McDonald's is called "Macca's" in Australia due to the common Australian habit of shortening words and adding an "-a" suffix, a linguistic trend where "McDonald's" naturally became "Macca's" over time, a nickname the company later embraced and even temporarily rebranded its stores with in 2013 for Australia Day. It's a form of affectionate slang, similar to how "arvo" (afternoon) or "brekkie" (breakfast) are used.
McDonald's research found that 55 per cent of Australians called the company Macca's and they have submitted the word to the Macquarie Dictionary for consideration. It's an Australian habit to abbreviate names. So Barry becomes Bazza, Warren becomes Waz and anyone whose surname begins with Mc is likely to become Macca.
Ronald McDonald got phased out due to changing marketing strategies and the creepy clown sightings in 2016, which made clowns less appealing. McDonald's has been shifting focus to its food and other characters like Grimace. Ronald still exists but is way less prominent in advertising now.
"Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi" is a cheer or chant often performed at Australian sport events. It is a variation of the "Oggy Oggy Oggy, oi oi oi" chant used by both football and rugby union fans in Great Britain from the 1960s onwards. It is usually performed by a crowd uniting to support a sports team or athlete.
A notable exponent of the term is Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle from George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion; "I ain't done nothing wrong by speaking to the gentleman". Ain't is a non-standard feature commonly found in mainstream Australian English and in New Zealand, ain't is a feature of Māori-influenced English.
Australian and New Zealand English uses "chips" both for what North Americans call fries and for what Britons call crisps. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" is used to refer to 'french fries' and "cold chips" is used to refer to 'crisps'.
According to Philadelphia-based news site Billy Penn, it is believed by many that Uncle O'Grimacey was phased out by McDonald's after a man portraying him at a Philadelphia community event in 1978 made statements in support of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and yelled that “British soldiers were better dead than alive ...
In the novel, Pennywise is described as a cross between Ronald McDonald, Bozo, and Clarabell the Clown.
Looking to the future and to older customers meant a clean break with the way they'd done things in the past, such as utilizing a lineup of creatures and characters to sell its food. In other words, McDonald's began downplaying its McDonaldland characters, particularly the Hamburglar.
In 2018 and again in 2019, McDonald's turned the arches upside down on its social media accounts in celebration of International Women's Day, changing the "M" to a "W". A McDonald's franchise operated by Patricial Williams in Lynwood, California, also flipped the arches on its sign.
The French Fries emoji 🍟 depicts a carton of French fries. It is commonly used to represent French fries, fast food, or specifically the fast food chain McDonald's.
Netherlands. In the Netherlands, fries are popular as fast food and served in vending points similar to the ones in Belgium. Fries are served with mayonnaise or a lower-fat version called fritessaus (fries sauce), although the latter is often also referred to as mayonnaise.
"Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi" is a cheer or chant often performed at Australian sport events. It is a variation of the "Oggy Oggy Oggy, oi oi oi" chant used by both football and rugby union fans in Great Britain from the 1960s onwards. It is usually performed by a crowd uniting to support a sports team or athlete.
Australians typically say "sorry" as "sorry" itself, without any significant variation in slang.
There are several folk etymologies for "pommy" or "pom". The best-documented of these is that "pommy" originated as a contraction of "pomegranate". According to this explanation, "pomegranate" was Australian rhyming slang for "immigrant" (like "Jimmy Grant").