{"id":11962,"date":"2023-11-19T20:19:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T20:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comfort-hotel-paris-roissy.com\/?p=11962"},"modified":"2023-11-19T20:19:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T20:19:03","slug":"us-veteran-who-moved-to-a-cattle-ranch-in-australia-shares-slang-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comfort-hotel-paris-roissy.com\/travel\/us-veteran-who-moved-to-a-cattle-ranch-in-australia-shares-slang-words\/","title":{"rendered":"US veteran who moved to a CATTLE RANCH in Australia shares slang words"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Marine Corps veteran who moved to a CATTLE RANCH in Australia to cope with &#8216;depression&#8217; after losing so many &#8216;buddies&#8217; reveals the very stark cultural differences between two countries &#8211; and the baffling SLANG words that he doesn&#8217;t understand<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Presten Boydstun, 22, moved from San Diego to Western Australia to work<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>He was in the Marine Corps and decided to work on a cattle farm<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The American loves his new life and documents his Australian\u00a0lifestyle on TikTok<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A sea change can work wonders for the soul. And a Marine Corps veteran has discovered moving to a new country can be life changing &#8211; and really expanded your vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p>Presten Boydstun, 22, had found himself becoming increasingly depressed while in the Marines, struggling with deaths of multiple friends.<\/p>\n<p>Needing to make a change in his life, Presten, who had been in the Marine Corps in San Diego for four years, decided to make the leap and buy a one-way ticket to Australia to instead work on a cattle farm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had a tough time with some of my buddies passing away,&#8217; Presten explained to Insider.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77791221-12748121-image-a-1_1699981307858.jpg\" height=\"744\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Presten Boydstun, 22, was in the Marine Corps based in San Diego, but found himself becoming increasingly depressed in his role, struggling with deaths of multiple friends<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77791211-12748121-image-m-5_1699982568006.jpg\" height=\"811\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Presten (pictured) left the Marine Crops\u00a0honorably in July and arrived in Western Australia on September 1<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It got kind of sad and went down this path of\u00a0depression, which was pretty difficult for me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>According to the publication, a family friend of Presten&#8217;s operated a cattle farm in rural\u00a0Western Australia, and offered him a job working on the farm &#8211; which he eagerly accepted.<\/p>\n<p>Presten, who left the Marine Corps honorably in July, arrived in Western Australia on September 1.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after arriving, he dove straight into work on the property, which was located a few hours outside of\u00a0Perth, Western Australia&#8217;s capital city.<\/p>\n<p>Presten, who is in Australia on a year-long holiday visa, now works with livestock on the cattle farm, documenting his idyllic lifestyle and adventures with his border collie mix, Jess, on TikTok to his 286,000 followers.<\/p>\n<p>Although he loves his job and life in the rural town, Presten has noticed some stark cultural differences between Australia and the United States &#8211; admitting grasping the slang used has been an eye-opening experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wrote down a bunch of sayings that I have heard so far or have been brought to my attention from Australian people,&#8217; he explained in one clip with 2.3 million views.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He then went on pull out a notebook, in which he&#8217;d listed the new words he&#8217;s learned since arriving Down Under.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77791219-12748121-image-m-3_1699981371434.jpg\" height=\"784\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Presten now works with livestock on the farm, documenting his idyllic lifestyle and adventures with his border collie mix, Jess, on TikTok to his 286,000 followers<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77791205-12748121-image-m-7_1699983372194.jpg\" height=\"631\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Although he loves his job and life in the rural town, Presten has noticed some stark cultural differences between Australia and the United States<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77792871-12748121-image-a-8_1699983448350.jpg\" height=\"1057\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Marine-turned-farmer admitted grasping the slang used has been an eye-opening experience<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I bet there are heaps more to learn but enjoy,&#8217; he captioned the clip.