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US embassy mocked over Aussie slang fail(www.news.com.au)

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The US Embassy in Australia attempted to provide clarity by offering some translations to help Americans “speak like a local”.

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Faceman🇦🇺@discuss.tchncs.de
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Some adviser somewhere is absolutely cacking themselves laughing at the dud information he gave here.

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jonne@infosec.pub
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Yeah, this is an obvious joke, but of course a newscorp ‘journalist’ either didn’t get it or decided to write up this bullshit anyway.

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synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org
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Yea this is a common meme/joke format.

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tuff_wizard@aussie.zone
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Clearly I pisstake by the embassy, and a good one at that.

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ApeNo1@lemm.eeOP
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100% a piss take. Someone is yanking our Lincoln’s Baloney.

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ApeNo1@lemm.eeOP
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Take 2

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