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@commentfreely54437 күн бұрын
we had some bbqs where there were prawns usually on ice
@andywu34622 күн бұрын
I'm a Taiwanese currently with working holiday visa in Australia, and this channel has been really helpful. From an Asian perspective, I used to only be able to tell something is western or not, and now I see how Aussie slang is just another whole new world. It's pretty intersting to discover how most of the content I've watched on KZbin was quite American.
@Simon.the.Likeable23 күн бұрын
No one in Sydney used bogan until Kylie Mole and Colin Carpenter said it on TV. Before that, they were yobbos.
@ryanbishell227923 күн бұрын
Or Westies
@lindyasimus22 күн бұрын
Poiter!
@jackvos804722 күн бұрын
I remember when bogan was Victorian slang. We used Yobbo in Newcastle as well until Comedy Company came along.
@lindyasimus22 күн бұрын
@@jackvos8047 I still like Yobbo. Or mostly Yob.
@Jen-s4h17 күн бұрын
I was born and bred on Sydney's north shore and went out of my way to find the nicest guy I could - he was from Campbelltown but was the sweetest, kindest, most intelligent, hard working guy - I'm still married to him 45 years later, Mum and Dad absolutely adored my "bogan" boy @@ryanbishell2279
@msyoungau24 күн бұрын
Servos used to have workshops attached for vehicle maintenance.
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
Ah, is that why then? There're still some of those around (at least here in Vic where I live). Though, 'servo' is just used for all petrol stations with or without them.
@AcesH1gh24 күн бұрын
Same when i used to live in south oz@@AussieEnglishPodcast
@Wilburworm0724 күн бұрын
Still do in Tassie
@davidwatson811824 күн бұрын
@@msyoungau Shell road houses had a motto over the workshop. "Service is our business"
@MajorMalfunction24 күн бұрын
They'd have a mechanic shop. They'd also fill your tank, wash your windscreen, check your oil and washer fluid, and tyre pressure. Fill them if needed.
@MajorMalfunction24 күн бұрын
You can tell a Bogan by his mullet, flanno shirt, Winnie Blues up his sleeve, holding a tinnie, wearing moccos, doing doughnuts in his Holden ute, blasting Acca Dacca.
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
lol or the mullets on his kids...
@MajorMalfunction24 күн бұрын
It only takes one checkbox to qualify. :)
@drfill921023 күн бұрын
Wearing a flanno
@goaway280323 күн бұрын
@@AussieEnglishPodcastI saw children with mullets at my daughter's primary school and I used to think, you're already behind the eight ball XD
@ElectricSwordFish-i4k23 күн бұрын
I got 4/8. Don't discriminate I'm a person too
@bobjuniel868321 күн бұрын
As a boy I worked as a 'bowser boy' (petrol bowser or petrol pump operator before automatic shut off pumps). We always asked, "Check ya oil, water, tyres and battery?" That was service at the 'servo' service station. Customers never had to get out of the car.
@HappyBuffalo34714 күн бұрын
Back in the early 90s my local small town servo would still fill the car up when my nan was driving
@SehrynBelle23 күн бұрын
Puke - to vomit Sanger - sandwich Snag - sausage Dunny - toilet Loo - toilet Bog - toilet / feces Mozzie - mosquito Stinker - hot day Pissing down - heavy rain Buggered - worn out tired Sickie - day off Smoko - morning or afternoon tea Avo - avocado Ta - thanks Kip - sleep Dump - council garbage ground Dump shop - council shop to sell useful garbage
@bofollbring775123 күн бұрын
Chunder instead of puke. ;) Ahh.. And Seppo - although that is more common in Sydney I believe.
@knifeyonline22 күн бұрын
@@bofollbring7751 never heard anybody who wasn't a bogan say chunder 😆
@SehrynBelle20 күн бұрын
@@bofollbring7751 bogans say chunder 😂😂😂
@Eric-jo8uh17 күн бұрын
Take a dump. Have a crap
@gregbailey4523 күн бұрын
Barbecued King or Banana prawns are great! It has to be an open grille type barbecue so the flames can crisp up the shell, which makes it crunchy and quite easy to eat! If they're nice clean prawns, you can scoff the whole thing! Delish!
@AussieEnglishPodcast23 күн бұрын
I need to give em a go!
@reeboguj668323 күн бұрын
what kind of weirdo eats the shell
@viviennegasson496122 күн бұрын
There’s another Aussie term… scoff 😆 For those who do not know, it means to eat or devour, usually with enthusiasm.
