Living in Australia has given us a whole new vocabulary of words. And if it hasn't changed our vocabulary, it may have some interesting effects on my children's proper "American" spelling when they get back to school in the states because a lot of words here are spelled differently than they are in the states. That different is usually the proper English way according to the British grammar.
So, take a look at these fun words and see if you can figure out what they mean...
Terms:
How ya going?
G'day mate
Love
No worries
Heaps
Your Tops
I'm busting
Wind
Hot Air
Bodgy
Fair Go
Good Onya
Bring a Plate
Brekky
Bogan
Birds
Winge
Who let fluffy off the chain?
Snackered
Bodgy
I'm bushed
Names of Things:
Lie
Long Drop Dunny or just Dunny
Loo
Blue metal
Bonnet
Boot
Brelly
Chemist
Esky
Lift
Lolly
Barbie
Roo or Skippy
Joey
Billabong
Bogo Clothes
Budgie Smugglers
Bull Bar
Docket
Fairy Floss
Fly Wire
Footy
Billy
Icey Pole
Serviette
Beet Root
Fill et
Manchester
Matilda
Op Shop
Lemonade
Ute
Road Train
Rubber
Texters
Mozzie
Jumper
Bathers
Sunnies
Gastro
Nits
Plaster
Plumber
Joggers
AND of course we were introduced to a few new Baby Terms when Jakob joined our family. Can you guess what they are talking about? (In American english that is...)
Pram
Dummy
Nappy
Bub/Bubby
Capsule
Cot
Mum/Mummy
Hope you had fun reading our Aussie word list. We will interpret all these for you....
Later.
