I have just realised how great the Australian need to be different to the rest of the world is. .
A standard table spoon for example , it's 15 ml ( or 3 tsp) in the rest of the world.
In Australia ? it must be bigger and better of course.So it's 20 ml .
New Zealand , their closest neighbour, and very similar culture in some respects - also 15 ml. So it's really just the Aussies that have to have bigger measurements for things.
And weather. Not only is it different , from minute to minute in some instances, it's described completely differently too.
Wind speeds , where people would be running scared in other parts of the world ..... in Melbourne ?
Oh no mate , that's a Moderate Breeze.
The last 2 -3 days have been so windy, that the flap at the bottom of my front door , that keeps the wind out on a cold day ... is making noises like the foghorn of a tanker. I am not kidding, it sounds like there's a big boat coming up the road - you can hear it all over the whole house.
Apparently we can expect this 'Moderate Breeze' of 45km/hr to last all week.
I wonder when we'll be upgraded to a Brisk Breeze. or possibly , just maybe, use of the actual word 'Wind'. Do I need to lose some tiles on my roof ? Or maybe it's when my washing is gone because the clothes line has blown over out of it's concrete base?
In my mind - it's not breezy when it sounds like you have the QE2 driving though your front door. It's bloody damn windy. Mate!
Windy. Try the word on for size Melbourne Weather. Windy.
Call me if you guys need some English lessons yeah ? Glad to help . Anytime. Especially when it's Windy.
A standard table spoon for example , it's 15 ml ( or 3 tsp) in the rest of the world.
In Australia ? it must be bigger and better of course.So it's 20 ml .
New Zealand , their closest neighbour, and very similar culture in some respects - also 15 ml. So it's really just the Aussies that have to have bigger measurements for things.
And weather. Not only is it different , from minute to minute in some instances, it's described completely differently too.
Wind speeds , where people would be running scared in other parts of the world ..... in Melbourne ?
Oh no mate , that's a Moderate Breeze.
The last 2 -3 days have been so windy, that the flap at the bottom of my front door , that keeps the wind out on a cold day ... is making noises like the foghorn of a tanker. I am not kidding, it sounds like there's a big boat coming up the road - you can hear it all over the whole house.
Apparently we can expect this 'Moderate Breeze' of 45km/hr to last all week.
I wonder when we'll be upgraded to a Brisk Breeze. or possibly , just maybe, use of the actual word 'Wind'. Do I need to lose some tiles on my roof ? Or maybe it's when my washing is gone because the clothes line has blown over out of it's concrete base?
In my mind - it's not breezy when it sounds like you have the QE2 driving though your front door. It's bloody damn windy. Mate!
Windy. Try the word on for size Melbourne Weather. Windy.
Call me if you guys need some English lessons yeah ? Glad to help . Anytime. Especially when it's Windy.
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