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meri75 is offline meri75 Post #11  March 13,2010, 11:54am
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yoga_gal wrote :
It's like a secret club with it's own language! Love Woop Woop!
Ha ha ... I use Woop Woop a lot ...
 
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justme27 wrote :
Whoa Meri!!! This thread is completely spot on and informative!!! I think with what I've already learned from this thread I can almost pull of an Aussie accent. Oh and just so that you know it has been my experience that American men and women love English and Aussie accents.
LOL Thanks justme! Yes, we get quite a lot of North American visitors here, they always ask me to say:

~ G'day Mate!
~ Aunt ... which I do not pronounce 'ant', it's 'uhnt'! (They utterly cack themselves up with my pronounciation)

It's quite funny at times, I speak very rapidly and have learned to slow my speech when I'm not speaking with other Aussies. I tend to get confused looks otherwise!
 
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j0hn8andy wrote :
My cobber Fleuellen taught this seppo Sheila to dux the fair dinkum Aussie strine.

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Bonzer, Mate!
 
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VB_Girl wrote :
Is "mate" gender specific, do you only say it to men? If so, what do you say to women?
I call both genders Mate, but it definitely comes more easily with men. I also refer to people as: babe, baby, honey, sweetie, you dork, you dag, you ijit ... and if it is someone I don't like 'oh look, my best friend just showed up/rang up'.

Edit: I forgot two others, I also often use 'Champ' and 'Sunshine'. Champ is for men I respect (and I usually get called Champ in return too) and Sunshine for very little children who are upset and need a little TLC.
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Common Abbreviations

Firstly, I forgot to say that Aussie is pronounced Ozzie. Oops, missed something fairly bog-standard there!

Secondly, Aussies abbreviate. I've tried to list the ones you would be likely to hear/see in conversation with an Aussie. You'll probably recognise a few from my efforts here.

Ads/adverts: advertisements
Ambo: ambulance
Arvo: afternoon
Barbie: barbecue or bbq
Bikkie: biscuit (cookie)
Bizzo: business ... mind your own bizzo! (pet fav!)
Brizzie: Brisbane
Bundy: Bundaberg in QLD and Bundaberg Rum - Bundy & Coke!
Bushie: someone who lives in the bush
Cab Sav: Cabernet Sauvignon (a wine grape)
Chokkie: chocolate
Chrissie: Christmas
Cockie: a farmer, a cockroach or a cockatoo
Coldie: a beer
Compo: Worker's Compensation
Cozzie: swimming costume
Doco: documentary
Footy: football
Garbo: garbage removalists
Hottie: hot water bottle (slight cultural difference here )
Joey: baby kangaroo
Kero: kerosene
Kindie: kindergarten
Lotto: the lottery
Macca's: McDonalds (aka: the Golden Arches)
Metho: methylated spirits
Mozzie: mosquito
Pash: a very passionate kiss, pashing, etc
Pav: Pavlova, a very rich dessert, usually during summer
Pokies: poker machines, play the pokies!
Polly: Politician
Postie: postman, mailman
Pozzy: position, get a good pozzy!
Prezzy: present, gift
Rego: vehicle registration
Rellie or Relo: relatives
Roo: kangaroo
Salvos or Sallies: the Salvations Army
Sanger: sandwich
Sav: Battered Saveloy (deep fried sausage AKA Dagwood Dog)
Scratchie: instant lottery ticket
Servo: service station (where you buy fuel)
Smoko: smoke or coffee break
Spag Bol: Spaghetti Bolognaise
Sunnies: sunglasses
Swaggie: swagman
Trackie daks: tracksuit pants (sweat pants)
Truckie: truck driver
Turps: turpentine, alcoholic drink ... hit the turps!
Uni: university
Ute: utility vehicle (I think pick-up truck)
Yewy: throw a u-turn in traffic
 
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Here in The West (Perth, Western Australia), we have bogans. Bogans are trashy sorts of uneducated people. During the last mining boom, there were heaps of cashed up bogans who bought "you beaut" utes, as well as big screens and boats. When the boom ended they had nothing to show for it. Some of the bogans were making in excess of $200K a year....

Rockingham WA is the Bogan capital of WA. There are female bogans who regularlly go to pubs with their female mates in their pajamas.

Brekkie is short for breakfast.

Another difference that may surprise Yanks (that is a term for all people from th US, not just the NE part of the US), is the difference in attitudes towards alcohol. When I had my daughter in the hospital, we celebrated a bottle of wine. The nurses brought the glasses and you could keep wine and beer in a special patient fridge down the hall. At a number of restaurants you can BYO, which means bring your own alcohol. This is generally limited to wine, but some places, especially Aisian restuarants, will let you bring beer, spirits, basically whatever you want. Sometimes a "corkage" is charged and this is based either per bottle or per person.

Some people even bring their own birthday cakes to restuarants, although these are generally quite downmarket restaurants. Some of these restaurants charge a "cakeage" for serving the cake. They have to supply the staff, the plates, etc etc.
 
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Bathers = Swimming Costume = Swimsuit
Jumper = Sweater
Firey = Firefighter
Pissed = Drunk (not angry)
Hit the piss = Drink to excess
 
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Ute = Very similar if not the same as an El Camino which used to be manufactured in the US.
 
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So that's why the Brisbane Cricket Ground is called the Gabba, why is the Royal Agricultural Society Show called the Ecker ?
 
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meri75 wrote :
I call both genders Mate, but it definitely comes more easily with men. I also refer to people as: babe, baby, honey, sweetie, you dork, you dag, you ijit ... and if it is someone I don't like 'oh look, my best friend just showed up/rang up'.

Edit: I forgot two others, I also often use 'Champ' and 'Sunshine'. Champ is for men I respect (and I usually get called Champ in return too) and Sunshine for very little children who are upset and need a little TLC.
I have heard "sunshine" used as a derogatory term for someone who has irritated you. You use it when you are telling them off or showing displeasure, ie "Good one, Sunshine!" (sarcastic) or "Now look here Sunshine....."
 
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