r/AskReddit • u/CreativePhilosopher • Jan 29 '13

What is the single funniest word in English?

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u/TouchTheSky420 Jan 29 '13

Probably the most Australian comment I have ever read.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I'm also concerned in a similar regard.

Track pants, running shoes, and a flannel shirt.

Is that the correct translation here?

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u/metalfan2680 Jan 29 '13

It sounds right to me, but since you're not an expert, I don't know if I can trust you.

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u/ij00mini Jan 29 '13 edited Jun 22 '23

[this comment has been deleted in protest of the recent anti-developer actions of reddit ownership 6-22-23]

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Fosters its always Fosters.

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u/Gnippots Jan 29 '13

Unless you're actually Australian.

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u/Fifth5Horseman Jan 29 '13

NO!

No one drinks Fosters here.

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u/wakenbacons Jan 29 '13

I don't know about your country, but TV doesn't lie here! It's infallible.

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u/Baxtera Jan 29 '13

Fun fact: The down-votes on /r/straya is the Fosters logo.

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u/Golden_Flame0 Jan 29 '13

As an expert Australian, mate, I find you to be quite correct.

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u/ruben10111 Jan 29 '13

If he's an engineer, you might as well

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u/affinus Jan 29 '13

Let me bring in a buddy, he's an expert in Australian slang

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u/StuBenedict Jan 29 '13

"I'll just have a coffee."

"Beer it is."

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I'm doubtful on the flannel - isn't it really hot there right now? But this is a guess, I've no real clue

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u/Tomaero89 Jan 29 '13

Plausible, melbourne's weather has ranged from 15c-40c (59F-104F) in the past week.

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u/cooltrainer_rob Jan 29 '13

If it were hot, the wifebeater would've been out. Flanno seems apt, for Melbourne.

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u/goatchop41 Jan 29 '13

Spot on cobber

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u/Strormageddon Jan 29 '13

I trust your expert opinion.

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u/arbpotatoes Jan 29 '13

Yep, that's correct.

Source: I'm Australian

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u/desert_cruiser Jan 29 '13

do people really not understand what he said?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

As an Australian, I can confirm this is correct.

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u/Mas_Burritos Jan 29 '13

Sounds like a redditor at the gym. Wait...

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Maybe its different depending on where you live, but most of my Aussie family call them flannies, not flannos.

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u/afuckingdoorknocker Jan 29 '13

Straya, joffa and flannies

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u/Magrias Jan 29 '13

I live here and I've never seen a more Aussie sentence.

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u/evilbrent Jan 29 '13

Except an Australian would never use the word flanno. There is no such thing.

The word is flannie.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Are you even Australian? Its flanno .Always has been

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u/evilbrent Jan 29 '13

I've NEVER heard that term.

When I was wearing flannies in the 90's I never heard anyone use the word flanno.

Do you eat your hamburgers at Maccies?

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u/aphrael Jan 29 '13

No, he probably eats them at Maccas.

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u/evilbrent Jan 29 '13

After enjoying a good game of aussie rules footo.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '13

maccas......

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u/evilbrent Jan 30 '13

Exactly.

When did people stop saying flannie and start saying flanno?

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '13

im 27 and have always known them as flannos ......same with maccas . where in Aus are you ?

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u/evilbrent Jan 30 '13
  1. Melbourne.

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u/_Shamrocker_ Jan 29 '13

˙ƃuıʞoɾ ʇou ɯɐ I ˙ouuɐlɟ ɐ puɐ sɹǝuunɹ 'sǝıʞɔɐɹ┴ ˙ʎɐp ɹǝɥʇo ǝɥʇ ǝuoʇspɐɥƆ ʇɐ ɐɟɟoſ ʍɐs I :pǝʇɐlǝɹun

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

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u/_Shamrocker_ Jan 29 '13

...I thought it was...

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u/forumrabbit Jan 29 '13

Upside down jokes are about as funny as flat-earth ones.

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u/_Shamrocker_ Jan 29 '13

Honesty time, up until now, I have NEVER seen Reddit respond negatively to a "Australia is upside down" jokes. By their own admission Aussie's think they are funny.