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AE 1347 - The Goss: What Would It Be Like to Live for 1000 Years? [Members Only]Plus
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AE 1347 - The Goss: What Would It Be Like to Live for 1000 Years? [Members Only]

In today's episode... Right then, you legends! Fancy a bit of a chinwag about living for a thousand years? In this week's bonza episode of Aussie English, Pete and his old man, Ian, get stuck into a proper yarn about what it'd be like to kick around for a whole millennium. They chew the fat about everything from whether your body would just give up the ghost after a few centuries to what on earth you'd even do with all that time! Would you become some…

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14 May 20251 min read
AE 1338 - The Goss: 10 English Idioms & Their Strange Origins
The Goss

AE 1338 - The Goss: 10 English Idioms & Their Strange Origins

In today's episode... Alright, chucks, gather 'round! In this ripper of an episode, Pete and his old man, Ian, dive headfirst into the bonkers origins of some of those weird and wonderful English expressions we all use. You know, like "raining cats and dogs" or "kicking the bucket"? Yeah, those ones! They'll have you in stitches trying to guess where these sayings actually came from, with a few fair dinkum historical facts thrown in for good measure. Get…

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6 Apr 20251 min read
AE 1335 - The Goss: Tall Poppy Syndrome
The Goss

AE 1335 - The Goss: Tall Poppy Syndrome

In today's episode... Alright, g'day listeners! In this ripper of an episode of Aussie English's "The Goss," Pete and his old man, Ian, get stuck into some proper Aussie chinwag. They kick things off with a classic "you've gotta be kidding me" moment about a measly fine handed to a massive gas company for an oil spill – seriously, it's a joke! Then, they dive deep into the good ol' "tall poppy syndrome," that classic Aussie trait where we tend to bring…

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23 Mar 20252 min read

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