Originally Posted by MadQuilter
You may like this little story: A German lady from another forum was invited to a potluck. She didn't know what that meant, so she asked her friend what she should bring. Her friend answered "just bring your favorite dish." She went to the potluck carrying her favorite green plate - empty. She did not know that "dish" means prepared food. She only knew "dish" as the serving plate. She also did not know that a potluck was a food-based get-together where everyone brings their favorite food to share.
Yes there is Australian English! Just Aussie slang with the way things are spoken. I will tell you the story of an Australian lady who went to a "pot luck dinner", we use that term here for when you have not much in your cupboard and you get what ever is left... think the term originated here during rationing and canned food without labels was the norm and so you got "pot luck". So my friend went to the dinner empty handed thinking that she would get whatever they had on offer, was very embarassed to discover everyone cooked and had a bit from everyone's pot. LOL