Here in Australia, however, McDonald's most prevalent nickname is “Macca's”. A recent branding survey commissioned by McDonald's Australia found that 55 per cent of Australians refer to the company by its local slang name. It is fair to say that Australians have long had a complicated relationship with McDonald's.
McDonald's Restaurants (New Zealand) Limited (also using the trading name "Macca's") is the New Zealand subsidiary of the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. Its first location opened in 1976.
Published on January 15, 2013.
Originally Answered: Why is McDonald's called Marcus in Australia? As others have pointed out, it's Macca's. It's a shortened form. Just about anyone with a Mc surname in Australia gets called Macca.
Except you won't find Burger King in Australia because it's the only place in the world where Burger Kings are called Hungry Jack's. When Burger King got to Australia in 1971, it discovered there was already a local restaurant there called Burger King.
“mackers”) : McDonald's (You will also hear this one heaps.)
Commonplace Australian slang for McDonald's. Widespread at least since the 1990s. Macca's can be used to refer to the place (a McDonald's fast food restaurant: "I bumped into Jane at Maccas") or the food ("Easy tea tonight! John's going to bring home some Maccas after footy training")
Before 1940s
1937: Patrick McDonald opens a food and drinks stand called "The Airdrome" on historic Route 66 (now Huntington Drive) near the Monrovia Airport in Monrovia, California.
One of the most famous businesses in the world is changing its name, but only in one country. McDonald's confirmed to Reuters that in China, Maccy D's will change to 'Golden Arches Co Ltd'. Apparently, it's all do to with the brand selling most of its businesses throughout China and in Hong Kong.
Besides devotion to soccer, one of the biggest global differences is how the British often refer to McDonald's: “MacDonald's,” “Maccies,” and “Maccy D's” are common nicknames for the Golden Arches over there. Similarly, French customers refer to the company as “McDo” while Australians often call it “Macca's.”
A female kangaroo is known as a 'flyer' or a 'doe' and a male kangaroo a 'buck' or a 'boomer' (hence the nickname of the Australian men's basketball team, the Boomers). They live in social groups called mobs.
McDonald's as we know it began in 1955 when Ray Kroc opened his first restaurant in Illinois, inspired by the McDonald brothers' restaurant and thus, gave the restaurant their now famous name.
McDonald's. …was introduced, a clown named Ronald McDonald; however, criticism over marketing to children and the growing negative perception of clowns resulted in the company largely sidelining the character in the early 21st century.
The company's previous name in the country was Maidanglao, which is a Chinese interpretation of “McDonald's.” That's been swapped out for Jingongmen, roughly translating to “Golden Arches.”
You deserve a break today (1971)
"You deserve a break today" really tapped into that feeling, before dollar menus sent everyone to McDonald's for way too many meals.
In Japan, it is called Makudo narudo, shortened as Mac, or Maku-do. In Romania, they call it Mec and in Philippines, McDo. In India, as we know, we call it McD, ditto in America. One other name that globally remains the same is the Golden Arches that construe the symbol for McDonald's.
Aussie is Australian slang for Australian, both the adjective and the noun, and less commonly, Australia.
'Lah' is the simplest and most iconic word in Singlish - think 'yeah mate' in Australia or 'eh' in Canada.
So when people want to know what's going on, or they're requesting the "goss" (gossip), they ask what the John Dory is.
Aussie Word of the Week
A brickie is a bricklayer. This piece of Aussie slang has been around for yonks and was recorded as early as 1900. You might say that brickie has cemented its place in the Aussie lexicon.
A domestic fowl; a chicken. Chook comes from British dialect chuck(y) 'a chicken; a fowl' which is a variant of chick. Chook is the common term for the live bird, although chook raffles, held in Australian clubs and pubs, have ready-to-cook chooks as prizes.
Bogan. (Noun) An uncouth or uncultured person, usually. See also: feral, ratbag, reptile, bevan etc.