Dacre Montgomery & Geraldine Viswanathan Teach You Australian Slang | Vanity Fair

The stars of 'The Broken Hearts Gallery' Dacre Montgomery and Geraldine Viswanathan school us in Australian slang. From "mates rate" to "coldies," watch Dacre and Geraldine team up in this "beauty" of an episode of Slang School.
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[@Liam_Mellon]

It breaks my brain to find out that she's Australian. Her American accent is soooo good.

[@GatherYeRosebudsWhileYeMay]

Lol a lot of Australian do good American accents it’s not a stretch for us :)

[@ameliejoyce2854]

if only Americans could do good Aussie accents lmao

[@sassybdassi6686]

breaks your heart? why?

[@Liam_Mellon]

@@sassybdassi6686 I said breaks my BRAIN, not my heart

[@smurfette_blues7922]

SAME. And i make it my business to know if an actor is aussie, since i am one myself.

[@gerryvyti4256]

So rare to find another girl named Geraldine who is also aussie and desi

[@smurfette_blues7922]

Thats so cool 😂

[@dipakbagda0470]

Wow

[@assholebyginger]

It's because she is half white (her mum is swiss)

[@anjalisritharan2950]

She is a Tamil girl I think

[@P13r6]

I made a video about this movie. I hope you like it kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4XQgaZtmtd_ras

[@alexmajors565]

Ahhhh! I didn’t know they are both Aussies until seeing this. I just saw Broken Hearts. It was fantastic and so are these two. This made my morning!

[@SameerahCR7]

Right?! It was SO cute, different and funny 💜✨

[@alexmajors565]

Yes, I totally agree. This video is definitely worth multiple views as well as the film.

[@smritikapanigrahi1]

Dacre 's eye lashes are freaking never ending

[@joliecide]

Dacre for Wolverine MCU

[@anjaleesilva225]

Geraldine is so pretty omg 🥺

[@mohamedmubeen4583]

Agreed

[@tommarsee6319]

She sort of reminds me of Aubrey Plaza.

[@shreknet]

I know she's gorgeous

[@gemmapecorinigoodall9133]

Geraldine's accent is very interesting to me. It's obviously Australian, but there are moments that sound very North American in certain vowels

[@aberamagold7509]

Shes spent so much time learning how to and speaking with an American accent (albeit a nondescript one) that some of it has to stick with her. P.S. She's so damned pretty.

[@maxaustin3377]

She said she misses Australia so I guess she lives in the US? My cousin lives there and it only took him a couple years to start sounding a bit American

[@baokachi9767]

i'm an aussie and INNIT is definitely british!!! specifically Londoner

[@thechosenone1989]

I think the only reason that would have been included is because a lot of Americans cannot tell the difference between an Aussie and an English accent, I went to the USA once and I was asked if I was Australian but i don’t think i sound it at all I just have a very basic English accent (Like Tom Holland, or Naomi Scott). Overall I’d personally say “innit” is used pretty much everywhere but idk I’m pretty close to London.

[@liz-c39]

Yeah, it’s also used in the Mancunian dialect, actually. It isn’t specifically Londoner at all. Even people in the countryside use ‘init’ or ‘innit’. I don’t think it’s just a city term.

[@LornaMarieWatts]

@@thechosenone1989 Actually a lot of British sayings are said in Australia, due to the boom of immigration of Brits to Australia. Plus the close relationship between the two. New Zealand has a lot of the same slang terms too.

[@thechosenone1989]

Lorna Watts I’m very aware of this like “mate” is originally English however it’s stereotyped to be Aussie

[@Emtotherescue]

NOPE its a country thing! Born and raised about an hour outside of Melbourne and everyone i know says Innit

[@duhitsray1832]

I mean.... everything sounds better in Dacre’s voice Glad😭🥵

[@Rose-gy1cc]

The movie was spectacular. Too many happy tears. Glad to see a woman of Indian descent play a lead role.

[@sarahgrace8798]

Hooning is not just speeding. Going around a roundabout more than 7 times consecutively is an example of hooning.

[@jacqf3583]

And chucken a doughy or 2, dragging etc

[@zazzy6758]

i think its mostly just anything that negatively impacts the flow of traffic too

[@beleng3955]

they're both so hot wtf

[@jeffblack8457]

They're successful actors! They wouldn't have the careers that they do if they weren't hot.

