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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