@JohnDavies-v5u22 күн бұрын
servo (short for service station) comes from a time back in the 50s and 60s when not only would someone fill up your car for you but would also check the oil. water and tyres and clean the windscreen for you. My first job was doing this during the summer holidays. You could click the bowser pump handle so that it kept pumping fuel into the car while you were getting these other jobs done and it would cut off automatically once it detected the tank was full. Removing the radiator cap to check the water level was a task fraught with peril on a hot summers day and required both a hand cloth and a sensitive touch. A good attendant could get all this done in the time it took your tank to fill.
@garycorbin62521 күн бұрын
I'm a Shell Auto Port driveway Attendant , in the 1980s where we concentrated on the customer cars not sold groceries. I learnt and teach others who grew up in softer times how to basically to take care of their car.
@jennythapamagar791423 күн бұрын
I've always described a bogan as an aussie hillbilly.
@knifeyonline22 күн бұрын
but the show upper middle bogan showcased the non-hillbilly bogan 😆
@csmall81622 күн бұрын
I usually say they are like an American redneck.
@anau6715 күн бұрын
We nurses use the “ambo” singular when we refer to the paramedic who handed over the patient to us in ED. Or the “ambos “ when we refer to the number of paramedics in an ambulance. Usually 2. 😊
@colinhooper19332 күн бұрын
Ive always used ambo to refer to both the vehicle and the paramedic, in singular and plural. "couple of ambos went past me on the way here when I was on the highway"
@bornodnoc103423 күн бұрын
A Condom can be called a “franga” in Qld.
@triarb579023 күн бұрын
Same in Melbs. I always thought it's cuz it's like putting the skin on the 'sausage'/ frankfurter. 😂
@davidmc10523 күн бұрын
Frankston is sometimes called Franga
@drfill921023 күн бұрын
Nsw too
@shmick607923 күн бұрын
Yep, or a dinga
@drfill921023 күн бұрын
@bornodnoc1034 what's rubber and swings through the trees? A frangatan
@boogoodie5 күн бұрын
I'm actually proud of our Aussie slang. It's unique and endearing. It gives us our own language that only a true blue Aussie really get.
@davecannabis24 күн бұрын
years ago a girl at my work complained about her boyfriend "he used to call me "Pet", now since he came back from Queensland he calls me "Mate" " so i said to her maybe he wants to go from petting to mating" she didnt get it
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
bahahaha. I bet that went down like a ton of bricks.
@davecannabis24 күн бұрын
@@AussieEnglishPodcast shes lucky it wasnt bricks , it went way over her head , i think she was a blonde at heart
@thecatofnineswords23 күн бұрын
I said Pet, I said Love, I said please.
@becjohnson6716 күн бұрын
😂
@bodnica15 күн бұрын
😂
@julianelischer696123 күн бұрын
bottle-o has changed meaning.. it used to be the truck (or rather the man) that came around once every few months to collect the used beer bottles (and paid for them). last saw one in the 60s
@roseberrycat5 күн бұрын
He used to come around our way with a horse and cart and call out “Poor man, the bottle-o”!
@colinhooper19332 күн бұрын
@@roseberrycat horse and cart bottle-o came round until the early to mid 70s in Perth where I lived. The Milk-o went the way of the dodo in the early 90s I think. That was when I last used it anyway.
@bobjuniel868321 күн бұрын
Plonk - Australian soldiers in World War 1 in France drank Blanc (white wine) and adopted the term Plonk (the sound of putting ice in water) to mean wine of all varieties. Getting on the plonk, was getting drunk on booze. Booze meaning to get inflated drinking alcohol originates in Holland and Germany in the 16th century. Off to the booza, off to the pub or hotel.
@jimellis277812 күн бұрын
I heard that there was an Admiral Vernon who was stationed in the Windies, and he usually wore a boat coat called a Grogram, so he was called Old Grog. It was the practice to give a rum ration every day, and sailors were able to save it up and have a drunken spree, which was a lot more fun, but the usual sore heads were there in the morning. To combat this issue, Old Grog ordered that the rum be watered down, which meant that it couldn't be stored, and this new concoction was named in his honour. Also, I am a biker, but am not a Bikie. The difference is that I ride a bike, but I am not a member of a Bikie gang. Live and learn.
@drfill921023 күн бұрын
Bog catchers or bog strainers for undies. Also "hawthorn undies" yellow at the front, brown at the back.. "Gosford skirt" for short skirt... (Just south of the entrance)
@MajorMalfunction24 күн бұрын
The shrimp/prawn thing was a joke that everything in Australia is bigger and better. "That's not a knife... THIS is a knife!"
