AMERICANS guess AUSTRALIAN SLANG

[@b-leighm752]

BEING A AUSTRALIAN (AUSSIE) MYSELF... ITS SO FUNNY TO WATCH.... 😆😆

[@JamesPrime1]

Glad you had fun with it B-Leigh thanks for watching 👍🏽

[@sivor20]

Ikr

[@breeannafabila1557]

so funny

[@stephenm4819]

I like the way you conditioned them to think most Australian slang words are abbreviations, and then you hit them with the “ dunny” curveball.

[@elizabethscott7660]

Dunny is an abbreviation. It has its roots in cockney rhyming slang. Dunedoo is a town and rhymes with poo, and in typical Aussie style is shortened to dunny. A lot of Aussie slang developed this way.

[@stephenkennedy9687]

@@elizabethscott7660 'Dunny' is an Australian expression for an outside toilet or outhouse. It comes from the British word 'dunnekin', meaning 'dung-house'

[@rbeck3200tb40]

In Crocodile Dundee movie Paul Hogan tells someone "some nitwit put two dunnys in here" He was in a bathroom in a hotel in New York City looking at a toilet and a bidet .

[@samuelconybeare5582]

The worst thing is no one says dunny they say loo well here in Brissie

[@robertmurray8763]

Some people had more idea than others.

[@amandamichelle9687]

These words are our most basic slang. 😂😂😂

[@vesperiamorningstar3785]

Ikr lol. G’day

[@ScubesFTW]

It's barely slang, mostly contractions

[@skepticusmaximus184]

@@ScubesFTWContractions? Could be going into Labor then... or at least joining a union. 😳 You boil some water. I'll get the towels. 😁

[@Joshs4stro]

@@ScubesFTW abbreviations*

[@jonathanyarak9891]

Jumper isn’t slang it’s the actual word

[@annahs.channel]

Or do you’d think. Apparently Australia and New Zealand are the only place that uses it.

[@commanderdark3399]

i know. sweater seems weird to me

[@robc2895]

sheep are called woolly jumpers, jumpers are made from wool

[@lilyabroad]

Spectre I've only ever heard 'wooly jumper' being used as NZ slang for an Australian person. Because sheep/kangaroos, if you catch my drift

[@waynechalkley6693]

It's called a woolly jumper in the U.K. as well

[@Elriuhilu]

I grew up in Adelaide and when you said you spent time there all I could think of was "ha, sucked in!"

[@JamesPrime1]

Hahaha yea I had a great time in Adelaide, all up, I spent 1 year in Adelaide. Soooorrr good mate

[@Elriuhilu]

@@JamesPrime1 haha, the way you spelt the last sentence is spot on. I can hear it :) It's a nice place. It's clean and the people are friendly. It just has this weird kind of vibe that drains you of energy and motivation.

[@natashaking1668]

Haha I still am In Adelaide

[@thefirstvoidwalker1475]

@@therandomisedman9848 that good lol

[@wizard2755]

@@natashaking1668 unlucky for you

[@holeighhugler5029]

I love how when they all tried to pronounce the words in an Australian accent but always ended up sounding British 🤣

[@eliza-ky7tj]

i find this hilarious because i use all these words on a daily basis 😂

[@elizabethscott7660]

No wonder my son's adorable Californian girlfriend stands there like a stunned mullet when we all get together 😂

[@mariabutler8680]

😅

[@fightforjustice3744]

Stunned mullett...a classic

[@ajexxan3415]

Did this man just say Adelaide was the number 1 city in Australia....

[@tamaravanhees1749]

To him. I agree though as I've lived there and you couldn't pay me to live in Melbourne or Sydney.

[@tamaravanhees1749]

@El Mitcho oh I absolutely agree and I only live 2hrs away from it.

[@prettyshirabu6450]

@@tamaravanhees1749 I will never go back to Melbourne after I left I’m never want to go back

[@beanieisdumb800]

Thems fighting words - Brisbane all the way

[@fugawiaus]

He obviously never travelled outside Adelaide.

[@ozzrob8125]

The great Aussie curse "May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down"

[@brianahern5239]

A Dunny is an outdoor long drop. Used before sewerage. Its a hole in the ground or pan that must be emptied.

[@fightforjustice3744]

The little house in the back yard containing a wooden box, hole in top and a metal bucket to shit into. The dunny man would come once a week to replace full one with an empty one. And a place you dreaded having to go at night coz you were scared of the dark.

