G’day mate, how are you going?
What do you prefer – nana, bickie or chokkie?
Se nessuna di queste parole ti suona familiare, è perché appartengono allo slang australiano.
Oggi vediamo un po’ di differenze tra British & Aussie!
| British English | Australian English |
| A | |
| Absolutely! | Reckon! |
| angry | berko |
| Australian | Aussie, Strine |
| B | |
| banana | nana |
| beer | amber (fluid) |
| biscuit | Bickie |
| C | |
| cheap wine | plonk |
| criminal | bushranger |
| chocolate | chokkie |
| E | |
| evening meal | tea |
| exact information | good oil |
| excellent | ace |
| F | |
| farm | station |
| flip-flops | thongs |
| food | tucker |
| G | |
| game | brave |
| Go away. | Shove off. |
| H | |
| horses | neddies |
| How are you? | How are you going? |
| I | |
| idiot | dill, drongo |
| information | oil |
| it’s fine | she’s apple |
| K | |
| kangaroo | Roo |
| L | |
| Liquor Shop | Bottle Shop |
| M | |
| Middle of nowhere | back of bourke |
| milkman | milko |
| mosquito | mozzie |
| N | |
| nonsense | piffle |
| non-stop talk | earbush (old) |
| P | |
| postman | postie |
| pub meal | counter meal |
| R | |
| remote desert country | never-never |
| road for trucking cattle by road train | beef road |
| S | |
| sandwiches | cut lunch |
| shark meat | flake |
| a sheep which has lost all its teeth | gummy |
| sheepdog | kelpie |
| sheepfarmer | woolgrower |
| Shut up. | Belt up. |
| stupid person | Alf |
| sunglasses | sunnies |
| swimming costume | bathers |
| T | |
| tea kettle | Billie |
| teacher | chalkie |
| to complain | to grizzle |
| to give up | to give it away |
| to have a look | to gander |
| toilet | comfort station |
| tomato sauce | dead horse (old) |
| trousers | daks, strides |
| U | |
| underpants (men) | jocks |
| V | |
| vegetable extract (used for sandwiches) | vegemite |
| vegetables | vegies |
| W | |
| waterhole | billabong |
| Well done! | Good on ya! |
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Grazie per aver letto & stay tuned for more language pills!
