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[bellsTheorem]

American "Yeah, no" is basically saying "I hear you, but I don't agree with you. So the "Yeah" is simply acknowledgment.

[clpeucker]

As an Aussie this made me laugh so much 😂

[kimberlyk]

I should not take a drink of anything while watching J&L videos. I almost spit my coffee all over when Joel said "Visit our personal channels...I have a dog & Lia
a new hair style..." funny all the way through!!😂😆

[britishaussie]

My Grandmother once told me after she'd had a few bottles of wine (normal) that "you can beat an egg but you can't beet-a-root." She's now 83, still a pisshead, and continues to spew out filthy food-based puns like that that at opportune moments, Bless.

[AprilCGriffith]

Classic J&L content. So funny 😂 Australians sure know how to have fun with the english language. I love how they shorten words. So fun.

[brucewilliams]

Dinkum = genuine, true, honest, etc. More used as a query: Are you (they) fair dinkum? But not so much in use these days.

[michaelmullard]

You guys obviously had fun filming this video. I watched it twice because I enjoyed the word play so much, haha! Thanks for the primer on Aussie slang. Now, go have some Prosecco!

[Geoskan]

As an Australian, I can't say I know anyone who actually says "Facey", lol. Maybe my friends aren't camp enough, though, lol. I hang around a lot of "bogans".

[kayagrocott]

Ripper video! Can't stop laughing.
As an Aussie had to laugh when Lia said she was going to get a "tinnie" which is (usually) a small, metal boat. Good to be reminded what words we use over here that no one else will understand

[Opxr]

Every time you two get tickled I just 🤣😂🤣😂 with you. You are contagious!

[Grmansex]

My Legends have done it again. I can't help but watch your videos. Nothing I can comment on today except to say that this video was hilarious. I can't wait for the next one.

[paulaj]

Oh I needed a good laugh today! Thank you for this! Cheers!

[kanehardy]

When I would visit my bogan family around Christmas I distinctly remember hearing the phrase "sooky la la" thrown around on a daily basis.

[teknekon]

Very entertaining indeed! Watching this vid with a true Aussie and we're cracking up! On Bobby Burns night. Too much fun! Thanks mates for such a good time! L&C 👍 ♥️😘 🇬🇧🇦🇺🐨

[MaryMary-priu]

So cutesy-wootsy, ity bity boo! You guys are the best! Very funny 😄💕💥🐿🐧💥

[sheilaspetrelief]

Ripper is a type of fart in America. Leslie Nielsen’s gravestone reads “Let er rip”.

[felicity]

As an Australian, this kills me! A lot of Aussies do the ie/y ending on words like choccy Biccy and exy. O endings are common too like many male nicknames (Tommo)
Most of these only the 'bogan' Australians say (equivalent to the British Chav) or the older generations. You'll hardly hear these in city Sydney or Melbourne... absolutely love this vid 10/10 😂

[richardrejmer]

3:03. . . Fair Dinkum. . . . The closest translation would be "Real" or "genuine" or "really" or "true"
As in "My mate swallowed a live fish! Fair dinkum!". . . (My mate swallowed a live fish! Really!")
Or. . . "This is a fair dinkum Rolex!". . . . (This is a genuine Rolex!")
Or. . . . "I'm going to France next month" Friend replies "Fair dinkum?". . . . ("Really?")
Or. . . "I fair dinkum told the boss to shove the job up his arse". . . (I genuinely told my boss to shove the job up his arse)
I don't know if this is fair dinkum or not. . . But the story I heard of the origins of this expression were from the goldfields of Australia in the 1800's. .
There apparently was an expression that went something like "Fair trading and fair drinking". . . Meaning fair business practices and fair social interaction (??)
In other words . . a person who was genuine or real in their actions and conduct. .
Anyway, it is said that the Chinese immigrants who had come to find their fortune on the goldfields incorrectly pronounced "Fair drinking" as "Fair dinkum"
Others say it was perhaps the Aborigines who mispronounced "Fair drinking" as "Fair dinkum"
So then the other goldfield people made fun of it and copied the mispronounced version as "Fair dinkum" to mean "Real, genuine or true". . and it's this version that has stuck until today.

[Reigngoddess]

We do the "yeahno" and "noyeah" in midwest USA

[Tijuanabill]

I love how they use the word cunt, practically as a term of endearment, rather than as the worst insult you could ever give to an American woman.