[@kathymae7814]

Good job...you always find the nicest people to talk to

[@JamesPrime1]

Thank you! Yea all the people I end up talking to just happen to be really cool about it. I guess its because the ones who say yes and are willing to go on camera and usually a bit more open to the ones who say no. I could be wrong, but that might have something to do with it.

[@valentinarose4798]

"Let's eat some bogan" 😂😂😂

[@JamesPrime1]

LOOKS LIKE MEATS BACK ON THE MENU!

[@valentinarose4798]

@@JamesPrime1 it sure is. I had some bogan burger the day, it taste a bit off 🤢

[@thefirstvoidwalker1475]

Homer mmm bogan

[@bernadettelanders7306]

@@thefirstvoidwalker1475 Haha, one way to confuse an American, use slang out of context lol. Must try that with my wonderful American online friends 😂

[@kayka26]

I don't know why people think Adelaide is boring. Actually take some indicative and find things to do. Adelaide is the festive state. Go during the fringe because there is so much shit on then, go visit the wineries, kangaroo island. And honestly it's a nice city to settle down in. It's not so hectic too.

[@JamesPrime1]

Great reasons you listed there! I love Adelaide!!,

[@jenjen3245]

It’s Esky - a brand of cooler

[@krystaldillon7761]

Yes I am Australian and yes it is a brand

[@rossmcgrath1432]

A Brand that became a generic term

[@thalassophile1665]

@@krystaldillon7761 yes but any brand is also called an Esky.

[@robslaney3729]

@@rossmcgrath1432 Like Hoover for a vacuum, and Bandaid for a plaster

[@judysok5804]

Or sharpie for a permanent marker-- if you're from Victoria. And nikko pen in Qld.

[@faithfirstfitness]

From the young island country in the middle of three oceans, that brought the world Wifi, the clothesline, Google maps, the electronic pacemaker, polymer bank notes and the electric drill, I just want to say our culture of abbreviating absolutely everything brought the world the word... *S E L F I E* You're welcome.

[@mjr320]

cochlear implant . lawn mower , black box flight recorders, inflatable slide and life raft, racecam for motor racing , the electric drill to name a couple more

[@richardrejmer8721]

AND the "Black Box" on planes!

[@angelfire1156]

We did? We made selfie, I didn't even know that one

[@faithfirstfitness]

@GREATGODSOM Let just keep it going so these yanks know what's up 😌👏🏽👏🏽 Aussie Aussie Aussie!

[@faithfirstfitness]

@@mjr320 *Facts.* and where's our ty? 👏🏽👏🏽

[@Millsy6]

James: What is brekkie Guy in suit: B A S E M E N T

[@justawheeliebin3512]

He is very familiar with basements

[@crunchmcm8780]

9:00 I love it when Americans try to do Australian accents and then sound very British.

[@krystaldillon7761]

It is fascinating to see what Americans think our slangs are cause I am Australian

[@JamesMerlaut]

Dude with the faded sides in the group of 5? I think he's the winner

[@koboldwizard]

as an australian some of their answers were pretty good guesses, i do see where they were coming from

[@crazy_icecream1234]

WAIT HOLD ON, I HAD NO IDEA JUMPER WAS SLANG. I THOUGH THAT WAS LIKE A WORD

[@nickalan5539]

For some reason I thought that arvo, servo, macca's, eski and jumper were used in all English speaking countries

[@TheMissiIe]

1# Aussie city is Adelaide..? Have you been to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or Perth?

[@JamesPrime1]

Been to Melbourne and Sydney. Adelaide still NUMBA ONEEEEEEE 👁👄👁

[@annasame7395]

Yeah definitely not Adelaide lol

[@catmint8180]

Melbourne: Is shit Sydney: Full of bogans, cigarettes, and graffiti Brisbane: Nobody cares about them Perth: Nothing exists there, it's really boring

[@gingerdad127]

@@catmint8180 agreed 100%, and I'm even from the fancy parts of Sydney. Adelaide is great 😀

[@user-bf8ud9vt5b]

Adelaide number one city in Australia? 😂

[@JamesPrime1]

THATS RIGHT BABY THE GREATEST😁☝🏽☝🏽☝🏽☝🏽

[@dylans2376]

Damn right! Great city 👌🏼

[@JamesPrime1]

Dylan S AMEN BROTHER 🙌🏽

[@dylans2376]

James Prime Thank you Sir! Adelaide is very underrated

[@joelhassed3913]

Adelaide the best city in Australia? Delusional

[@carriebizz]

