I'm American - this is the common phrase Australians use that's 'highly offensive' to us

An expat living in Australia has revealed the one common phrase that Aussies should never use when speaking to an American: ‘oldies’.

Ellie Drabik said that the everyday, ‘innocent’ phrase used by many Aussies would cause extreme offense in the US.

‘My Americans, brace yourself for this, because this would never fly in America,’ she said in a video.

‘People literally call elderly people “oldies”… they talk about them and say those are the oldies or that’s where the oldies go.’

Ellie added that the popular term, which would ‘send you to jail for bad manners in America’, didn’t seem to be offensive among Aussies.

‘In America saying you’re old or an oldie would send people through the roof, like it would absolutely not fly, it would be completely not okay,’ she added.

Ellie admitted that despite how insulting the expression would be in her home country, it was still her favourite local abbreviation.

Aussies reacting to the video defended the popular term and insisted that it was the best way to refer to older Australians and was meant to be a sign of affection.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13779411/Im-American-common-phrase-Australians-use-thats-highly-offensive-us.html

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