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
Yeah, that's right!
@peterpointon377424 күн бұрын
Leave me alone I'm on SMOKO is a cool hit .😅 G'day mate 🇦🇺🌟
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
haha good one!
@tinayang384522 күн бұрын
Chats (Punk Band?)
@margaretgood58023 күн бұрын
Don't forget the Umbrella.. Brolly/ Brollie ..
@0Zolrender022 күн бұрын
That's British.
@margaretgood58022 күн бұрын
@0Zolrender0 .. Also Australian..
@colinhooper19332 күн бұрын
@@0Zolrender0 yeah....nah
@savvyterra163519 сағат бұрын
I'm Australian and Autistic, Never left the country. I find this helpful for communication. thank you. WE should just get rid of all of these and always use the correct term so that we can all communicate better and less misunderstandings.x
@SodaDrinker9423 күн бұрын
I loved the thumbnail so much I clicked onto the video without even reading the title 😂
@freeman1000024 күн бұрын
Victoria Bitter (Green Death) XXXX (Barbed Wire).
@MajorMalfunction24 күн бұрын
VB is the most popular packaged beer in the country. CUB is owned by the Japanese now. Asahi/Sapporo.
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
lol
@v0w1x223 күн бұрын
Bush Chook or Emu Export is very popular in WA particularly in the country. VB is only drunk by foreigners ie Australians from Restof (Australia)
@ljc50420 күн бұрын
I have kinda homesick now. Back home 3 months ago after 6 years living in Australia. This video makes me so happy but also miss the down under so bad!!!
@shaunmichaels6023 күн бұрын
If you want to know what a Bogan is, watch the TV show HOUSOS
@AussieEnglishPodcast23 күн бұрын
Hahaha good one
@ktipuss22 күн бұрын
Some PC (politically correct) people thought the show was putting down people ho lived in public housing. The REAL Housos in fact loved it!
@audreywright6621 күн бұрын
Hey at the end of a sentence is West Australian I remember my mam (from Yorkshire) used to say to me "Horses eat it" When ever I said Hey.
@warrenhill16572 күн бұрын
I am from QLD "Hay makes a bull fat staw makes him skinny take him to the sale and sell him for a guinea" I am in my early seventies.
@maddyspinks24 күн бұрын
I don’t eat prawns since I’m allergic, but the only time I have seen them on a barbie is when those tiny ones are used in a seafood skewer that is being cooked on a barbie, and it’s rare I see that even since they’re expensive, mostly only on a special occasion like Christmas Day or someone’s milestone birthday that they decided to celebrate with a barbie with quality foods, especially the meats like a slow cooked pork on a barbie to be shredded for burgers and gourmet handmade rissoles, handmade fancy herb infused gourmet butcher snags, T-bone steaks, spot roasted chook on a fancy bbq with an automated spit roaster, whole herb and lemon stuffed slow cooked barramundi ect, so it would make sense to cook some prawns in the seafood skewers too.
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
Nailed it!
@paulmansour959323 күн бұрын
Pretty common in NSW. They have to be big King prawns, preferably green ones with the shell still on. Huge queues to get into the Sydney Fish Market on Christmas eve to get your seafood for the Chrissie barbie.
@shmick607923 күн бұрын
A mate of mine will often order half a kilo of garlic prawns to throw on whenever we have a big bbq as a group. Its annoying because it takes up an entire plate on the barbie 😂
@stevewiles713216 күн бұрын
Rams doing Ewey"s are common in the bush.
@gingersperg23 күн бұрын
A lot of similarities here. In north West England we say 'cossie'. We also use 'trackie bottoms' or 'trackie' for the whole fit. We 'do a U-ie' We get 'prezzies' Christmas is more like 'chrimbo' though. A bit more childish, we say 'Maccies' 'Bevvy', one of my favourite scouse terms. No worries
@gingersperg23 күн бұрын
Terms for getting pissed aren't even countable. Contextually, you can say anything that sounds vaguely descriptive and we'll know what you mean. My favourite is when someone's off their tits on mdma we'd say they're pinging
@AussieEnglishPodcast23 күн бұрын
So it's you guys who gave us those, huh?
@gingersperg22 күн бұрын
@@AussieEnglishPodcast Maybe the other way round. Most of them are particularly regional here, which is the strangest part.
@chrisburdick839324 күн бұрын
Thank you for all you do Mr. Pete and God bless you and your family
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
Thanks, mate! Did you learn any new slang terms in this one?
