Just wanted to comment on some initial observations/differences:
1. A 24 of pop (Coke or Sprite) is about $16 in Australia and their dollar is close to par...glad I'm not a pop drinker!!
2. It's freezing cold here and damp like Vancouver in the winter - I had to buy a hat, scarf and mittens yesterday ;(
3. They have 8 or 10 digit phone numbers.
4. Tax is included in the posted price - aka a cd priced at $14.95 will actually cost $14.95...taxes included...weird but I like it!!
5. Books and toothpaste are crazy expensive....a used, yellowing book was $10 at the used bookstore and a small tube (75ml of toothpaste is $4.00). Security at Sydney airport confiscated my tube from home, BEFORE I had a chance to use it; (
6. Their vegetables taste substantially better than ours :)
7. The linguistic differences amaze me...I hadn't expected so many AND I'm having issues with the accent ;(
8. I was educated on their version of football yesterday, it's a mix between soccer, rugby, lacross and football with barely any rules!! Was fun to watch ;)
That's all for now ;)
Sarah
4 comments:
i love discovering the differences in other countries! interesting to note the veggies taste better there. here too. they actually taste like fruit and veggies!
And they love shortening words and putting an "ee" sound at the end. University becomes uni. Football becomes "footie".. etc.
Stay away from the Chinese toothpaste. :-)
It's true Sean, they love to shorten everything...I actually saw a "Y" instead of the word "why" published in the paper as par of a headline today....oh, and CBD stands for "central business district"...what's wrong with downtown? ;)
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