The Language Down Under - Dictionary and Translations
Australian male = Bloke Australian Wild Dog (which doesn't bark, but rather howels) = Dingo Barbeque = Barbie (not to be confused with "Ken and Barbie") Bottle Shop or Liquor Store = Bottlo (pronounced "bottle-oh") Breakfast = Brekkie Bum, Butt = Arse Conversation = Chinwag Cookie = Biscuit Drunk = Pissed Drop Bear =a fictional Australian Marsupial said to be related to the koala (Click here for a more detailed description) Electrician = Sparky Fireman = Firey Flip Flops = Thongs
Frills = birds (e.g. "No Birds" is our car rental agency. - see definition for "rent" below.) Gum = Chewy How are you? = How ya going? If you fancy meeting up just give me a bell. = If you like me and want to hang out... Call Me! Impertinently bold; impudent and saucy = Cheeky Lots of = Heaps (Aussie's LOVE this word) Pharmacy = Chemist Registration = Rego (pronounced "rej - oh")
Rent = Hire (e.g I hired a car last week from Hertz. Even though the car hire place we use here is called "No Birds".) Schedule = pronounced "Shheh-dual" Shady = Dodgy Shopping Carts = Trollies Sunglasses = Sunnies Sweets/Candies = Lollies Well Done = Onya Z = "zed" - Aussie's infrequently use "z's" in their language - it is replaced with an "s"
4 comments:
You are sick people but I love you anyway. Please make sure that th eboth of you continue on the medication!!
Good on you mate!
Looks like your dunny is broken!
Wow, soooooooooo jealous. You guys are never coming back, are you :-(
Looking forward to reading about your shenanigans!
YOU GUYS are toooo funny! but you forgot to show the poop!
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