Some funny conversations with Aussies

Aussie: Did you bring your cozzie?
Me: My what?
Aussie: Your costume.
Me: Oh, cozzie means costume? Um, no...what do I need a costume for?
Aussie: No, your swimmers!
Me: ???
Aussie: Your BIKINI!
Me: OOOHHH, swimsuit!!!!!


Aussie: I'm supposed to go to their house for tea tonight.
Me: Aw, tea? That's cute.
Aussie: Not actual tea, I mean dinner.
Me: Oh, yeah we just call it dinner. Have you ever heard of 'supper'?
Aussie: Yeah, but I've never had it.

Aussie: Did a mozzie get you?
Me: A mozzie? Is that short for mosquito?
Aussie: Yeah, we're lazy so we shorten everything.
Me: Aussie, cozzie, mozzie....I see that.

Me: Can you pop the trunk?
Group of Aussies in car: (blank stares)
One Aussie: I think she needs you to unlock the boot.

ENTIRE conversation with a southern Australian
Aussie: (talking, talking talking)
Me: Smiling and nodding and understanding NOTHING.

Note: my roommates are German and Taiwanese...there is very little English spoken around here
Rob: Are you going to try to find the grocery store today?
Me: Yes, I think I'll ask my roommates where the closest one is.....and then nod like I understand and go find it myself.

Lying Aussie in the ocean: Don't touch the things that look like leaves. They're the most poisonous creatures out here and they can kill you.
Me: (Picking up leaf in ocean) you mean like this?
Lying Aussie: WOAH, you're in heaps of trouble now! There is only a 5% survival rate if you touch those things.
Me: I'll keep my fingers crossed
Lying Aussie: Nah, they'll be rotted off by then.