Did you know?
In Australia, they don't have the Easter bunny, they have the BILBY:
They also call a walk around the block a BLOCKIE.
A TRAVELER is when you take a beer to go on the walk to the next place.
Your SUNNIES are your sun glasses.
BREKKIE is breakfast.
An ESKIE is a cooler/ice chest.
SUSS means something that is suspect.
A STUBBIE is a small or short beer.
To say "hello" they say "HOW YA GOIN'?"
They really do say G'DAY and MATE.
If you SHOUT a round of drinks, you are buying a round.
Of course there are still the "normal" sayings like "Do you reckon?" and "I have to go to the loo".
We got into a long discussion with my (Ozzie) friend about "BISCUITS". In the US, they are served with gravy; in Australia, this is the equivalent of a cookie. Their equivalent of our biscuit is a SCONE. (our scone is another matter entirely! Not the same as their scone!) You can find Australian biscuit recipes here.
So, I guess that after having BREKKIE, you can get a TRAVELER out of the ESKIE, put on your SUNNIES and do a BLOCKIE.
But I reckon that is a little ambitious.
R is for "Really". You can see more A-Z blogfest here.
In Australia, they don't have the Easter bunny, they have the BILBY:
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A TRAVELER is when you take a beer to go on the walk to the next place.
Your SUNNIES are your sun glasses.
BREKKIE is breakfast.
An ESKIE is a cooler/ice chest.
SUSS means something that is suspect.
A STUBBIE is a small or short beer.
To say "hello" they say "HOW YA GOIN'?"
They really do say G'DAY and MATE.
If you SHOUT a round of drinks, you are buying a round.
Of course there are still the "normal" sayings like "Do you reckon?" and "I have to go to the loo".
We got into a long discussion with my (Ozzie) friend about "BISCUITS". In the US, they are served with gravy; in Australia, this is the equivalent of a cookie. Their equivalent of our biscuit is a SCONE. (our scone is another matter entirely! Not the same as their scone!) You can find Australian biscuit recipes here.
So, I guess that after having BREKKIE, you can get a TRAVELER out of the ESKIE, put on your SUNNIES and do a BLOCKIE.
But I reckon that is a little ambitious.
R is for "Really". You can see more A-Z blogfest here.
Oh my gosh, reading this makes me miss my days in Australia. :) This post was spot on in terms of their language! Too fun. They truly do say G'Day and Mate. There is this hilarious song about how they say G'day & how ya going:
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It will make you smile, I think. :)
So basically add an "ie" suffix to everything and you're good... ok!
ReplyDeleteThis is so funny! When I was in Australia last summer they did say a few things that I did not understand. So your post is great for people who are going down under ;)
ReplyDeleteHilarious! My sister spent a few weeks with a host family in Australia two summers ago. They were really embarrassed and tried to hide the fact that there was a mouse in their house--I don't know if it's cultural or not but my sister could have cared less--mice happen sometimes :)
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