We'll see you in the arvo, I'm Aussie and I use that alot. And Servo, Ambo, Doco. And the yummy Maccas and breakie I use all these. Noone really days Dunny anymore

[@djaaronbrookes]

That was a pretty good montage of Aussie slang 😎 well done nice post 👍 but our slang is a lot more messed up than that 😝🤣🤣🤣

[@JamesPrime1]

hahaha yea when I lived in Australia, I definitely heard a lot more colorful slang words, but I wanted to keep this video pretty tame haha

[@gman7949]

Great video mate. I'm an Australian. I use all the slang words that you covered in your video except for dunny. Dunny isn't used as much in the major cities anymore. Younger Australians tend to use the word bathroom now while older people still say toilet. Another extremely common slang word is servo which means service station (gas station). Yep we all say maccas a lot. The Adelaide accent is probably a little more refined than the Melbourne accent is where I am from. The accent in the outback (rural area) is very heavy and probably harder to understand.

[@gingerdad127]

I lived in Adelaide for a year and loved it! More like Radelaide!!! 😎😎😎😎😎🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@klgherkin]

What city are you in here? It looks really nice! I love the chill vibe that you have in your videos too. And thank you also for choosing Aussie slang that genuinely is everyday vocab!

[@JamesPrime1]

Super happy to hear you liked it Katherine! I find myself using Aussie slang from time to time. I guess it’s rubbed off on me and it’s here to stay lol. Thanks for that feedback I appreciate it 🙏🏽This video was filmed in Chicago. Super solid place to visit if you ever get the chance!

[@conwittyconway6134]

Chicago is the most beautiful city in America…most Americans don’t know that either…People are always shocked when they come here

[@jupitarios2969]

U know this guy hella funny when he says Adelaide the best city here 🤣

[@tamaravanhees1749]

It is the best city, I would live there over Melbourne and Sydney any day.

[@jupitarios2969]

@@tamaravanhees1749 best city being the most dead one is aus? even the nt got more shit to do 😂

[@scottsterling4713]

@@tamaravanhees1749 hahaha Adelaide is a shithole mate. Place is full of racist inbred sister, brother, cousin fuckers that live in the dark ages.

[@JacquelineHahn1]

Yay someone who has experienced our wonderful South Australia. Did you get to visit Kangaroo Island whilst there?

[@jayrog868]

Wait I thought everyone says Macca’s

[@kj_usa2987]

no mc donalds

[@vesperiamorningstar3785]

Common in Australia

[@ianwallace16]

Some say Crappas 😇

[@bernadettelanders7306]

My grandchildren say when they want McDonald’s, they have a Mac attack lo

[@Solomissionz813]

MACCAS!! 🔥🔥

[@JamesPrime1]

Hahahaha. Man I’ll never forget how expensive it was in New Zealand 😂😂😂

[@annasame7395]

Yep

[@faithfirstfitness]

Every Aussie know this line D'ya wanna go 4 a maccas run?

[@annasame7395]

@@faithfirstfitness I don’t

[@faithfirstfitness]

@@annasame7395 really in Sydney at like 10/11pm on a weekend w the boys or the girls we always say "do youse wanna go 4 a maccas run? 😭💀😭 sometimes we just look at them and say maccas run? 😂😭

[@alankirby1353]

Aussie slang very similar to cockney u have listen to how it’s used

[@rossmcgrath1432]

Servo service station is a left over from time when there was actually service and you didn’t have to do it all on your own,

[@klonker797]

This was so funny, I literally had no clue some of these words I use on a daily basis is considered slang. Like jumpers

[@russellmurphy7547]

Bro this vid is a big stress reliever cool video 💯👍

[@JamesPrime1]

Thanks Russell I appreciate that 👍🏽

[@Wojtek_-oz4mt]

Pronouncing the R in arvo threw them off, so I don't think that one was fair.

[@blackfyrerose2292]

LOL, like half of the Americans keep thinking our words are food related

[@berranari1]

Bogan. 😂 I love this video! ❤

[@soyosugawara2658]

cuz i love your channel aussi accent.

