Poll - Have you ever fallen into the water

[Beneteau381]

Good to know.
Do mobile phones survive and does inserting them in dry rice make them work again ?

I have gone in twice off the pontoon in Albufeira, Iphone 6 dont survive, Mercury 2.2 does. Dry rice, waste of time with slt water

 

[superheat6k]

Twice

1 Pressing hard to keep a yacht from hard rubbing the pontoon in high winds, before I realised it the boat was travelling away at 45 degrees and I was beyond the point of no return, feet still on the pontoon, hands firmly on the pushpin rail. Splash !

2 Stepped off an undeclared cill at the RAFYC - walking slowly round the drying out boat examining the hull 1 second, swimming for my life the next - or so it seemed at the time ! The drop was ~ 4' but it seemed like I was going down for ages, as I seemed to slip away horizontally from the cill wall. Wrecked my iPhone and of course my pride.

 

[Sandro]

Once, after seventy years of boating, leaving the boat at the mooring, stepping from the boat into the inflatable tender I capsized the tender, can't tell how (age?).
No life jaket, summer temperature, my swimming ladder can be deployed pulling a string from the water. Being fresh water, no harm to telephone nor wallet content, just spreading everything to dry in the sun, telephone with battery removed.

 

[CLP]

Many, many times from dinghies and windsurfers, once from pontoon while pulling line from yacht struggling to come alongside, whose crew hadn't attached the line they threw to me!!!! Never from a yacht during 40 years offshore sailing.

 

[Alfie168]

Good to know.
Do mobile phones survive and does inserting them in dry rice make them work again ?

Only if you are very lucky. Most phones die.

Plenty of dinghy dunkings. It goes with the territory. I once got a bit of cold water shock on our cold reservoir high in the pennines in spite of a thin sailing wet suit.
I've never fallen off a cruiser and suspect I have always under estimated the risk to life of so doing. Threads like this make me think a bit more.

 

[Pump-Out]

I was ordered to do something and I slipped in my wet thongs and went overboard

This sentence means something entirely different in the UK!

 

[coopec]

This sentence means something entirely different in the UK!

OMG! I wondered whether you guys knew what I meant by thongs

"The state of undergarments when the wearer (usually a woman) becomes intensely aro....."?

You have to be careful, in Australia we used to buy Durex (tape)

 

[William_H]

OMG! I wondered whether you guys knew what I meant by thongs

"The state of undergarments when the wearer (usually a woman) becomes intensely aro....."?

You have to be careful, in Australia we used to buy Durex (tape)


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Ah the language barrier. I knew what you were talking about Clive. Why can't the brits learn to speak English? ol'will

 

[coopec]

When I became shark bait I was pissed as a fart and wearing budgie smugglers, thongs and a wife beater.

Pommies have got no idea and wouldn't know a lot of English like we know in 'stralia.

There are lots of Australian slang words that you should learn when you live in Australia. Whether you’re here for a couple of weeks as a tourist, or if you’re here for work and study, this list of 100 Australian slang words and phrases will help you understand the Aussies like a local.