@vialli4523 күн бұрын
What about wagging, we used to wag school alot.
@shez596423 күн бұрын
Yes and hope noone dobbed you in.
@feliciab214 күн бұрын
6:20 I believe Americans from the midwest also do the yeah nah/nah yeah thing too. 15:15 Kind of similar to this one is ending a sentence with "as". "Oh yeah, it's hot as". It's like we're too lazy to finish our simile🙂 I guess it's similar to the "as f***" (or af) that is quite common now, but we've been doing it for ages. Oh and another thing we do that Adam Hills pointed out is we ask a lot of rhetorical questions. Like we might say "How heavy is this rain?" not really needing or asking for an answer. It's just our way of saying "This rain is really heavy isn't it?" Not slang per se but a quirk of Australian speech.
@colinhooper19332 күн бұрын
or seeing someone washing their car in the driveway and saying to them "mine's next mate"
@roslynjonsson238324 күн бұрын
Perth here - we go prawning in the estuary during summer, and will often take our little barbie, and cook some prawns directly from the water. At Christmas and New Year, I buy large King prawns, soak them overnight in soy sauce and garlic, throw them on the bbq. Very yummy for sure
@freeman1000024 күн бұрын
Also from Perth. I will give the prawns soaked in soy sauce and garlic a go this Crissie 👍
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
Amazing! I guess I just need to give it a burl
@roslynjonsson238323 күн бұрын
@@freeman10000 I hope you enjoy it. My whole family love them 😉 and Merry Christmas 🎄
@roslynjonsson238323 күн бұрын
@@freeman10000 I should have mentioned, some times I also add a large tablespoon of local honey to the marinade. It helps to keep the prawns sweet 🦐
@glenndot696523 күн бұрын
R
@shmick607923 күн бұрын
Nobody ever mentions “grouse” in these videos, ie “awesome” or “great”. One of the most commonly used Aussie expressions imo.
@AussieEnglishPodcast23 күн бұрын
Yeah it's gone the way of the dodo I reckon
@shmick607923 күн бұрын
@ dunno I use it all the time
@МоисейНавинович24 күн бұрын
Ta.I watch or listen to your channel every time when I have free time,even during my work hours.and I am fond of Down Under
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
Cheers, mate! Did you learn any new slang terms in this one?
@МоисейНавинович24 күн бұрын
@@AussieEnglishPodcast yep. I like it. It is Fair dinkum Aussie words
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
hehe awesome!
@QariHussain-x1h24 күн бұрын
I'm watching from Pakistan I wanna learn Aussie slang thanks sir it's great class
@MajorMalfunction24 күн бұрын
You should watch the course "How to speak Australians"
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
Hehe hope you learnt some new ones mate!
@reeboguj668323 күн бұрын
youve already done a great job with "wanna"
@juleanekent91723 күн бұрын
Prawns and shrimp are both crustaceans with 10 legs, but they have several differences, including: Size: Prawns are generally larger than shrimp. Legs: Prawns have pincers on three sets of legs, while shrimp have pincers on only one set. Shell: Shrimp have a flexible, accordion-like shell, while prawns have a stiffer shell with overlapping segments. Habitat: Prawns live in subtidal sandy and rocky habitats, while shrimp live in all oceans, as well as freshwater lakes and streams. Taste: Prawns are generally considered to be slightly sweeter than shrimp, which have a noticeably salty and savory taste. Parenting: Shrimp carry their eggs on their abdomen after fertilization, but prawns release their eggs into the water.
@AussieEnglishPodcast23 күн бұрын
Wow, no kidding? I didn't realise
@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn22 күн бұрын
Don't forget the Murray River Prawn! Prawns and Shrimp both living together in fresh water.
@ahdoodeclair12 күн бұрын
Americans call all those edible crustaceans "shrimp"; Australians call them "prawns". If you have seen Forest Gump, his friend Bubba lists all the different ways of preparing shrimp, and Forest starts the Bubba-Gump Shrimp Company. The Paul Hogan ad where he says "put another shrimp on the barbie" was made for broadcast in the USA where they would understand "shrimp" but not "prawn". Australians have been complaining about it ever since but it was never aimed at them. Tourists, however, should never say "put a shrimp on the barbie", they'll get their heads bitten off if they do. For the information of that person who complained about barbecued prawns, I suggest she try some. They are really good.
