Hi all
 

Name is Jim located on east coast northern New South Wales Australia I'm retired aircraft sheet metal worker I've built boats, aircraft, cars, and buses. Still interested in what is going on about the traps.

Welcome Jim. What is a trap?

what is traps?
 

Aussie slang

around the traps means around the haunts, or around the place, or out and about.


Sorry, but those of you across the big pond may never understand us Aussies, but then we may not want you to.

As per;

I was lazin around at beer o'clock Saty arvo havin a durry and listnen to Barnesy waitin for the thugby game gainst the All Blacks,
just feelin a bit average,when me old cobber Bluey comes up the drive with his Esky and his sheila and their tin lids. Ridgey didge
friggin ferals,this mob are rough as guts shockers, what a pisser of a day this might have just turned out to be. Anyway the missus
is up the frog and toad at an arvo hen's night, and me mate is full on givin the piss a go.
Well after a cuppla hours, Bluey has lost the plot and is is going on like a pork chop and pulls down his missus' trackies and lo
and behold, she has on the worst pair of knackered knickers i've ever laid me mince pies on. Well she king hits him and starts crackin
on to me and i thought hell i'm in like Flynn here. Just then the trouble and strife returns to save me from myself and pisses Blue and
his moll and sprogs off. Saved by the bell!

Kerry, you did ask......................

Stone the Crows, there's a lot of Cockney in them Aussy phrsaes:D

Cockney???
 

When you live in a city which has Stepney, Hackney and Victoria Park, next to Dulwich and Norwood, don't you think there could be some overflow of terms?

C'mon Guv, givusago!

Struth there's a few of you blokes around.
Jim

Hi Jim welcome to the forum
Gee I can not understand some of that slang, imagine how much of it a American does??
Peter