Aussie slang word/phrase	Meaning
A Cold One	Beer
Arvo	Afternoon
Aussie Salute	Wave to scare the flies
Avo	Avocado
Bail	To cancel plans
Barbie	Barbecue
Bathers	Swimsuit
Beauty	Great!
Billabong	A pond in a dry riverbed
Billy	Teapot (in the outback on the fire)
Bloody	Very
Bloody oath	Yes! Or “That’s very true”
Bludger	Someone who’s lazy
Bogan	Someone who’s not very sophisticated
Booze Bus	Police vehicle used to catch drunk drivers
Bottle-O	Liquor shop: a place to buy alcohol
Brekky	Breakfast
Brolly	Umbrella
Budgie Smugglers	Speedos
Bush	“Out in the bush” or away from civilisation
Choc A Bloc	Full
Biccy	Biscuit
Chook	Chicken
Chrissie	Christmas
Cobber	Very good friend
Coldie	Beer
Coppers	Policemen
Crikey	an expression of surprise
Crook	Being ill (I’m crook); a criminal (he’s a crook)
Dag	Someone who’s a bit of a nerd or geek
Daks	Trousers
Deadset	That’s true, or true!
Defo	Definitely
Devo	Devastated
Drongo	a Fool, ‘Don’t be a drongo mate’
Dunny	Toilet
Durry	Cigarette
Esky	An insulated container that keeps things cold
Facey	Facebook
Fair Dinkum	Honestly? Or, Yes honestly!
Flannie / Flanno	flannelette shirt
Flat out	Really busy
Footy	Football (AFL / Aussie Rules)
G’day	Hello
Galah	Not being bright, also a stupid person
Gnarly	Awesome
Going off	Busy, lots of people
Good On Ya	Good work
Goon	Wine in a box
Hard yakka	Hard work
Heaps	Loads, lots, many
Hoon	Hooligan or a very bad driver
Iffy	Bit risky or unreasonable
Knickers	Female underwear
Lappy	Laptop
Larrikin	Someone who’s always up for a laugh
Lollies	Sweets
Maccas	McDonalds
Manchester	Sheets / Linen etc
Mate	Friend
Mozzie	Mosquito
No Drama	No problem / it’s ok
No Worries	No problem / it’s ok
No Wucka’s	A truly Aussie way to say ‘no worries’
Outback	The interior of Australia. Even more remote than “the bush”
Pash	To kiss
Pissed Off	An offensive/vulgar way of saying you are very annoyed
Piss Up	A party, a get together and in Australia
Pissed	Intoxicated, Drunk
Piss Off	An offensive way to tell someone to go away or get lost.
Rack Off	The less offensive way to tell someone to go away or get lost.
Reckon	For sure
Rellie / Rello	Relatives
Ripper	‘You little ripper’ = That’s fantastic!
Rooted	Tired or Broken
Runners	Trainers, Sneakers
Sanger	Sandwich
Servo	Service Station / Garage
Sheila	A woman
Sick	Awesome; ‘that’s really sick mate’
Sickie	A sick day off work
Slab	A carton of beers
Snag	Sausage
Stoked	Happy, Pleased
Straya	Australia
Stubby	A bottle of beer
Stuffed	Tired
Sunnies	Sunglasses
Swag	Single bed you can roll up, a bit like a sleeping bag
Tea	Dinner
Tinny	Can of beer or small boat
Thongs	Flip Flops
True Blue	Genuinely Australian
Tucker	Food
Two Up	A gambling game played on Anzac day
U-IE	To take a U-Turn when driving
Up yourself	Stuck up
Woop Woop	Middle of nowhere “he lives out woop woop”
Ya	You
Yous	Plural of you

List of 100 Australian Slang Words & Phrases | Updated 2020

 

[fredrussell]

When I became shark bait I was pissed as a fart and wearing budgie smugglers, thongs and a wife beater.

Pommies have got no idea and wouldn't know a lot of English like we know in 'stralia.

There are lots of Australian slang words that you should learn when you live in Australia. Whether you’re here for a couple of weeks as a tourist, or if you’re here for work and study, this list of 100 Australian slang words and phrases will help you understand the Aussies like a local.