@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn12 күн бұрын
@@ahdoodeclair We all know this, but as they said, biologically there is a difference between shrimps and prawns. That's why here in South Australia, in our major river, there are River Murray Shrimp and River Murray Prawns living side by side. The Prawns aren't Shrimp, and the Shrimp aren't Prawns, even though they superficially look very similar. Biologically, they're classified as belonging to two separate groups. Hopefully you're understanding that now!
@gamergirl53177 күн бұрын
yes i have used Ambo to describe a single ambulance officer
@nashd80056 күн бұрын
And firie for fireman, sparky for electrician, chippy for carpenter…
@darrylburns284223 күн бұрын
Bottleo is a bottle shop now but in the 50s and 60s the bottleo was someone who drove a truck or car with a trailer driving around the streets calling out bottleo to buy your beer bottles
@knifeyonline22 күн бұрын
I wouldn't be surprised if they were related and the term evolved from one to the other. very interesting!
@untunglaksito238924 күн бұрын
When I was at the Uni (Sydney University) important official events were carried out at the "Grey Tall", i.e. The Great Hall.
@MajorMalfunction24 күн бұрын
Melbourne University is called "Melbin Ewenie"
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
hahaha That reminds me of when I was a kid in Vic and we'd go on holidays to Phila Biland (Phillip Island).
@triarb579023 күн бұрын
Best phonetic Australian book ever 'How to talk Strine' by Afferbeck Lauder. It took me 10 years living here to even click what the trick name was 😂
@robertclothier359724 күн бұрын
Mid 60's rural Qlder here. Funny how the slang we use can date us. I'm familiar with all of these except "muzzed". Slang comes & goes or drops of fashion. A lot of the newer ones like "dope" or "lit", I've heard & know the meaning but would never use myself. Conversely I use a lot of old fashioned slang & rhyming slang which sadly dates me & baffles the younger ones. I used to work with a bunch of great kids. They told me I so uncool that somehow I was also the super cool grand dad figure. Wtf? 😂 I'd like to think I'm reasonably well spoken but a while back I recorded myself. When I played it back I was mortified to hear the absolute bogan talking back to me. Ah well may as well accept the reality that I'm a bogan. Sigh!
@ElectricSwordFish-i4k23 күн бұрын
Dope and Lit are yank slang. Any self respecting Aussie should avoid them
@shez596422 күн бұрын
Another Aussie term. Woop Woop. as in "I don't want to live out in Woop Woop"
@johnhumphreys324620 күн бұрын
The other side of the black stump
@janicevasey403816 күн бұрын
I don’t know if it still is true but a redhead was known a Blue!
@barbq197612 күн бұрын
That was common years ago - say in the '40s or the '50s. and Blue is another word for "fight" ... e.g. he had a blue with his mate.
@peonypink91496 күн бұрын
Can’t stop laughing at the budgie wearing Aussie ‘budgie smugglers’ - love our Aussie slang 🤣🤣🤣
@Aussie_Haire_Wood4 күн бұрын
Hi. I'm also from Melbourne. "No wuckers" was used back in the late 70s and 80s where I grew up in the Eastern suburbs. I think it is an old one that pops up each decade. Cheers.
@merinsan23 күн бұрын
I'm a white Australian, born here. I've had BBQ'd prawns here...though only with Chinese people. Also, with Drongo, there is another famous name that came to mind - Bradbury - doing a Bradbury.
@nashd80056 күн бұрын
The “zz” names are usually names with an r at the break of two syllables. There is also the good old, shorten your name to the first syllable and add an “o” or “ie” to it… Davo, Tomo, Bronnie, Nattie…
@colinhooper19332 күн бұрын
did you get called Nashie? you might have in a footy team.
@muffinandme120 күн бұрын
For speeding in a car there is "fangin' it" and then there is the little old lady driver who "pootles along". Do you know the poem "The Intergrated Adjective" by John Patrick O'Grady, otherwise known as Nino Culotto who wrote "They're a Weird Mob".
@bobjuniel868321 күн бұрын
Grog shop, sells alcohol. Grog is strong alcohol, historically Rum in Australia. Grog is a strong alcohol mixed or diluted with water, originally provided as payment instead of wages to convicts and workers in the colonies of Australia.
