A sea change can work wonders for the soul. And a Marine Corps veteran has found shifting to a brand new nation could be life altering – and actually expanded your vocabulary.
Presten Boydstun, 22, had discovered himself turning into more and more depressed whereas within the Marines, battling deaths of a number of mates.
Needing to make a change in his life, Presten, who had been within the Marine Corps in San Diego for 4 years, determined to make the leap and purchase a one-way ticket to Australia to as an alternative work on a cattle farm.
‘I had a troublesome time with a few of my buddies passing away,’ Presten defined to Insider.
Presten Boydstun, 22, was within the Marine Corps based mostly in San Diego, however discovered himself turning into more and more depressed in his position, battling deaths of a number of mates
Presten (pictured) left the Marine Crops honorably in July and arrived in Western Australia on September 1
‘It obtained form of unhappy and went down this path of melancholy, which was fairly troublesome for me.’
In response to the publication, a household pal of Presten’s operated a cattle farm in rural Western Australia, and supplied him a job engaged on the farm – which he eagerly accepted.
Presten, who left the Marine Corps honorably in July, arrived in Western Australia on September 1.
Instantly after arriving, he dove straight into work on the property, which was situated a couple of hours outdoors of Perth, Western Australia’s capital metropolis.
Presten, who’s in Australia on a year-long vacation visa, now works with livestock on the cattle farm, documenting his idyllic life-style and adventures along with his border collie combine, Jess, on TikTok to his 286,000 followers.
Though he loves his job and life within the rural city, Presten has seen some stark cultural variations between Australia and the USA – admitting greedy the slang used has been an eye-opening expertise.
‘I wrote down a bunch of sayings that I’ve heard to this point or have been delivered to my consideration from Australian individuals,’ he defined in a single clip with 2.3 million views.
He then went on pull out a pocket book, by which he’d listed the brand new phrases he is realized since arriving Down Below.
Presten now works with livestock on the farm, documenting his idyllic life-style and adventures along with his border collie combine, Jess, on TikTok to his 286,000 followers
Though he loves his job and life within the rural city, Presten has seen some stark cultural variations between Australia and the USA
The Marine-turned-farmer admitted greedy the slang used has been an eye-opening expertise
‘I guess there are heaps extra to study however get pleasure from,’ he captioned the clip.
A number of the new phrases in his intensive listing included ‘oi’ – for hello, or getting somebody’s consideration, ‘na-yeah’ is sure, ‘na’ is not any, and ‘Eskies’ – which is the collective time period for coolers.
Different phrases he spoke about had been ‘avo’ (avocado), ‘arvo’ (afternoon) and ‘ute’ (brief for utility truck – recognized within the U.S. as a pickup truck).
Presten added ‘dodgy’ meant a bit tough or sketchy, ‘bottle-o’ was a liquor retailer, ‘lappy’ was a laptop computer, ‘fanging’ was rushing or quick, a ‘hoon’ was somebody who drove recklessly, in case you’re ‘buggered’ you are drained, ‘lollies’ is sweet, ‘dart or ciggy’ is cigarette and ‘telly’ is tv.
He went to incorporate another sayings to the listing as effectively, equivalent to ‘ken oath,’ which suggests ‘heck yeah,’ and ‘we’re not right here to [f***] spiders’ is ‘we’re not right here to fiddle,’ ‘far out’ which was loopy, ‘flat out,’ is busy.
Regardless of the completely different vernacular, Presten loves his new life and studying some new slang.
1000’s of individuals commented on Presten’s TikTok about slang phrases in Australia
‘Actually cool,’ he stated enthusiastically. ‘Completely adore it out right here.’
TikTok customers – principally Australian – liked the listing, with hundreds of them commenting on submit.
‘As an Aussie I actually did not understand what number of “sayings” we’ve until you level them out in an enormous listing like that,’ one laughed.
‘That is the perfect listing of our Aussie sayings ever compiled!!’ a second exclaimed.
‘Fellow American in Aus. You’ll need about 50 extra of these notebooks… I nonetheless hear one thing new at the least as soon as every week even after 9 years,’ one other expat joked.
Aside from studying some new phrases, Presten stated he additionally needed to modify to driving on the opposite facet of the highway and a few of the Australian meals, like Vegemite.
He is documented himself consuming Milo and attempting a Tim Tam slam, which entails biting the top of the enduring chocolate cookie and consuming a (normally) scorching drink by it.
Presten has even adopted Vegemite, which regardless of being fairly a divisive unfold, he realized to like.
‘It is bizarre at first, however then it adjustments your life,’ he quipped.