Aussie slang word/phrase	Meaning
A Cold One	Beer
Arvo	Afternoon
Aussie Salute	Wave to scare the flies
Avo	Avocado
Bail	To cancel plans
Barbie	Barbecue
Bathers	Swimsuit
Beauty	Great!
Billabong	A pond in a dry riverbed
Billy	Teapot (in the outback on the fire)
Bloody	Very
Bloody oath	Yes! Or “That’s very true”
Bludger	Someone who’s lazy
Bogan	Someone who’s not very sophisticated
Booze Bus	Police vehicle used to catch drunk drivers
Bottle-O	Liquor shop: a place to buy alcohol
Brekky	Breakfast
Brolly	Umbrella
Budgie Smugglers	Speedos
Bush	“Out in the bush” or away from civilisation
Choc A Bloc	Full
Biccy	Biscuit
Chook	Chicken
Chrissie	Christmas
Cobber	Very good friend
Coldie	Beer
Coppers	Policemen
Crikey	an expression of surprise
Crook	Being ill (I’m crook); a criminal (he’s a crook)
Dag	Someone who’s a bit of a nerd or geek
Daks	Trousers
Deadset	That’s true, or true!
Defo	Definitely
Devo	Devastated
Drongo	a Fool, ‘Don’t be a drongo mate’
Dunny	Toilet
Durry	Cigarette
Esky	An insulated container that keeps things cold
Facey	Facebook
Fair Dinkum	Honestly? Or, Yes honestly!
Flannie / Flanno	flannelette shirt
Flat out	Really busy
Footy	Football (AFL / Aussie Rules)
G’day	Hello
Galah	Not being bright, also a stupid person
Gnarly	Awesome
Going off	Busy, lots of people
Good On Ya	Good work
Goon	Wine in a box
Hard yakka	Hard work
Heaps	Loads, lots, many
Hoon	Hooligan or a very bad driver
Iffy	Bit risky or unreasonable
Knickers	Female underwear
Lappy	Laptop
Larrikin	Someone who’s always up for a laugh
Lollies	Sweets
Maccas	McDonalds
Manchester	Sheets / Linen etc
Mate	Friend
Mozzie	Mosquito
No Drama	No problem / it’s ok
No Worries	No problem / it’s ok
No Wucka’s	A truly Aussie way to say ‘no worries’
Outback	The interior of Australia. Even more remote than “the bush”
Pash	To kiss
Pissed Off	An offensive/vulgar way of saying you are very annoyed
Piss Up	A party, a get together and in Australia
Pissed	Intoxicated, Drunk
Piss Off	An offensive way to tell someone to go away or get lost.
Rack Off	The less offensive way to tell someone to go away or get lost.
Reckon	For sure
Rellie / Rello	Relatives
Ripper	‘You little ripper’ = That’s fantastic!
Rooted	Tired or Broken
Runners	Trainers, Sneakers
Sanger	Sandwich
Servo	Service Station / Garage
Sheila	A woman
Sick	Awesome; ‘that’s really sick mate’
Sickie	A sick day off work
Slab	A carton of beers
Snag	Sausage
Stoked	Happy, Pleased
Straya	Australia
Stubby	A bottle of beer
Stuffed	Tired
Sunnies	Sunglasses
Swag	Single bed you can roll up, a bit like a sleeping bag
Tea	Dinner
Tinny	Can of beer or small boat
Thongs	Flip Flops
True Blue	Genuinely Australian
Tucker	Food
Two Up	A gambling game played on Anzac day
U-IE	To take a U-Turn when driving
Up yourself	Stuck up
Woop Woop	Middle of nowhere “he lives out woop woop”
Ya	You
Yous	Plural of you

List of 100 Australian Slang Words & Phrases | Updated 2020

Your list has “rooted”, but not “root” Coopec. Care to translate that one for us pommies?

 

[coopec]

Your list has “rooted”, but not “root” Coopec. Care to translate that one for us pommies?

What does root mean in slang?
Root is an offensive Australian slang verb meaning ``have sexual intercourse with''.22 Feb 2021

"(Announcing to an Australian that you ``are a cheerleader, so you don't see many football games because you are in the stands rooting'' will give a misleading impression about your devotion to the team)

Words Americans should avoid saying to Australasians - Robert P O'Shea

 

[DownWest]

I have a clear picture in my memory of a bubbly blonde girlfriend doing a Tom and Jerry between my old Dragon and a plywood pram dinghy off “the Rocks” on the Deben in 1972. She was wearing our only automatic lifejacket and it worked perfectly. The freeboard of a Dragon being what it is, she was back on board in a moment, and we both collapsed in fits of laughter.

