Australianisms & Regional Slang

Australianisms & Regional Slang
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RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang
when I was in primary school we once had a substitute teacher from america (or maybe canada? I don't remember exactly) who was confused by people using "heaps" to mean "a lot/lots" or "more than enough"

e.g. "there were heaps of people here yesterday"

or

"[pouring a drink for you] that enough?"
"yeah that's heaps, thanks"

I guess it's in the same vein as using "piles" or "loads" to mean the same thing
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Australianisms & Regional Slang - by AgentBlue - 11-06-2015, 03:05 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by OTTO - 11-06-2015, 03:22 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Reyweld - 11-06-2015, 08:17 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Reyweld - 11-06-2015, 08:42 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Infrared - 11-07-2015, 02:35 AM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Plaid - 11-06-2015, 09:09 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Schazer - 11-07-2015, 12:16 AM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Plaid - 11-07-2015, 12:55 AM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Plaid - 11-07-2015, 04:48 AM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Infrared - 11-07-2015, 02:37 AM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Reyweld - 11-07-2015, 10:01 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Plaid - 11-07-2015, 11:01 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Reyweld - 11-07-2015, 11:07 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Infrared - 11-07-2015, 11:17 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Plaid - 11-08-2015, 06:28 AM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Schazer - 11-08-2015, 09:14 AM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Schazer - 11-08-2015, 09:20 AM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Schazer - 11-08-2015, 09:23 AM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by OTTO - 11-08-2015, 05:53 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Infrared - 11-08-2015, 06:33 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Reyweld - 11-08-2015, 08:07 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Plaid - 11-08-2015, 11:59 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Plaid - 11-09-2015, 05:03 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Reyweld - 11-09-2015, 09:27 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Plaid - 11-09-2015, 09:33 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by OTTO - 11-09-2015, 10:32 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Plaid - 11-09-2015, 10:38 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Plaid - 11-10-2015, 01:21 AM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Ren - 11-10-2015, 03:20 AM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Reyweld - 11-18-2015, 03:13 AM
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RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Plaid - 11-18-2015, 08:33 AM
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RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by CSJ - 06-30-2016, 06:01 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Reyweld - 06-29-2016, 12:55 PM
RE: Australianisms & Regional Slang - by Sadgi - 06-30-2016, 01:36 AM
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