[@JamesPrime1]

Haha thank you Soyo! I appreciate that 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@bernadettelanders7306]

I’ve never called or referred to anyone as a bogan. Esky which I use, is the brand name of a portable cooler. I use the word Petrol station for your Gas station. I don’t have a hoody in any of my knitted cardigans. And I’ve never used the word Dunny . I must admit I do bung on quiet a bit of slang to my American friends on line, for fun - we all end up in hysterics. It took me 10 minutes of laughter trying to explain Tracky Dacks to my dear American friend 😂

[@alessiomarin1218]

I was expecting you to say "Australia's No. #1 city: Sydney [or "Melbourne"]". Not many people care about Adelaide haha. Obviously you do! Nice video 👍

[@JamesPrime1]

Adelaide will ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE AUSTRALIAN CITY!!! 🏆🏆🏆

[@elaineturcotte1043]

Hi James! I had heard servo and brekie and dunny and jumper before. I forgot I had heard arvo before. Thanks for explaining a bogan! I had not heard of the others and didn't guess them right (maccas, ... oof- if there were more than seven they're gone!) Oh! Not bad, I cheated and saw your list. I only forgot eski. That one I originally thought of a jet ski, but cooler makes sense because of the Igloo brand coolers!

[@JamesPrime1]

Hi Elaine! Thanks for watching the video. It sounds like you knew a pretty good amount of them! I did have a bigger list with me, but I only chose to do just those because the video would have been too long. And it’s already long as is lol. I actually tried to explain what a Bogan is in another comment but the comment kept getting deleted for some reason, but at least you know now haha. I could see eski being jet ski, it sounds like something an Australian would shorten down jet ski for😂😂

[@ethanbeverley1943]

As an Australian myself, I feel like we as a country and a culture are often overlooked and our culture/country should have a broader outreach to the rest of the world because videos like this show me that people are very unaware of how we are as a country and culture.

[@bigsherk42069]

Bogan - “oi mate you got a dollar, I need petrol for me pipe mate, I mean me bike.”

[@annasame7395]

I’m Aussie and thought servo was an actual word lol

[@michaelfrost4584]

As an Australian, we don't care what you think.

[@Willow12866]

Number one rule of an Australian we DONT pronounce the RRRRRRRRRRRRss that strongly

[@jakegargiulo5101]

😂 Also it’s so funny how they try to do an Australian accent by using a British tone. Like, the exact opposite of how we talk.

[@fathom6424]

"Adelaide" - That's a joke right?

[@JamesPrime1]

Adelaide the 🐐. Rest of the cities in Australia all come in 2nd place.

[@jakegargiulo5101]

@@JamesPrime1 😂😂😂 Good one

[@tombarnes7889]

some of them are also used in England

[@685.boomfa4]

and new Zealand

[@daviddempsey8721]

Subtle corrections: Dunny is the Thunder box, W.C., the toilet. Not the bathroom. I suppose Americans use it interchangeably.

[@isabelle8855]

being an aussie this was really funny and tbh didnt realise that half of this was slang

[@rhyno6116]

This was awesome. Thanks

[@JamesPrime1]

Thanks for checking it out Ryan!

[@Gemsha20]

Funny thing is they’re all right in dumb ways

[@patrickmcmaunus3427]

on yah mate great vid

[@JamesPrime1]

Thanks Patrick 🙋🏽‍♂️

[@mjr320]

dunny came from rhyming slang of dunedoo = poo , (Dunedoo is the name of a small town in N.S.W. Australia)

[@XaviRonaldo0]

They were even going to build the big Dunny there

[@Lynnie_14]

We say “this arvo” or “I’ll see you this arvo” tomorrow arvo

[@alanmoffat4680]

I got all of them correct. However I am an Australian!!

[@richardrejmer8721]

3:40. . There's no such thing as just a "Bogan" . . It's always "A fucken Bogan"

[@felixnite_2462]

I’m not australian but I knew all of them lol

[@frankarthurc.bernabe5244]

Down under people watching this be like 👁️👄👁️ ahhahahaha Mate especially the dunny. im screaming hahahaha

[@JamesPrime1]

Hahahaha 👁👄👁

[@madonnarowe3403]

I was so surprised when they didn’t know what Maccas means😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bushtucker66]

Americans call it Mickey D's

[@sweesbees]

at this point i’m surprised americans don’t know maccas is mcdonald’s

[@berranari1]

"I can't wait to call someone a bogan." 😅 It's something that you have to do at least one time. 😂

[@lozbailey9322]

A jumper is knitted from wool. I’ve yet to see a knitted hoodie.

[@ifyouhideiwillseek]

This is bloody hilarious

[@JamesPrime1]

Glad you liked it Jaime!

[@woodeeny]

Damnnn. Whatever you do don’t go to Sydney aye. Everything happens there lol😂😂

[@timppaUT]

Oh! Now I get it! Primo of Ausso is Dav’o Hurlo?

