Americage

For those of you not well versed in offensive Australian slang, Molly’s term ‘seppo’ (see his comments on Talking turkey) is a derogartory term for citizens of the United States. The devolution goes like this:

American - Yankee - Yank – septic tank – seppo

Not all Americans are overweight, loud, ignorant pricks with uncotrollable crack/hot dog/baseball habits.

They do say some weird things, though. They call:

autumn	fall
boots	trunks
bottle shops	liquor stores
buckets	pails
cafés	diners
cutlery	flatware
doonas	duvets
fringes	bangs
gridiron	football
jam	jelly
jelly	jello
jug	pitcher
jumpers	sweaters
nappies	diapers
rubbish	trash
skips	dumpsters
soft drinks	sodas
trolleys	carts
wardrobes	closets

(I knew all those Mills and Boons would come in handy for something other than doorstops.)

I’m sure there are heaps more language disconects. It’s a miracle we even understand each other!

And what does an American call an Australian? Caneater (beer drinker), roo-f*cker, jafa (just another f*cking Aussie), shackle dragges (convicts) and skippy (as in the bush kangaroo).

So, I guess 'seppo' is not too bad.

Image: Salvatore Vuono