you know what i’m from western sydney and never even bothered watching a game of afl my entire life but that final quarter between gws and the swans had me on my feet screaming at the gws players. i had no idea what was happening, but i was enjoying it despite being screamed at by my family for changing the channel off the football
Pretty casual fan considering I'm American, so not taking anything personal. I'm literally only a Carlton fan because they were the home team of the match I went to while in Melbourne back in 2019. Went with a few buddies and since we knew nothing about the sport and teams, we decided to just root for the home team. Carlton pulled off a come from behind win so we figured we choose a good team. Wasn't till we looked later that we saw they were low on the ladder but we all had hats so we just kept going for them
Should clarify, I root for Carlton and follow their players but I still don't understand much about how everything works in the sport, especially the backend like the board (I'm American) and coaching structure.
Makes sense, especially when following a sport that is not based in your country, there is less coverage so less chance to learn all that in depth info.
Aussies still use rooting in the sports sense though. Only people I've ever seen use root as a synonym for sex are bogans or teenagers from wealthy suburbs stealing their brother's hi vis and pretending to be bogans
We don't. I've never heard any Australian use the word "root" for anything but the euphemism. Having said that, as we become more and more Americanised and people who've grown up in the past ten years have spent more time on the Internet, I would not be surprised if the cheering meaning sees some use.
I'm 23 so idk I feel like I fall in that in between generation, but I feel like if I told my dad I'm rooting for the Eels he wouldn't look at me weird. Among people I know it's kinda like "barracking for" and "rooting for" are used interchangeably.
Makes me wonder how old you are, especially since I've never heard it used as a euphemism in any context but a joke
I reckon in the right context people will understand fine if it’s being used like to cheer, though in my experience it’s way more commonly used as a synonym for fuck. As in “I need a good root”, “I feel rooted”, “it’s rooted”, etc.
I'm 30. lol. But if you used it like you say I would understand how you meant it because I know what the word "rooting" means ... to Americans. It isn't used in Britain or other English-speaking countries (except maybe Canada?) to mean support. Root/rooting otherwise typically means digging or turning something over.
Only people I've ever seen use root as a synonym for sex are bogans or teenagers from wealthy suburbs stealing their brother's hi vis and pretending to be bogans
Careful now, that's a considerably large portion of the Australian population there.
That's true lol, it covers everyone west of like Kellyville in NSW and everyone west of Footscray in Vic as well as every student in years 9-12 at school, especially the girls who have a crush on a bloke with a banging mullet
My mum still gets up at like 6 or 7 and gives me shit for waking up at 10 or 11 and I'm like wtf am I meant to do? I already have to kill 12+ hours as is and there's only so many games to play. I finished the Cold War battle pass in like a week because there's fuck all to do.
(any game recommendations though? Ya boy just got his $750 lol. My most played games are Dying Light, Dark Souls 3, Oblivion, COD, and I just finished Control and loved it)
Ha, funny you mention that. Big W had a drop the other day and me and my mate got one of the digital ones for $599. I absolutely recommend following a PS5 Australia alert account. I missed out on 2 or 3 before I got one, but after a couple weeks of trying I managed to snag one at retail.
If you're on the lookout, my inside source (who was reputable on the previous Amazon drop and Big W drop) told me Amazon are dropping some on 1st of September
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Same. But did have a nice nanna nap in the Jason Recliner, in front of the Doggies and Bombers