@57bananaman20 күн бұрын
We got that Paul Hogan TV commercial in The UK and we know what prawns are, so "throwing a shrimp on the barbie" came across to me as being very ungenerous as shrimps are tiny . A lot of those contractions are very commonplace here as well ... "pissed" for drunk has been used for decades .. "bevvy" for an alcoholic drink is sometimes used, but normally by scousers (those are people from Liverpool FYI), "pressie" for a present/gift and "cossie" for a swimming costume are used a lot ... incidentally has anyone else noticed that the map showing where in Oz they use "bathers" for swimming-costumes correlates with those regions and States where Australian Rules Football (a.k.a. "footy" or AFL) is traditionally very popular? 😀 Oh yes ... we use "footy" as a term for football in The UK as well, but normally here we would mean the game also known as "soccer".
@drfill921023 күн бұрын
Bogan is a Victorian word that won out over "westie". From NSW
@petercrispin212923 күн бұрын
@@drfill9210 I'm a Westie true and through.
@Simon.the.Likeable23 күн бұрын
Westies were a subset of yobbos. You could be from Erina, Dapto or even Matraville and display all the traits of a yobbo without being a few miles west of the ocean.
@drfill921023 күн бұрын
@@petercrispin2129 so am I, I just never knew it half my life
@drfill921023 күн бұрын
@@Simon.the.Likeable true that, possibly that's why bogun won in the end because it was a catch all for all these similar things... ie you couldn't be a westie in Dapto or Melbourne... you could be a yobbo or bogun... seeing Melbourne has a large population and the Sydney term was divided,... makes sense
@Simon.the.Likeable23 күн бұрын
@@drfill9210 Westie started as a slur amongst the surfers. At first in the '60s, they were called Parras, a diminution of Parramatta Pipeliners. Later in the '70s, Westie became more more popular as Sydney had sprawled out to Penrith. Adopting Melbourne slang was inevitable it seems. In the '60s the thought of a Sydney AFL team was an anathema yet now there are two.
@ktipuss22 күн бұрын
Yes, "grog" did originate in the Royal Navy, and applies to rum with water mixed in with it. The Rum Ration was abolished in 1970. Amazingly the word "grog" has found its way into the Czech language (a country with no sea borders and no navy).
@gozzywozzy48522 күн бұрын
yeah, nah = acknowledgement, answer
@qwiva22 күн бұрын
A man was arrested taking fertilised budgerigar eggs out of Australia. He had tucked them into his speedos to keep them warm resulting in brief togs also being known as budgie smugglers ever since
@dennislaw674821 күн бұрын
'Heard that difference between shrimps & prawns - shrimps have 2 pairs of front segmented legs, while prawns have 3 pairs.
@ktipuss22 күн бұрын
Chook - chicken, although more a colloquial word than slang; even the ABC's gardening show uses "chooks' very often.
@robertmcrostie24 күн бұрын
Doing a screaming u-ie as the tires would squeal as you did the u turn. Most places in Sydney doing as u turn is illegal.
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
Haha good one. Wow, really? You can't do U-ies in Sydney? Is that because the streets are so narrow?
@AcesH1gh24 күн бұрын
Did you ever chuck a yucky?
@MajorMalfunction24 күн бұрын
Also "chuck a chewie"
@cjod3324 күн бұрын
@@AussieEnglishPodcast U can definitely do U turns in Sydney. It's a big city.
@robertmcrostie23 күн бұрын
@@cjod33 To be more specific you can't do a U turn at the traffic lights on main roads. On a smaller side street you can.
@Steve2194523 күн бұрын
I’m in Melbourne too and at school in the 70s we used to say togs, but now it’s pretty much bathers.
@AussieEnglishPodcast23 күн бұрын
Oh no kidding? Interesting! but never cozzie?
@Steve2194523 күн бұрын
@@AussieEnglishPodcast never. Only those weird Sydneysiders said cossies 😂
@juleanekent91723 күн бұрын
Different names for beer sizes - stubbie (also for shorts), schooner, etc.
@M1cha3lP23 күн бұрын
You say too-roo. I say oo-roo (like Don Burke always used to say).
@paulmansour959323 күн бұрын
I was surprised to hear a few (many) years ago it's meant to be "hooroo" but most people, including me, drop the H when they say it - like a lot of "H" words.
@knifeyonline22 күн бұрын
10:32 if your hair is messed up we say mussed with a double "S" sound. My hair is all muss'd (musst)... never heard it said with a Z sound. That's weird!
@HappyBuffalo34714 күн бұрын
8:50 we Aussies often substitute in a schwa vowel sound. So we're not saying "The sarvo" we're saying "thus arvo"
@marykacollins919123 күн бұрын
I went to America about 16 years ago was a very long flight with stop overs had to wait 5 hours in LA to go to Ohio friends came to pick me up and asked me how was the flight my answer was I'm STUFFED they didn't know what I was talking about you should have seen the look on their faces so I had to explain it was Aussie slang for tired
@AussieEnglishPodcast23 күн бұрын
haha that's great! I'll have to remember to mention that in a future vid. Hadn't realised "stuffed" was so Aussie
@msyoungau24 күн бұрын
Never hard of Muzzed. I used to be called Muzza when I was in high school.
