Do Australians call it "Oz?"

[skygazer]

Or is that just something that people who aren't from there call it? Like "Frisco?"

[Bucky]

1. Also, no one from New Orleans calls it the "Big Easy"

... and no one from Miami calls it "Fucktard Central"

[TZ]

2. Yep. Some of them anyway..

I was chatting by e-mail with an Aussie friend and he was worried that he offended me with something he said, and was not sure because as he put it "Translating Oz speak into American speak can be tricky".
On the other hand I had an Aussie boss who never once used to the term.

[billyskank]

3. I believe they may do sometimes.

[pitohui]

4. i have heard australians say "oz"

in fact they may have originated the term, it isn't something i hear americans say

[MrCoffee]

5. that's where I got it from!

some Aussies I hung out with in Munich called it Oz (or maybe Aus???)

[BooScout]

6. Yes

....at least the ones I know do. I call them Skippy behind their backs.:evilgrin:

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. If by "it" you mean "vagina" or "perpetual motion machine" or "bagel", then the answer is "no".

If you mean "Australia", then the answer is "yes".

[KamaAina]

8. Locking. No Australia threads.

:P

edit: or baked goods threads or pseudoscientific threads, either, so there!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

9. I met an American-born

woman a couple of years ago who had married an Australian and was back here for a visit. IIRC she lived around Perth. I asked and she said yes, some do.
When my dad was in the Merchant Marine during WWII he visited Australia and NZ. Thought both were way cool, or the cat's meow or whatever you said back then.