I believe that when you come to Australia, you will all look confused and think, "what exactly are they saying in TM?"
Don't worry, you don't think so alone, even the TOEFL 650 IELTS 4 8 gods are often caught in a dilemma that they don't understand Australian English.
For example, do you understand this sentence?-After smoko I might go down the bowlo sarvo for a schnitty and bevvy with tommo.
Don't worry, after reading this article, you can read it!
1. Abbreviate everything
Aussies famous for their laziness will naturally carry forward this lazy spirit in the creation of words! Basically, in Australia, slightly longer words have their own abbreviations.
Perhaps the best known is Macca's, the Australian acronym for McDonald's McDonald's, which changed its name to express its love for the Australian people during Australia's National Day 13 years ago.
In addition, there are some of the more commonly used abbreviations, such as:
Australia = Oz, the spoken language will also be simplified to Straya.
Don't forget the 03:00 meal:
Afternoon = Arvo
This Afternoon = S’arvo
Dinner = Din-dins
Breakfast = Brekky
Have an avocado = Avanavo
Everyday high frequency vocabulary
Laptop = Lappy
Biscuit = Biccy
Chocolate = Choccy (that is, chocolate cookies are Choccy Biccy!)
Swimming costume = cozzie
Mosquito = Mozzie
U-Turn = Uey
Facebook = Facey
Lipstick = Lippy
Sunglasses – sunnies
Christmas Present = Chrissy Prezzie
And Australia's national treasure kangaroo Kangaroo, can be abbreviated.
Roo
(Hello, I'm Roo)
Besides these nouns, even adjectives can be simplified. For example:
Devastated = Devo
Definitely = Defo
Aggressive = Agro
Pregnant = Preggas
Yes, there are different occupations for short. Oh! such as
Garbage worker Garbage Man = Garbo
Postman Postman = Postie
Merchant, shopkeeper Tradesman = Tradie
Fireman Fireman = Firey
Police Cop = Coppa
Even place names are abbreviated! It's so lazy. It's appalling.
Brisbane = Brissie
Tasmanian Tasmania = Tassie
Wolonggang Wollongong = The Gong
Inland Bush = Outback (formerly used to refer to the vast expanse of deserts bordering Kunzhou, South Australia, New York, Northern Territory and Western Australia, later extended to inland areas and home to many farms
What do Australians call people everywhere?
Australians call themselves Aussie or Ozzie.
Australians call New Zealanders Kiwi,. Yes, kiwifruit.
The Queensland is called Banana bender, because Queensland is rich in bananas.
English people are called Pom or Pommie,. Pom is the abbreviation for prisoner of the motherland.
2. Mystical pronoun
In Australian English, there are a lot of proxies that you can't see exactly what it means.
For example:
Fifty bucks is called Pineapple,. Twenty bucks is called lobster, because it's the same color as the money.
A thousand knives are called Gorilla, gorillas simply because the word "g" starts with "g".
And, the ketchup is called Dead Horse, dead horse, is not very bloody.
Another word, Digger, means a friend.
You can't imagine killing yourself:)
And, Struth, it's basically not a word anymore. It's is it the truth?. Shorthand for It feels that Australian English is already the Beijing dialect of the English world, and the level of swallowing sounds is no less than that of "loading the Children's Table."
Well, at the end of the day, let's reveal what Australian English means at the beginning!
After smoko (smoke break) I might go down the bowlo sarvo (bowling club service station) for a schnitty (Schnitzel) and bevvy (bear) with tommo (Thomas).
After a cigarette break, I might go to the bowling service to have fried pork chops and beer with Thomas.
How's it going? Did you learn?