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
hahaha yep. I've a friend called Muz (surname Murray), but had never heard 'muzzed'.
@neilstrang885523 күн бұрын
Why is the American song: Route 66 pronounced as ‘Root 66’ when these days they say that they take route pronounced as rout. Will they sing the song as Rout 66?
@noelineatterbury8226 күн бұрын
Buggie smugglers had a new meaning when a person caught at the airport with tranquillised birds in his underpants 🤔😂
@bobjuniel868321 күн бұрын
On the piss, (Drinking alcohol, it applies more to drinking lots of beer). We know we are drunk when we have to piss for the third time. Pissed N broke, that means we've pissed our pay packet down the drain. Spent all our dosh (money) at the pub (public bar)
@jameswalley1346 күн бұрын
I grew up in Melbourne. I’m now 70 yo (1954 vintage). One expression I still often use is … “fair dinkum”, I was surprised it didn’t feature in your clip. Perhaps one that just faded away ???
@threestumps756024 күн бұрын
I used to think that yeah nah came from the cricket pitch, where two batsman would make a run then make the judgement whether to make a second run. one batsman might be quick and ready for the second run, the other is in a better position to make the judgement and see danger in the second run, so he calls it off. 🏏🏏
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
Interesting if true! I like it
@neilharvey357122 күн бұрын
For Cricket Its ,,.. Yes ,, No ,, Wait ,, Sorry....
@TheOMT18 күн бұрын
'morno's' vs 'smoko' for morning tea is another one you could draw a map with
@DianaSFNg21 күн бұрын
The French language do exactly the same thing when speaking the words that end with a consonant. They thread that consonant to the next word. Although not every sentence has that stretched final consonant of one word to the next, if you understand the French language, you can hear them say it.
@denisegolding910013 күн бұрын
Bottle-os were individuals who drove (horse and cart) around the suburbs collecting (used) bottles. They would call out “Bottle-O” - 1d (one penny) a ❤bottle. 6d = 5 cents). Showing my age here, this was back in the 40’s and 50’s.
@lincolnhodge237123 күн бұрын
the sunny coast is the one dirty green colour that reps boardies my beach towel towel says life's better in boardshorts
@AussieEnglishPodcast23 күн бұрын
lol really?
@janicevasey403816 күн бұрын
In Sydney a bogan was a Westie!
@IanM-id8or21 күн бұрын
Shrimp are used for bait. Can't imagine anyone eating them though - except a fish
@nobodyyouknow2227 күн бұрын
In California a Prawn is a BIG Shrimp.. Giant Ones... while Shirmp is slang for small, as well as what we call small medium and large shrimp. In the midwest they don't even know what a shrimp is.., unless they are Frozen.
@8119tomb21 күн бұрын
We were using “no wucking furries” in Sydney in the 1970’s and had shortened it to “no wukkers” in the early 1980’s
@adrianodrumond750314 күн бұрын
Hey Pete! How r u? In Portuguese there's a slang very similiar in form and meaning to drongo: It's mondrongo. My grandpa used to say it a lot.
@IanM-id8or21 күн бұрын
So, if you do a Maccas run, you have to make 2 trips? One to go to Maccas, and one to get some food ... ;-)
@vickypreece45092 күн бұрын
Loved this 😂 soo funny - we certainly do like a good ‘short version of words’ - gotta love the Aussie accent/verbal language - I can understand why other countries do not understand our lingo
@rogerdalton998723 күн бұрын
I disagree with “but” being a meaningless ending. In my experience it is merely misplaced such as, “Nice weather. Might rain later but.” On the other hand “Ay or hey” at the end of a statement (or simply, in Queensland, a rising inflection) is seeking assent or agreement. I could be out of date, but “bogan” would designate an uncouth person. Similar to “Occa”. One would not own up to being bogan any more than they would admit to being dumb.
@brucewilliams871423 күн бұрын
I agree. It is a substitute for 'though'.
@rhondabatt20148 күн бұрын
love sweet chilly prawns on the barbie.... marinade squired prawns (peeled) and have them in a foiled tray to keep the barbie clean .
