The language of this upside down continent may be English but with
a very distinct and unique interpretation.
Not only in pronunciation but also word meanings. Aerial Ping Pong is Australian Rules
Football, arguably one of the more brutal full contact sports available, Ankle
Biters are Little Children, Bangers are sausages, Tinnies are Beers, Jumpers
are sweaters or long sleeved shirts, Beanie’s are toques’, Bugs are Shrimps,
Blokes are guys, Budgie smuggler is a nickname for speedo swimming trunks for
men, Bushie is someone who lives in the bush, Chippy is a carpenter, Chook is a
chicken, Chuck a sickie is call in a sick to work for a day off, The Coat
hanger is the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Cozzie is a swimming suit, Dead horse is
Tomato sauce, Dogs eye is a meat pie, Dunny is a toilet, Hard yakka is hard
work, Joey is a baby kangaroo, No dramas means no worries, Ocker is a person
with poor manners, Paddle pop is a popsicle, Poo Man is a plumber and Poo tickets is toilet paper of course, Ripper
mean great and Ropeable is Very Angry, Shark Biscuit is a boogie board rider
and Snag bay a sausage roll, Sparky an electrician and Tin Lids are kids, Tosser
is a useless idiot and Up the duff is Pregnant, Ute is a pickup truck and
Wanker a ridiculous person, Whiteant to deter someone from buying or doing
something stupid and Wopp Woop is a made up name for a tiny town in the middle
of nowhere of which there are a great many. Mates are friends, Sheilas are gals
of a certain moral persuasion (NOTE TO SELF! DO NOT ADDRESS THE HEAVY SET
Customs lady as such, a lesson learned the hard way by yours truly).
All in all the
learning curve of acceptable lingo can by quite hazardous but once you get the
hang of it is somehow does make a kind of sense...or Not :o).
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