[@lachlancoombes2489]

6:46 Mate I’ve only ever eaten Mac n cheese when I’m not in Australia cause I’ve eaten it like 2 times

[@paddytate742]

The chick who said Eskimo for esky is technically on the right track That’s y the brand named an ice box esky Short for eskimo

[@m1xer_088]

Yeah better watch out for the jumpers

[@JamesPrime1]

That’s right. I heard jumpers are venomous down under 😯

[@m1xer_088]

James Prime love your videos mate keep em coming

[@JamesPrime1]

Thanks man I appreciate it!

[@m1xer_088]

James Prime no worries mate

[@opppack2339]

James Prime love ur channel

[@OzStick]

Your first question should have been "What is Australia's official language".............

[@lilyabroad]

'Official'; English. Thanks to white colonisation and ethnocide. Of the once 290-363 dialects, it is projected that all will be non-existent by 2050

[@commanderdark3399]

you probably think we are dumb me sitting here thinking about how odd our language is

[@ronaldmcboggled9855]

Americans see Australians as brethren! Side by side through the worst... except for the whole queen/tea thing... haha.

[@submissiveandbreedable7999]

@@ronaldmcboggled9855 queen tea thing?

[@waynechalkley6693]

@@submissiveandbreedable7999 that's a British thing Australia is not known for its tea

[@submissiveandbreedable7999]

@@waynechalkley6693 what are u on about

[@dishwaterdaniel8328]

"I lived in Australia's top city.... ADELAIDE" Excuse me what? Adelaide is the most empty, boring city in the southern half of the country

[@gingerdad127]

I loved Adelaide. Every city in Australia had some breathing good and bad on offer.

[@StepSisRUstuck]

Interesting fact about Australian slang it usually never means what it sounds like 🤣

[@pouks]

being french, jumper was the only one I knew and I thought it was just an english word not an Australian slang lol

[@karennicholls8618]

Dunny is just toilet not bathroom it could be in the bathroom lol. In reality it originally meant outback dunny google that has some great images. Before indoor plumbing dunnies were in outback that is in the yard.

[@mahukarau3872]

11:00 Anyone else have the urge to just yeet themselves into the water here? It looks so nice!

[@martythemartian99]

Oh good grief! Don't let people from Melbourne or Sydney hear you saying nice things about Adelaide, it really pisses them off. Tell them they are the best, or suffer their wrath. o_O

[@earthgirl22]

YASSSS ADELAIDE I THOUGHT U WERE GONNA SAY SYDNEY

[@EpicMRPancake]

This is lowkey a Rorschach test... Looking at you, woman from Esky!

[@neddyladdy]

it is really hard to guess meanings without any context

[@ricksanchez1138]

an “uncultured person” ?!?! mate it’s it’s own culture. aussies should be explaining what these terms actually mean 🤣🤣

[@lilyabroad]

Def need to revise the lyrics - "I am, you are. We are all bogans"

[@victoriamanfield3711]

I'm from Adelaide!! 😝

[@JamesPrime1]

Adelaide holds a special place in my heart. Seems just like yesterday I was dumpster diving wit da boiz behind Haigh's Chocolate. Scored a TON of chocolate that night!

[@RT-lc1nj]

Adelaide number 1? Hhmm definitely debatable lol

[@JamesPrime1]

lol. I LOVE ADELAIDE!!!

[@henryantonius4759]

The bogan one gets me 😂

[@kellykade]

I think if you use the words in a sentence they could’ve figured it out easier

[@jocelynhunter2359]

Some of the wrong answers were pretty good guesses

[@jakegargiulo5101]

Hahahaha nice 😂😂 Adelaide the number 1 city? Yo how is an Esky Australian slang??? Isn’t that what it’s called

[@ScubesFTW]

Shoutout to radelaide capital of australia and definitely not a rural backwater village.

[@oztuber2]

Adelaide pmsl

[@TheUmbreons_]

i am australian and i actually started crying on maccas, this was painful to watch

[@nicolaclark21]

This triggered me lmao 😂 😂

[@RKS378..]

Did he just say Adelaide is the n1 city in Australia.

[@traceygahan5344]

Jumpers are made out of wool.

[@CurvyCass1982]

Not all of them are

[@Willow12866]

How is it that us AUSTRALIANS know American words but know one knows what Australian words are!!!!!!!!!

[@Willow12866]

@Peter Pan woah I wrote that a year ago And yeah good point lmao

[@huwgrossmith9555]

We still say servo but they're all self servo