G'day Has Been Stolen !!
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G'day Has Been Stolen !!
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Listen to any ATC/Tower frequencies these days,,,, not just in Australia but in and out of SOCAL / JFK / Okinawa etc etc ... everyone's fairly comfortable in saying "Good Day Sir"........
Not the good old Strian G'day....but... "Good Day Sir"
Pretty cool 'ha.... just sounds fan-bloody-fantastic I reckon !!
Which was first .... "Good Day Sir " or the mighty ol' "G'day Maite" ?
Groovy aey'
Listen to any ATC/Tower frequencies these days,,,, not just in Australia but in and out of SOCAL / JFK / Okinawa etc etc ... everyone's fairly comfortable in saying "Good Day Sir"........
Not the good old Strian G'day....but... "Good Day Sir"
Pretty cool 'ha.... just sounds fan-bloody-fantastic I reckon !!
Which was first .... "Good Day Sir " or the mighty ol' "G'day Maite" ?
Groovy aey'
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P..A...F no mate...what he he said was ...."gidday w@nker"...not champion......your hearing test...how much did that cost???...born at night...not last night...tainahi
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Pass a Frozo...
That could have been one of my trainees if it was on Muscat Frequncies.
First thing I teach them is the correct way to say G'day.
(now currently teaching them ta-ta and hoo roo so expect more of that too)
That could have been one of my trainees if it was on Muscat Frequncies.
First thing I teach them is the correct way to say G'day.
(now currently teaching them ta-ta and hoo roo so expect more of that too)
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To quote the price is right.. "Higher..." ... Kuwait center.
Perhaps you can tell me the correct translation of "Habibi" ..
The rest of the crew thought it very amusing when I used my poor arabic to say "Marsalama", he came back with Marsalam Habibi.
Perhaps you can tell me the correct translation of "Habibi" ..
The rest of the crew thought it very amusing when I used my poor arabic to say "Marsalama", he came back with Marsalam Habibi.
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That's better to hear. We had an embassy staffer onboard who was telling me it meant "dear". As in what you'd say to your wife. The rest of the crew spent the rest of the trip that day ribbing me about it.
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Haven't heard "hooroo" from the Chinese yet, but a good number of them have learnt "g'day" by osmosis - either from the abundance of Aussies plying Chineses skies these days, or by virtue of the ATC College in Tianjin (allegedly set up and run by Australians?)
If the latter point is correct, can someone please tell them that jets prefer not to descend 250 miles out and faster is better. (I'm sure the local carriers adopt the "fly low, fly slow" principle, particularly during descent.)
If the latter point is correct, can someone please tell them that jets prefer not to descend 250 miles out and faster is better. (I'm sure the local carriers adopt the "fly low, fly slow" principle, particularly during descent.)
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A few Russian controllers around Nowosibirsk produce an ace G'Day as well. Also it surprised me when he finished with G'Day after speaking Russian with some local traffic. Hogans influence is far reaching
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In response to your question, g'day is short for good day (English), hence the " ' ". Therefore 'Good day' came well and truely first.
FYI 'mate' was in use by cockneys in London before Oz was even settled.
Hope I've answered your question.
FYI 'mate' was in use by cockneys in London before Oz was even settled.
Hope I've answered your question.
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Are'nt there a lot of foreign pilots being trained here in Aus as well. This may be contributing to the proliferation of Aussie slang internationally. Imitation being the best form of compliment.
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Is Nowosibirsk somewhere near Novosibirsk.....or perhaps youre just pronoucing it as the Chinese do? After all they have lots of trouble with the pronunciation of "V".
Although slight thread creep.....why do Chinese pilots with Cathay call themselves "Cafe Pacific" on the R/T?
Youd think you might want to learn to pronounce the name of your own company?
Similarly Qantas seems to be pronounced "Kwan'is" (no "T") by their pilots.....or perhaps I just dont understand the subtleties of the Aussie drawl?
Although slight thread creep.....why do Chinese pilots with Cathay call themselves "Cafe Pacific" on the R/T?
Youd think you might want to learn to pronounce the name of your own company?
Similarly Qantas seems to be pronounced "Kwan'is" (no "T") by their pilots.....or perhaps I just dont understand the subtleties of the Aussie drawl?
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