Newcomer / Intro What is "po-po"?

[Prorokpl]

 

[Mo Ronik]

Back to the OP's question... don't get confused and call the po po poo poo or you might not get the results you were expecting.... in countries that call the police po po. Our pseudo military police forces over here don't have much of a sense of humour.

 

[Para Handy]

That is like saying americans are talking with f-bombs in every other sentence - some do, but it is not a general attitude to use f-bombs. And so it is with aussies as well, I guess, some might be swearing, but those we came across didn't do it.

Considering the Aussie's reputation for C-bombing every sentence I think you must be very fortunate or extremely wealthy.


This image of maps showing "terms of greeting" in various locales made me giggle (adults only):

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https://imgur.com/a/uelzrP4

N.B. I am not actually posting the image as I don't want to get an infraction.

 

[Lysette]

Considering the Aussie's reputation for C-bombing every sentence I think you must be very fortunate or extremely wealthy.


This image of maps showing "terms of greeting" in various locales made me giggle (adults only):

Spoiler

https://imgur.com/a/uelzrP4

N.B. I am not actually posting the image as I don't want to get an infraction.

maybe they don't do it in presence of ladies - so we wouldn't know. And let's say just this - a guy using a c-bomb in my presence has lost forever in my books.

 

[=71st=RuSh]

A street term for police. Originally from Southern California, where bicycle police, beginning in the 1980s, wore T-shirts marked with 'PO', for 'police officer', in block letters. As these officers rode in pairs, their shirts would read 'POPO' when side by side.

Is this, at the same time California is full of Mexicans, for Mexicans POPO is the kid and animal excretes!

 

[aRJay]

And there I was thinking it was the name of a Giant Panda in a zoo somewhere.

 

[Rob_the_Sparky]

I'm about to embark on a whole new language already.... Australian English and all the Bogan slang involved. Spent 5 months over there last year and it took me a while to get used to the shortened words with O added to it: Avo, Arvo, Bottle-o. And the ie added to so many words: brekkie, bikie, etc. Then there is the accent and emphasis put in sentences. It's almost like every sentence spoken is asking a question and the accent is sort of English but with a hint of maybe old sailing slang. Sometimes when the missus talks to me I struggle to understand what she says. Getting better at it though. Oh, and I dunno if it is nation wide but within my wife's circle of friends... swearing. Oh my the words they use in everyday conversation. I'm a retired coast to coast truck driver and sometimes they actually shock me. Exciting times they are...

That makes me giggle. Years ago we were building something for some Australians and the were swearing away through a really formal meeting. Initially we were shocked by it but it was just the way the spoke. The general level of swearing just got a bit higher at the pub and lower in formal meetings but never stopped!

 

[Lysette]

That makes me giggle. Years ago we were building something for some Australians and the were swearing away through a really formal meeting. Initially we were shocked by it but it was just the way the spoke. The general level of swearing just got a bit higher at the pub and lower in formal meetings but never stopped!

Hm, so it seems I never met real australians, even I'm on this continent since 7 months already. I never came across anyone swearing here. Well, and I know a lot of australians from Second Life for years, they didn't swear as well. So something is really weird here.

Edit. it's already 7 months not 5. I just hope, that proficiency in swearing is not a requirement for citizenship