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some of the new words in his extensive list included &#8216;oi&#8217; &#8211; for hi, or getting someone&#8217;s attention, &#8216;na-yeah&#8217; is yes, &#8216;na&#8217; is no, and &#8216;Eskies&#8217; &#8211; which is the collective term for coolers.<\/p>\n<p>Other words he spoke about were &#8216;avo&#8217; (avocado), &#8216;arvo&#8217; (afternoon) and &#8216;ute&#8217; (short for utility truck &#8211; known in the U.S. as a pickup truck).<\/p>\n<p>Presten added &#8216;dodgy&#8217; meant a bit rough or sketchy, &#8216;bottle-o&#8217; was a liquor store, &#8216;lappy&#8217; was a laptop, &#8216;fanging&#8217; was speeding or fast, a &#8216;hoon&#8217; was someone who drove recklessly, if you&#8217;re &#8216;buggered&#8217; you&#8217;re tired, &#8216;lollies&#8217; is candy, &#8216;dart or ciggy&#8217; is cigarette and &#8216;telly&#8217; is television.<\/p>\n<p>He went to include some other sayings to the list as well, such as &#8216;ken oath,&#8217; which means &#8216;heck yeah,&#8217; and &#8216;we&#8217;re not here to [f***] spiders&#8217; is &#8216;we&#8217;re not here to mess around,&#8217; &#8216;far out&#8217; which was crazy, &#8216;flat out,&#8217; is busy.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the different vernacular, Presten loves his new life and learning some new slang.<\/p>\n<h3>Presten&#8217;s Aussie Slang<\/h3>\n<p>Oi: Hello<\/p>\n<p>Yeah\u00a0 Na: Yes<\/p>\n<p>Na: No\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fanging: Speeding<\/p>\n<p>Hoon: Recklessly driving\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eski: Cooler<\/p>\n<p>Avo: Avocado<\/p>\n<p>Sketchy: Rough or dodgy<\/p>\n<p>Buggered: Exhausted<\/p>\n<p>Dart or ciggy: Cigarette<\/p>\n<p>Far Out: Crazy<\/p>\n<p>Lollies: Candy<\/p>\n<p>Telly: Television<\/p>\n<p>Ken oath: Heck yeah<\/p>\n<p>Ute: Pickup truck<\/p>\n<p>Dodgy:\u00a0 Rough or sketchy<\/p>\n<p>Arvo: Afternoon<\/p>\n<p>Not here to f*** spiders: We&#8217;re not here to mess around<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77791225-12748121-image-a-10_1699983501306.jpg\" height=\"132\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77791215-12748121-image-a-12_1699983505229.jpg\" height=\"113\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77791213-12748121-image-a-14_1699983509410.jpg\" height=\"135\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people commented on Presten&#8217;s TikTok about slang words in Australia<\/p>\n<p>I bet there are heaps more to learn but enjoy. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Really cool,&#8217; he said enthusiastically. &#8216;Absolutely love it out here.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>TikTok users &#8211; mostly Australian &#8211; loved the list, with thousands of them commenting on post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As an Aussie I really didn&#8217;t realize how many &#8220;sayings&#8221; we have till you point them out in a huge list like that,&#8217; one laughed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is the best list of our Aussie sayings ever compiled!!&#8217; a second exclaimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Fellow American in Aus. You will need about 50 more of those notebooks\u2026 I still hear something new at least once a week even after 9 years,&#8217; another expat joked.<\/p>\n<p>Other than learning some new words, Presten said he also had to adjust to driving on the other side of the road and some of the Australian foods, like Vegemite.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s documented himself drinking Milo and trying a Tim Tam slam, which involves biting the end of the iconic chocolate cookie and drinking a (usually) hot drink through it.<\/p>\n<p>Presten has even adopted Vegemite, which despite being quite a divisive spread, he learned to love.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s weird at first, but then it changes your life,&#8217; he quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/travel_news\/article-12748121\/american-moved-Australia-baffling-slang-words.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marine Corps veteran who moved to a CATTLE RANCH in Australia to cope with &#8216;depression&#8217; 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