AIBU?
To ask about Bluey? Any Aussies on here?
beonmywaythen · 12/10/2022 08:56
I've never been to Australia but just really want to know if "whackadoo" and "dollar bucks" are real things people say? 😂 what else is wrong?
MapReader · 12/10/2022 09:04
Not Aussie, but my dh did give a confused eh?! when he heard they were being described as Aussie terms. Deffo made up :-D
LaBaDeeLaBaDa · 12/10/2022 09:06
Whackadoo isn't made up! It's generally used a bit sarcastically though, so it's not like something you hear constantly
Dollar bucks I've never heard and I think is probably meant to be a joke kids thing
Blackheath95 · 12/10/2022 09:08
Wackadoo not very common. But a person can be described as a wackadoodle.
dollar bucks, no just say busks. Eg that’ll be 10 bucks.
Holly60 · 12/10/2022 09:10
I thought dollar bucks was just a cute kids thing. Like a 3 year old might say 'give me your money pounds please'
PorpoiseWithPurpose · 12/10/2022 09:50
“Wackadoo” is a word and it is used, although not commonly. In the 90s it was a catchphrase used regularly on a children’s television show called, “Lift Off”
“Bucks” is slang for money/dollars in Australia. I assume they’re just saying “dollar bucks” to make it cute, as Bluey and her sister are just kids.
As an Aussie of 37 years, I’ve never heard anyone say “for real life”. But, I’m happy to be corrected.
WizardOfAus · 12/10/2022 09:58
MapReader · 12/10/2022 09:04
Not Aussie, but my dh did give a confused eh?! when he heard they were being described as Aussie terms. Deffo made up :-D
If your husband is Australian, then he's been living under a rock.
Wackadoo and bucks are definitely terms used in Oz.
Other Bluey Aussie slang...
Dobber / dobbing = a person who tattle tales or rats out their friends.
Dunny = toilet
TwoTimTams · 12/10/2022 10:04
Never heard of them but then again I don’t watch bluey either.
TwoTimTams · 12/10/2022 10:06
People dont say “dollar bucks”, they might say something is “40 bucks” but dollar bucks is weird, it would be like you saying the word “pounds” twice whenever you talk about money
StClare101 · 12/10/2022 10:13
It’s meant to be kid slang. My kids at that stage always said “monies” when playing shop as in “that will be 5 monies please”.
Its not meant to be what adults say but “bucks” is commonly used.
“whakadoo” less so but I’ve definitely heard of it.
Sunnidaze · 12/10/2022 10:20
I'm Australian, we don't say either of those things. Sometimes we'll describe currency as buck ('hey mum, can I have five bucks for tuckshop today please?') but we'd never say 'dollar bucks'. We also don't say 'whackadoo'. Bluey is made to look and sound cute, he's not representative of Australians.
wimbler · 12/10/2022 10:47
Love Bluey! By far the best kids tv show ever created. Leagues above every other kids show on tv. I strive to be more like Bandit and Chilli 😂
Cattenberg · 12/10/2022 11:38
So that’s why DD (4) has started saying “dollar bucks”!
She also spooked Granny the other day. They were looking at buds on a rose bush and DD said, “a flower may bloom again, but a person never has the chance to be young again”.
Poor Granny hasn’t seen the Chinese takeaway episode where Bluey’s Dad finds that message in a fortune cookie.
beonmywaythen · 12/10/2022 14:27
Thank you everyone! This has genuinely been bothering me!
beonmywaythen · 12/10/2022 14:28
Cattenberg · 12/10/2022 11:38
So that’s why DD (4) has started saying “dollar bucks”!
She also spooked Granny the other day. They were looking at buds on a rose bush and DD said, “a flower may bloom again, but a person never has the chance to be young again”.
Poor Granny hasn’t seen the Chinese takeaway episode where Bluey’s Dad finds that message in a fortune cookie.
😂😂😂
LovelaceBiggWither · 12/10/2022 14:30
Whackadoodle is what I've always heard. Dollar bucks are definitely not a thing although bucks are.
Foldinthecheese · 12/10/2022 15:02
My British children who now live in America have started referring to a drinking fountain as a bubbler, so they’ve been fully influenced. My 3yo DD also says, ‘Aw, biscuits’ with perfect comedic timing when something goes wrong.
Maverick101 · 12/10/2022 15:22
Sunnidaze · 12/10/2022 10:20
I'm Australian, we don't say either of those things. Sometimes we'll describe currency as buck ('hey mum, can I have five bucks for tuckshop today please?') but we'd never say 'dollar bucks'. We also don't say 'whackadoo'. Bluey is made to look and sound cute, he's not representative of Australians.
Bluey is a girl
PillowySoft · 12/10/2022 15:30
I did laugh a lot at the episode where one of the kids (can't remember who) asks if the Queen says dunny 🤣
Jedsnewstar · 12/10/2022 20:52
I wonder if there will be a petition like there was for Dollerydoos?
steff13 · 12/10/2022 20:59
As an Aussie of 37 years, I’ve never heard anyone say “for real life”. But, I’m happy to be corrected.
For some reason, "for real life" bugs the beheepers out of me.
I think it's funny when they say "love heart." If you're making a valentine or something do you really need to clarify that it won't include a picture of an actual human heart?
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