21 Quirks Australians Don’t Realise Are Super Weird

    What do you mean you don't chuck a fried egg into your burgers?? MATE??

    1. Eating our national animal.

    2. And well, chugging cheap wine out of silver bags.

    3. And while we're on the topic, just the whole concept of getting "on the piss".

    4. Plus sculling beers in dirty shoes encouraged by chanting is just weird.

    5. The word "cunt" being a compliment and "mate" being an insult is just baffling.

    6. And well, abbreviating literally everything.

    7. Including fast food joints.

    8. Using "she'll be right" to comfort anyone in any and every situation.

    9. Plus saying "no worries" instead of "you're welcome".

    So we should worry about pretty much the whole of Australia? RT:“@TheTweetOfGod: When someone repeatedly says "No worries," worry.”

    Why are we like this?

    10. Confusing everyone who isn't Australian with "yeah, nah" and "nah, yeah".

    11. If you think about it, walking around supermarkets without shoes on is pretty strange too.

    12. But when we're not barefoot, everyone thinks it's weird that we're wearing shoes that are called "thongs".

    13. Yet, it's still not as a weird as being able to get a meal at a hardware store.

    14. Or as strange as chucking a fried egg in a burger.

    15. The fact we have free BBQ spots in parks, and actively use them, baffles other countries.

    16. But then again, so do NT News headlines.

    17. Not to mention some of our Australian town and place names.

    Currently in a place called Yass but on maps it just seems like everyone's super excited

    Yass? Chinaman's Knob? Tittybong? Broke? OK Australia, chill.

    18. The fact that Apple has learned to understand our slang is slightly alarming.

    fantastic news: Apple maps recognises 'bottleo'

    @LucyXIV / Via Twitter: @LucyXIV

    Have you ever typed in "bottle-o" in Apple Maps? Bet you will now.

    19. And that we rely on our pedestrian crossing "bok bok" noise to get us across the street.

    20. We literally drive around the country just to see big things.

    21. And weirdly, we so easily refer to big bits of land as just "the bush".

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