I had to read that twice as I first saw it as the 'only thing she was wearing' and sounded a bit chilly on the Deben...

Think I have related going over in march and the small motor boat being blown away faster than I could swim. Inflated the LJ by mouth and started to swim to shore. Readjusted the LJ as it was crooked....and the valve blew out! Managed to puff some more air in, very choppy, and swam to shore on my back, one hand holding the inflate tube closed. Around 400mtrs and I was so knacked I couldn't even sit up when I hit the shore, had to lay there in the water until things worked again.

 

[DownWest]

Coopec, you used the term 'Wife Beater' , but it is not in your list?

 

[coopec]

Coopec, you used the term 'Wife Beater' , but it is not in your list?

Well I'm surprised!

wife beater
a very tight, white tank top that is ribbed in texture. this style of shirt is usually found on overweight white guys hailing from the trailer courts. unmistakeable markings of bbq sauce or chew spit on the front and smelling of old style beer and excessive perspiration. the wearer can be found at any type of festival which involves his toothless relatives working the carnival ride

AUSTRALIAN SLANG | Western Australia | www.wanowandthen.com

 

[dunedin]

Well I'm surprised!

wife beater
a very tight, white tank top that is ribbed in texture. this style of shirt is usually found on overweight white guys hailing from the trailer courts. unmistakeable markings of bbq sauce or chew spit on the front and smelling of old style beer and excessive perspiration. the wearer can be found at any type of festival which involves his toothless relatives working the carnival ride

AUSTRALIAN SLANG | Western Australia | www.wanowandthen.com

Possibly because that is a US derived term - and quite nasty based on its origins in a violent case …. Why Do We Call It A “Wife Beater” Shirt?
Lets hope it doesn’t spread across the Atlantic

 

[Pump-Out]

@LONG_KEELER

I'm very sorry - I seem to have accidently derailed your thread.

 

[Kukri]

I had to read that twice as I first saw it as the 'only thing she was wearing' and sounded a bit chilly on the Deben...

I have found my log book: it was the 10th September 1972. Probably about the optimum time of year for an involuntary swim wearing jeans and a T shirt. We were 18 and 19.

The log entry, in a feminine hand, records that I “… bravely rescued her but gave her little sympathy”. They made teenage girls tough in those days.

 

[PeterWright]

Sailing dighy capsize - lost count a long time ago.
Sailing dinghy missed toe strap on tacking - once
Sailing dinghy - weather chainplate failure (Firefly) - once.
Sailing barge - fell off a tier (barge speak for a massive cylindrical mooring buoy, which the mate was expected to jump onto to secure the barge, the barge hit the tier rather more forcefully than was usual) - once.

Overloaded dinghy sank when returning from pub to yacht on mooring - early grp dinghy with no buoyancy - once.

Transferring from yacht on swinging mooring to trot boat - once.

In the case of sailing dinghy dunking, sometimes life buoyancy aid, sometimes not. In all other cases, life jacket not worn.

No harm suffered apart from getting wet and, sometimes, cold.

The one I judge highest risk was transferring to the trot boat wnen my prime concerns were getting squashed between the two boats and getting injured by the trot boat prop. Prompt action by the trot boat helm selecting neutral protected me fro the second and my action in swimming clear before even thinking about getting out of the water limited the time at tisk for the first.

 

[Halo]

Fell in from a tender whilst at anchor. Right cxck up. I was running the fuel off the outboard when a knot slipped and the rapid acceleration of the tender tipped me head over heels backwards into the oggin. Fortunately had l j still on !
That’s my only dunking so far in over 40 k miles over 40 years. Fingers crossed!

 

[Humblebee]

Twice, once getting into the dinghy late at night and after a couple of beers. Dark, cold winter but dog needed ashore.
Second time, inflating the dinghy on a pontoon and stepped back thinking I was opposite a pontoon finger - I wasn't!