Okay, you know Crocodile Dundee? Or Steve Irwin? Or just about any other stereotypical Aussie racing round in the outback hunting things and saying "Crikey, mate!"?
They're ocker. And so's the way they talk.
Basically it means having a very broad Aussie accent, and being someone who's extremely Aussie. (In other words, almost the opposite of me...)
Interestingly, my accent - which usually gets fellow Aussies asking if I'm from England because it's so British - goes suddenly ocker if I start watching the footy. Most of us are capable of going ocker if we want to.
And klme's right. Steve Irwin saying "You old bastard" would be very friendly (and kinda creepy, since he's dead), whereas saying "such a bastard" in a more upper class Australian accent would sound much nastier.
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Date: 2010-02-05 07:05 pm (UTC)They're ocker. And so's the way they talk.
Basically it means having a very broad Aussie accent, and being someone who's extremely Aussie. (In other words, almost the opposite of me...)
Interestingly, my accent - which usually gets fellow Aussies asking if I'm from England because it's so British - goes suddenly ocker if I start watching the footy. Most of us are capable of going ocker if we want to.
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