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elapses ([personal profile] elapses) wrote2011-09-10 07:45 pm
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[identity profile] cambridge.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
it sounds vaguely sexual to me, idk

[identity profile] goldenmelisande.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS SO WEIRD!

[identity profile] goldenmelisande.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
crying omfg

[identity profile] elapses.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
well now that you say that...

[identity profile] elapses.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
I'm feeling pretty vindicated right now tbh...

[identity profile] cambridge.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
i like how you're the only one to say yes (so far), IS THIS A CANADIAN THING?

[identity profile] cambridge.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
I GUESS I JUST HAVE A DIRTY MIND...

[identity profile] elapses.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
shhhhh that's what we're trying to measure

(and actually the wiki entry said it was uk/australia/new zealand but didn't mention canada)

[identity profile] elapses.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
actually i don't know whether that came from wiki or urban dictionary or what, don't listen to me

SOMETHING SAID UK/AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND

[identity profile] goldenmelisande.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
i don't know!!! my mom just always says it...

[identity profile] cambridge.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
well i guess it's popular enough to have 7k+ likes on fb https://www.facebook.com/pages/Just-because-I-admitted-my-room-is-a-tip-doesnt-mean-Im-gonna-tidy-it/392171900400

[identity profile] elapses.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
our 'top' country is still England, with USA second, followed closely by Australia :)

THE HELL?!

[identity profile] goodripples.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
I've never heard that used before ever by anyone.

[identity profile] elapses.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
ME NEITHER!!

[identity profile] balcarin.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
A tip is a dump or a rubbish bin so...yeah.

[identity profile] elapses.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Not in America!

([livejournal.com profile] veils said the exact same thing though, so. Seems pretty common in countries with more British-y English.)

[identity profile] missymeggins.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know about elsewhere but this is definitely a common Australian phrase haha. And yes, for the record, my room is usually a tip. ;D

[identity profile] elapses.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah so I've figured out! But I seriously hadn't heard of that particular slang term before tonight.

[identity profile] missymeggins.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
Ha, don't worry. I confuse people with Australian slang ALL the time. We seem to excel at that lolol.

[identity profile] book-babe.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
never heard that before in my lifeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[identity profile] elapses.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
so weird, right?

[identity profile] forthesky.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
What does tip mean to you guys? Tip is the name for rubbish dumps here, and not just slang, it's the actual name! I love this though because if you asked anyone in Australia "what word would you use to describe a messy room" tip would definitely be it.

[identity profile] elapses.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I would use "tip" to refer to gratuity on a bill, the end of something like a finger or a pencil, or a like... piece of advice that would help someone do something. Nothing remotely trash-related! I can't think of what we even do call a trash dump other than a trash dump. But it's not even odd that you guys call it that, what's odd to me is that it's apparently so common and I have honestly never heard it before in my life. And I don't seem to be the only one! I feel like people are usually more... aware of slang like that, I don't know? I would never call my sneakers trainers, but if someone used that in a sentence I would totally know what it means.

[identity profile] sleuths.livejournal.com 2011-09-13 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
i have never heard of this!!! HEY GUUURL. i'm probably going to go back and comment through your old entries now!! ♥

[identity profile] elapses.livejournal.com 2011-09-13 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
NOT EVEN WHILE YOU WERE IN ENGLAND?!

[identity profile] sleuths.livejournal.com 2011-09-14 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
NOPE!!!! SO STRANGE
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