@scott1971h23 күн бұрын
Prawns are marine, shrimps are fresh water/riverine, esp. along the Murray Darling river systems. (with Yabbies being the larger freshwater mini-lobsters. Yabbie was an aboriginal name)
@JeanTurner-t4j20 күн бұрын
Smoko is having a break for morning tea
@tictactoe32520 күн бұрын
From Far North Queensland. Byjingo = it was a water ice block- like Icypole. Port = school suitcase. Pad= school notebook.
@MrWillo587 күн бұрын
Barbecued prawns is something I've done for 40 plus years and will continue to do as long as my local supermarket sells prawns!
@graceaxisa421310 күн бұрын
I don't add an S before morning, afternoon or evening. I've never come across that ever and I've definitely never heard my friends/relatives/colleagues pronounce those words in that way ...and I've lived in Melbourne my whole life 😅 PS omg! Yes! We barbeque prawns every Christmas. They're delicious! The flavour is so intense and sweet!!!
@Ramen5000Manga2 күн бұрын
great video mate, also i haven't hear turu in a while lol
@maggiebell90219 күн бұрын
Although I know these Aussie sayings and words I don’t use very many of them. In my family it was considered common, uneducated or beneath us. That sounds snobby but we weren’t snobby or uppity. We were just ordinary Aussie folk. 🤣🤣 PS No wukkas was around in the 70’s!
@marcelbpunkt22 күн бұрын
Haha, in some areas in Germany (e.g. Karlsruhe) people also use "hey" at the end of a sentence sometimes but with a falling tone instead of rising so it doesn't sound like a question. More like an emphasis, hey!
@HeatherClark-f5bКүн бұрын
In Mildura, western Victoria, we would say togs and bathers.
@zachzimmeli21 күн бұрын
Bathers are what I grew up saying 😊❤
@AnnetteSpillane7 күн бұрын
When i lived in the USA I was called out for saying "stacks" Question: Do you have time to do this? Me: "yea stacks" Question: Do you have any money left to buy....whatever? Me: " yea stacks"
@grandmothergoose23 күн бұрын
I find it funny that the first word was bogan, and then in the second interview the girl was quintessentially bogan in the nicest way.
@AussieEnglishPodcast23 күн бұрын
Yeah, you hit the nail on the head. Loved it haha
@bobjuniel868321 күн бұрын
Time for a Mac Attack! Let's go to MacDonald's.
@msyoungau24 күн бұрын
I've heard "Crissed as a picket" in the earlly 90's
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
lol Pissed as a cricket? haha I love it
@davidwatson811824 күн бұрын
Bevvy is English.
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
oh nice! Didn't realise
@davidwatson811824 күн бұрын
@@AussieEnglishPodcast No worries. A book you would be interested in is called; A Dictionary of SLANG and unconventional English. Eric Partridge. Published by, Routledge & Keegan Paul. So much of our slang comes from the Royal Navy, British Army, Air Force, India, South Africa, New Zealand and the other British colonies, including the US. The Book is an excellent resource. Cheers
@davidwatson811824 күн бұрын
Just looked up Bevvy, from the very book I mentioned. It is Mid 19-20 C. Military and theatrical for Beer House / public house. Most popular from 1938, 1940's and into the 70's. 👍😎
@LlamaHannah24 күн бұрын
I've had marinated garlic and chilli prawns done on the barbie so good. You cook em fast then take them off the barbie with a fork quick blow on it than in the mouth haha
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
Oh man, I'll have to just suck it up and try it, I guess. I'm just afraid I'd butcher good prawns haha
@LlamaHannah24 күн бұрын
@@AussieEnglishPodcast thats why, you buy the marinated prawns that come in those vacuum seal bags
@AussieEnglishPodcast24 күн бұрын
oh damn, I'll have to keep an eye out for those.
@TheLargino24 күн бұрын
@@AussieEnglishPodcast Prawn Ladders are perfect for the BBQ. Just skewer about 6 prawns with 2 bamboo satay sticks to form the ladder and away you go. It is a little bit of effort to skewer them but easy to control on the BBQ.
@MajorMalfunction24 күн бұрын
Yeah, a quick flame-grill char gives it that extra flavour.
@Nettieoiuyt17 күн бұрын
I remember being surprised by the amount of words that people learning English as a second language didn’t understand (I used to volunteer in our church “ESL” group). The funniest one to me was “chook” (chicken). I thought everyone would know that!
@carolemccosker884023 сағат бұрын
When i was a kid if i said Ta instead of thank you my mum would say Ta sticks to the road ! 😂