I think we're only going to be in trouble if we start saying "Sweet As" or "I Reckon...". Most annoying antipodean phrases ever.

We still have not had a concensus on what to do with the Aussie offenders...

I don't know if horsewhipping is sufficient enough.... Sabatoging the supply of Timtams could be an option.

"Sweet as" is a Kiwi expression. Whats the Canadian spelling for tyre(tire)? My kids at school say the teachers use both Zed and Zee, as lots of their teaching material is from America. "I reckon" is an Aussie term. If you start saying "she`ll be right mate" then I would be worried...

islandboi, you have already successfully outlawed the sale of Vegemite, your country has given my kids a Canadian accent, and as ive said before, my daughter knows the words to "Oh Canada" off by heart, without the slightest clue as to what Australias national anthem is. Ive suffered enough...

I just hope we don't start calling our women "sheilas".

Most Aussie women would slap you in the face if you called them a "sheilla".

I believe most Aussie men wouldn't give a damn- j/k.

I'm waiting for the addoption of 'ow ya go'in

I've heard a few "good on 'ya" from Canadians... how peculiar!

Good on 'ya seems to be most common among Newfies.

My daughter and son call garbage "trash", they call chips "fries", and call lollies "candy". Sign of things to come I guess.

Do they call soda "pop"?

Yep

What's up with the truckie thing?

The truckie thing???

I heard you call truck drivers truckies ...

They dont here???

"Garbo" for the guy who drives the garbage truck, "milko" (self explanitory), fisho, etc. Geez we talk bad....

Hmmm ...

Garbo??

Please just don't start saying "yeah, nah mate; it's all good"

I always say "no worries". Or even, "it's all good". I'm pretty sure I don't know many Aussies either...

"its all good" is a term used by mainly younger(25 and under) Australians. Us 40ish Australians have a slightly better grasp.. ;-)

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Same thing here. I also often say 'Cheers' or sign a letter that way. I deal with all sorts of people all day so I think I communicate differently depending who I am talking to.

I recently came back from a season on a B.C. ski hill.. to work in a primary school in Oz... it's hilarious how fast the kids are picking up "RIGHT ON!"

Ditto #24. I am going to start using "lorry" just to start a new trend.

"Right on" isn't typically used in Oz?

Ive never heard that J Bone, ive usually associated that saying with Americans.

I would have to agree with boxbeach in general. Basically every English country has their own terms for everday words. It was only a few years ago I came across the term "Chillybin" from Kiwis, and that's their word for what we Aussies call an "esky". So what? You have a laugh, share a beer and move on. All kinds of English speaking tourists come to Australia, and the influx increases whenever there is a sporting event on like the cricket, Super 14 rugby etc. We get heaps of South Africans and Poms here (there I go again, slang for the English, sorry guys) and all the different types of slang words come out. Its just in our make up, who we are. Nobody is forcing you to use those words. I never say Chillybin, but on rare occasions have said Cheers, which happens to come from England. So what?
I think its a bit much to have a whinge because some people are using slang words from another country. Like I said, its their choice if they hear it and want to use it. As for Garbo, Milko, Postie and Truckie its just our way of shortening the word or modifying it so it rhymes with other words. I'm sure the Kiwis and English would have different words, and I'd be intrested to hear what they are.
If in the end we all share a beer after taking the piss out of each other, then its just a way for us to accept and learn interesting and different things from each other. If you feel threatened by tourists and the way they speak, then your not very accepting are you?
As for the whips and chains that were mentioned before, I didn't realise Canadians girls were so kinky! hehe Can't wait to get there!

#31, all tongue in cheek I think.

What a lot of gallahs here.

Look up a Strine dictionary online. There's some really interesting expressions from down unda.

I started calling my son "The Sprog" several years ago. His friends just always look confused, he simply smiles.

Now that's a blast from the past. I think I still have a copy of "Let's Talk Strine" somewhere.

What's that, Kiso?

It's this book from the 60s that includes such gems as:

Letty Mare Fit: Let him have it. As in: `Letty mare fit tiffy wonsit. Zarf trawly zonier kid.'

partial text from the book

I think one that might be a little more unique to adelaide is "heaps good", for example "south australia is heaps good" :)

At the mitsubishi plant in adelaide they have big signs up all around the plant that say "when we say no worries, it's not a saying its a promise" in reference to their quality.

"Heaps" tends to be used by Aussies... "Thanks heaps!", etc.