Root Beer? Shag carpet? Shaggy dog? Fanny pack? (buy, restaurant)

[jayway]

Are these things sold by/called these names in AU/NZ?

Root beer - a fizzy soft drink (using the sarsaparilla root and naturally fermented back in the day)

Shag carpet - floor covering where the "pile" is deep - the strands are long

Shaggy Dog - dog with long hair - NICE DOGGIE!

Fanny pack - a small pouch with belt worn around the waist - some place the pouch over the arse, others over the stomach. In the US fanny means butt, but in AU/NZ it refers to the female crotchial region right?

Any others? Surely some of you have had a laugh / grin (sly or otherwise) when visiting the States.

[Richard1098]

Shag carpet was essentially 1970s phenomonon here, remembered fondly by those who love to poke fun at their baby boomer parents.

Shaggy dog - yeh, Ive heard that here.

[Battleneter]

All have the same names in NZ , however ginger beer is kind of a more common similar beverage over root beer.

"Fanny" has a different meaning by itself, however a Fanny pack is still a Fanny pack.

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by jayway

Are these things sold by/called these names in AU/NZ?

Root beer - a fizzy soft drink (using the sarsaparilla root and naturally fermented back in the day)

= Root Beer, Sarsparilla or Sarsae

Originally Posted by jayway

Shag carpet - floor covering where the "pile" is deep - the strands are long

= Shag pile rug

Originally Posted by jayway

Shaggy Dog - dog with long hair - NICE DOGGIE!

= Mangy

Originally Posted by jayway

Fanny pack - a small pouch with belt worn around the waist - some place the pouch over the arse, others over the stomach. In the US fanny means butt, but in AU/NZ it refers to the female crotchial region right?

= Bumbag

Originally Posted by jayway

Any others? Surely some of you have had a laugh / grin (sly or otherwise) when visiting the States.

For the others that always gives Americans a good chuckle - the good old thongs.

[Samuel,J]

Originally Posted by jayway

Are these things sold by/called these names in AU/NZ?

Root beer - a fizzy soft drink (using the sarsaparilla root and naturally fermented back in the day)

Shag carpet - floor covering where the "pile" is deep - the strands are long

Shaggy Dog - dog with long hair - NICE DOGGIE!

Fanny pack - a small pouch with belt worn around the waist - some place the pouch over the arse, others over the stomach. In the US fanny means butt, but in AU/NZ it refers to the female crotchial region right?

Any others? Surely some of you have had a laugh / grin (sly or otherwise) when visiting the States.

Root beer - you can buy it here under that name or sasparilla, Dr Pepper etc. Root can also be a verb in Australia/NZ meaning the act of procreation.

Shag carpets and dogs - I have the former in rug form in my media room, our dog is short haired. There's also the saying "shaggy dog story." Shag can also mean the act of procreation.

Fanny pack - yeah fanny means something different here but I'm not sure if that's a British or an Aussie thing. In the UK we also say 'Sweet Fanny Adams' or 'Sweet FA' you can guess what the FA represents.

So basically your whole question could just be about sexual induendo?

[Floorist]

You know "Siri" from Apple. I read that in Japan that is slang for female breasts. And of course "Nova", like the Chevy, means "won't go" in Spanish. And the restaurant chain "Chi Chi's" , another slang word for female breasts in Guatemala.

[The Postman]

In Australia a root usually follows beer, so more like beer root than root beer .

It doesn't seem that popular here. We had Dr Pepper briefly but it didn't catch on. You can get A&W cans of root beer at Asian grocery stores.

'Fanny packs' are bumbags. In Britain 'fanny' means vagina, but that usage isn't that common here.

[WildColonialGirl]

Originally Posted by Battleneter

All have the same names in NZ , however ginger beer is kind of a more common similar beverage over root beer.

"Fanny" has a different meaning by itself, however a Fanny pack is still a Fanny pack.

Except in Australia it's used to treat a prolapsed uterus. Bum bags are used by tourists.

Postman, it certainly does have that meaning, it's just too vulgar to use. In casual conversation tw*t or vag are used, c*nt is used to refer to people, not the body part.

[Samuel,J]

Using the word rucksack, backpack or knapsack are all interchangeable for us Brits but the bag for the back only seems to be known as backpack here in Australia.

[WildColonialGirl]

Originally Posted by Samuel,J

Using the word rucksack, backpack or knapsack are all interchangeable for us Brits but the bag for the back only seems to be known as backpack here in Australia.

Rucksack and knapsack would be recognised, but the connotation would be that they were for hiking. They also sound a little Famous Five-y.

And sweet FA means sweet f*ck all (ie, nothing) for those who can't guess. In a sentence "Bazza got this huge steak and I got sweet FA!"