is this Australia or America?
How many Australians have seen the advertisement on TV for Aussie Broadband?
An Australian company advertising internet broadband for Australian customers which we are then told is only $59 "bucks" per month?
Excuse me?
Bucks?
It's Dollars!
Please.
Thank you.
Actually I would't trust a company that used the term "bucks" here in the states. Way too casual and unprofessional.
ReplyDeleteArkansas Patti; I remember when 'bucks' was commonly used for dollar in America too, I didn't like it then either. (Imagine paying a bill and handing over a herd of deer..."here's the fifty bucks I owe you)
DeleteBucks is unprofessional.
I just checked and right now the Australian dollar is worth 72 cents vs the US dollar. But back in 2011 and 2012 it was worth more.
ReplyDeleteMike; those were boom days. Our dollar is so rarely worth more than yours.
DeleteA mark, a yen, a buck or a pound....
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree with you, it is a battle lost.
I recently read an English murder mystery, written by an English woman and set in England yet the word ass was used. There was another word I can't remember now also with an American spelling.
Don't get me started on tv ads shown here, made for America.
Andrew; the proof reader should have caught that, unless the writer was talking about a donkey. I also don't like ads made in Australia, for Australia, but the speakers try to carry off an American accent. I don't think the battle is lost just yet. Marks and yen are clearly different coinage, but a dollar shouldn't be called a buck. Even in America now that term is far less common.
DeleteI just read the other word elsewhere in the English book that grated, defenses.
DeleteThe world grows smaller and smaller.
ReplyDeleteJoanne; yes it does, but I see no reason to call a dollar a buck.
DeleteSlang takes over, and not always for the better.
ReplyDeletemessymimi; I'm hoping this one won't take over.
DeleteSo now I want to know -- what is slang for the Australian dollar?
ReplyDeleteTom; here a dollar is just a dollar and a five cent coin is just five cents, not a nickel, a ten cent coin is ten cents, not a dime. We don't have 25 cent coins, so no quarters either.
DeleteGee could be scam of sorts.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe
Dora; not a scam, just an advertisement for higher speed broadband internet access by a well known Australian company.
DeleteRiver, we are getting old, that´s all. Things get called "modern" these days and Ingo is carrying Australian dollars with him, being sad we cannot spend them as we cannot visit (I have mine safely with my passport).
ReplyDeleteThe company I applied for used the casual "du" on their website, yet addressed me later with the official "Sie". I had an MS teams interview later and... "Sie, Mrs K"...
Now... the man was younger than me. But in his mind maybe much, much older?
Iris Flavia; I don't think getting old has much to do with it. I remember years ago, "bucks" was the slang term for Dollars in America, but it doesn't get used much anymore, with most people now saying Dollar. Since we never used "bucks" in Australia, it shouldn't be in an Australian TV advertisment.
DeleteDu on a website suggests friendliness, but when he later spoke to you as a real person, the more formal Sie was appropriate, until you had the job then all were friendly and Du could be used. Right?
That's about £31 a month. Seems reasonable. Do they show the old Paul Hogan TV series? They were great. Also his adverts for Foster's Beer.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Victor SE Moubarak; the price is reasonable, but they should say Dollars, not Bucks.
DeleteI remember the Paul Hogan series, we all loved it and wish we could see it again, but these days it probably isn't "politically correct" so can't be show, which is a crying shame in my opinion. I bought a copy of his book when it was released, titled "The Tap-Dancing Knife Thrower", subtitle, "My Life (without the boring bits).
Hey, don't buck the system! LOL
ReplyDeleteGranny Annie; I am almost old and can buck anything I want, ha ha. But I just don't think "Buck" as a term for Dollar, belongs in Australia.
DeleteThere's a second-hand car dealer's tv ad in the UK at the moment in which some of-the-moment reality-tv celebrity with an too-neat beard comes on and says (with dropped Ts) "Ge' a quali'y mo'or." I wouldn't buy anything from someone who spoke like that or an outfit that used lazy language like in promotions.
ReplyDeleteThe use of "buck" doesn't bother me. I've been known to use it. And, after all, the US had the dollar long before we did.
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