Australia nuff said :(
If you want REALLY common you need to visit the suburbs of Australia. Some of the worst examples....

My boss referring to the customers as "fucking shit-heads" well within hearing range.

Groups of "ladies" attending the races, they get wasted, the shoes and hat comes off, and pretty soon there pissing in the gutters.

And the swearing....Australian is the only language that actually uses swear words in the middle of other words eg. fan-fucking-tastick.

I love the Australian landscape, it's just a pity about the inhabitants.

p.s. I'm allowed to say all this cause I'm an Australian.
(rattus, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 15:30, 9 replies)

a) anybody who puts the word "actually" in a "factual" statement is talking out of their arse
b) the idea of splitting a word and inserting another in there is called Tmesis, and happens in all forms of English, as well as other languages.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 15:38, closed)

Abso-smegging-lutely right
Or asbo-smegging-lutley if you're talking about the common folk.
(Stu Moo winner of five nobble piece prizes, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 15:43, closed)

Tmesis
is the only word in the English language that begins with "tm". Hurrah for QI!
(notjustahatrack peeling a sausage..., Sat 18 Oct 2008, 19:18, closed)

"Tumba Bloody Rumba"
congratu-fuckin'-lations ya bunch of frustrated schoolteachers the lot of ya, have a farkin squiz for yourself that Aussies even have a their own word for a tme-fuckin-sis.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmesis#Tmesis_in_English
(dandharma, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 12:53, closed)

Oh yes...
...I couldn't agree more. And yes, I do live in Australia.
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 16:13, closed)

My old boss is Australian
He told me that a mate of his pulled once at a party in Newcastle and the girl said, "I'm on the blob, but you can crack me up the shitter if you like"
(grandmasterfluffles Come to my Armageddon party on, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 17:50, closed)

'there pissing in the gutters'
and there not knowing how to spell
(Daft Vader, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 22:56, closed)

please..
If you're going to gloat about being an Aussie, at least spell properly.. you're not doing the rest of us Aussies any justice. Notice I spelled "you're" correctly - as in "you are" and not "your" as in that is your hat those skanky bushpigs took off before pissing in the gutter.

kthxbi
(brotagaia, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 14:04, closed)

It always amazes me that spelling nazis very rarely use correct punctuation.
Indicators are optional
(dandharma, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 12:22, closed)