Brady and I were having a discussion yesterday and she asked me if I knew about the "Six White Boomers". Of course I didn't so she told me that Santa's sleigh was led by six white boomers (big kangaroos) in Australia. This explained the huge white kangaroos pulling Santa's chair in the local shopping plaza. Way cool. When Santa actually comes and we take a pic of the kids with him then I'll be sure to post it. Also, today at Brady's school, they played the coolest Aussie Jingle Bells song. I came home and looked it up with the intention of putting on the blog. Unfortunately, I'm not quite sure how to put it on. So here is a site to listen and read the lyrics.
http://www.angelfire.com/hi3/austblonde/xmasjing.html
You'll have to just cut and paste, the link thing isn't working for me. Anyway, below is a description of some of the aussie terms in the song. (totally stolen from another website)
1) Holden is a make of car, its main opposition in Australia is Ford or Toyota. See below. Ute is an abbreviation of utility. The ute is usually based on the current model car and is thus about the size of a car and not usually as large as what Americans call a "pick up truck" so "dashing through the bush in a rusty Ford pick up truck" is a translation. Pronunciation Holden - hold den. Ute to rhyme with boot.
2) An esky is a portable cooler to keep your drink and food cool. Say 18 inches long by 12 wide by 15 height. A clip on lid and a handle, we put ice in them to do the cooling. Very well insulated,
3) A Kelpie is an Australian breed of dog. Much like a Border Collie only a rougher coat. Traditionally trained to herd sheep and is a farmers best friend.
4) Swaggie is an abbreviation of Swagman. These were men who during the depression tramped the country side with their few possession in a swag on their back. The english translation would be similar to a tramp.
5) Don't tell me you have not, run off and left your mum to do the washing up of all the dirty dishes after a meal. Shoot through means leave suddenly. This line means load the presents into the car and leave before the washing up is done.
A Holden Ute:
Not sure if that's a Kelpie on the back but it looks like some of the pics I've seen.
Today was cool and rainy in the evening. The kids played and rode bikes in the rain with their friends. I took a couple of pictures and will post when I get more taken (the batteries needed charging but I'm up and running now). Cole has his Christmas program tomorrow night so I'm sure we'll have tons from that too.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season so far. Miss you!
4 comments:
Girl, didn't I teach you anything? Go to the angelfire page and view source. It's at the very end. The line that says embed src=. Copy the whole line and put it in the html of your post. I tested it on bobanna.net and it worked. Of course, the wav file is still physically located at angelfire so it may not always be available. Given time I'm sure I could figure out how to steal it too. :)
Thanks for the cool song!
Angie - don't feel bad. Not only could I not do it, I don't even know what Shelley is talking about! Great to here all about an Aussie Xmas. Can't wait for more pics. Luv, Mare
OK, ladies. You go to the page and right click anywhere on the page as long as your mouse is not over a picture. Choose "view source". The line that makes the music play in the background is like the 4th from the bottom and starts with embed src=. Instead of right clicking you can do view in the menu of IE and choose source. Same thing. Now we all know! Enjoy.
Watch out Mare, if I know my Shelley, she'll be trying to teach you HTML! Okay Beano, when I get another minute to work with this I'm gonna try again. Wish me luck! A
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