I think I followed most of that. For the hopelessly lost, a "chillie bin" would be a portable insulated box for keeping food or drinks cold: American is "cooler".
Well done!
Except, I have never, ever (until today) known an Aussie to refer to a cooler as a "chillie bin". This is a term I have only ever heard New Zealanders use (and they pronounce it 'chully bun' with the usual transposition of vowel sounds characteristic of the Kiwi accent).
More frequently (almost ubiquitously, I'd have said), the term used Downunder is "esky", after the original device brand-named Esky. (note: the web site in the link to the original Esky calls them coolers!)
Ha! I actually typed in Esky (i've been using ie, should be y, my bad) and replaced it with "Chully bun" my best buddy when we were there who has become a life long friend is a Kiwi, so I have likely been influenced by him.
...My favorite part of Australia was drivethru Bottle Shops. We tried them here in Canada, but nobody figured out what they were for. I think it was because they didn't sell donuts.
Dave
Actually, they are going to try drive thru 'In and Out' stores again in Canada. You'll be able to have your 'wobbly pops' put right into the boot of your car. Here is a link to a London Free Press Article about it. And right here in London, too!
Great news! That's right around the corner from my house. 8) It is the same one that tried it a few years ago. It wasn't well promoted. If you drove around back they had a sliding patio door with a guy there, you simple told him what you wanted and he retrieved it and threw it in the "boot" for you.
Great news! That's right around the corner from my house. 8)
Dave
Good grief, we must be neighbours! I too, sadly, am old enough to remember the first attempt at a drive thru beer store. Must have been at least 15 years ago.
And 'neighbours' with a 'U' keeps things on topic.
British English!!!! As an Englishman can we lose this British English? English, plain and simple, is the language I speak in the same way as the French speak French, Spanish speak Spanish. It's only Microsoft that has seen fit to change the world's languages!!
The best solution to all of this is quite obvious!
Why not turn the clock back and all fall back into line and speak the queens english? :lol:
Better yet, lets turn the clock forward and adopt spanish as the world language!
Its nice and regular, well codified and flexible, has a long pedigree going to the roman empire, you can actually read thousand-year old manuscripts in it, and, above all, it has the best music by far. :devilboy:
Darius, it's funny you mention the "Handango have" issue, because I was just thinking of saying something about that, since, here in the US, that's incorrect. (I didn't say anything because I didn't want to sound like a anal-retentive jerk. But since someone else has already mentioned it, let me just add that "Handango have" is wrong, wrong, WRONG! AND STOP IT!!)
On the spelling issue, I read somewhere that you could spell "fish" "ghoti": the "gh" as in "laugh", the "o" as in "women", and the "ti" as in "motion".
On the language differences issue, there are sometimes even variations between regions in the same country. For example, here in the US, in the Red States, they call our leader "President Bush", while in the Blue States they call him "that ignorant hillbilly jackass". Interesting stuff.
British English!!!! As an Englishman can we lose this British English? English, plain and simple, is the language I speak in the same way as the French speak French, Spanish speak Spanish. It's only Microsoft that has seen fit to change the world's languages!!
You are hard to please, aren't you? Sorry though, I've worked off Australian English my entire life, so that's just the way things will have to be for the moment. :lol:
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Great news! That's right around the corner from my house. 8)
Dave
Good grief, we must be neighbours! I too, sadly, am old enough to remember the first attempt at a drive thru beer store. Must have been at least 15 years ago.
And 'neighbours' with a 'U' keeps things on topic.
Yup, you're right it was about 15 years ago.
They are now renovating that location, it is all new colours. I'm wondering if that practise will practice putting the beer in the boot for you, or if you will have to do it yourself?
...I'm about a 3 minute drive southwest of that store.
We tried them here in Canada, but nobody figured out what they were for. I think it was because they didn't sell donuts. 
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