19 Times Aussie Slang Confused The Hell Out Of Everyone On Tumblr

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    Jenna Guillaume
    by Jenna Guillaume

    BuzzFeed Senior Editor, Australia

    1. This very real sentence:

    2. This time issue:

    3. This friendly banter:

    4. This judgement:

    5. This translation:

    6. And this one:

    7. This personal offense:

    8. This insult:

    9. This pronunciation problem:

    10. This surprise:

    11. This compliment:

    12. This IRL encounter:

    13. This report:

    14. This explanation:

    15. This discovery:

    16. This misunderstanding:

    17. This clarification:

    18. This sad truth:

    19. And this fact:

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