[@himanshisobti6937]

I am in love with Geraldine and have literally seen everything she’s been in and right now binge watching her interviews

[@sandothemando8924]

Geraldine was brilliant and so funny in the movie 'Blockers' so it's awesome to see her doing new things. Aussies really are taking over the movie industry, haha!

[@912009]

I'm so ready for The Broken Hearts Gallery to be released

[@angelicsailor1st]

Me too

[@kirstenrubberducky]

I absolutely loved the movie. Instantly entered my romcom hall of fame

[@sher4674]

I watched it twice in a row

[@MyPimpinAfro14]

Far out I just saw Geraldine in Bad Education with Hugh Jackman. Had no idea she was an Aussie too! She's mad pretty

[@usehername1]

This is the only content they know what to do with Aussie actors

[@erikadlloyd5586]

No lie. I just heard a stand up comic tell story about being in Australia and every word in a conversation is abbreviated.

[@LindaM2]

We defs do hahaha!

[@newbooksmell4163]

Probs.

[@amandacottrell5175]

Most def!

[@KW-lj6sr]

Ken oath.

[@lillyvalley415]

Defs

[@earlgaytea]

literally in love with geraldine viswanathan

[@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn]

She is stunning! Beautiful young lady indeed

[@ameliajijo]

His eye lashes are so luscious haha

[@Kukamacko]

Dacre is so perfect I-

[@Tigris797]

i wanna see dacre and Jacob Elordi in a competition on who is the worst jock

[@invictafilms2690]

Is dacre wearing a velvet shirt???

[@amandacottrell5175]

He is 👌

[@joeanne4953]

Dacre’s eyes and voice is sooooo 😍

[@circusclown63]

Geraldine; "You're ugly" Dacre; :o 5:40

[@blueturtle3846]

😂

[@rajamannar9136]

You're ugly; Not Geraldine

[@PixieLovesItAll]

the music in the background as dacre reacted had me ROLLING, the drama of it all 🤣🤣

[@LeBeautiful]

I’m definitely going to use the term “Brekky” a lot more

[@derrick2579]

I have a friend I made through Xbox who’s in Australia & I’m definitely going to say this tomorrow 😆

[@thenewyorkbookshelf7047]

I don’t know how u survive without the word tbh

[@jessicamclennan1966]

Never thought I'd see a Vanity Fair interview where Puberty Blues gets a mention. Ya mole!

[@diegobello25]

dacre is so cute 🥺

[@Emtotherescue]

this was a very 'Country Australian' slang list! everyone i know uses every single one of these words 😂

[@MissLisaBabyx]

He's actually perfect

[@astrid-bellido]

Thongs: flip flops Avo: Avocado Sanga: sandwich G’day: good morning/afternoon Sizzle: Aussie hotdogs And the list goes on

[@angelaoldham2224]

nah not sizzle, snags

[@aliahale4117]

Just watched this a few hours ago, officially my favorite movie

[@kuntperfekta]

Tucker can also mean exhausted in the context of 'I'm all tuckered out'

[@official_avp]

He looks like he could play Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four reboot in the MCU

[@punkgurl1211]

Bloody ripper makes me think of Klaus (writing this before they explain the definition lol)

[@westinshire]

Stefan enters my brain

[@circusclown63]

Hes so cute in this!!!😭😭😭😭💗💖💗💗💖💗

[@viriamadaniela3589]

This is film I didn’t know I needed

[@dcbeesteph]

His voice is amazing

[@joaquinsorrentino1932]

They're so beautiful♥️

[@maddye1089]

the way dacre says his name is this is so cute for some reason-

[@xelasticax]

I actually thought of the old movie Puberty Blues. Not because they use the word 'mole' quite frequently in that movie. Btw, what a "great" way of treating girls. However, that is one of the thems of the movie; how girls are being treated and compared to boys. The movie is SO good! I'm so glad that my parents had accidently recorded that movie and I got to watch it as a kid. Even though it was rather old movie when I was a kid, I really liked the storyline and also the Australian slang. I also remember that one of the characters shouts "Beauty" (or something with the word 'beauty') when the lead actress does something really amazing. I didn't quite understand the full meaning of the expression before and now I know what it means thanks to Dacre and Geraldine.

[@gospelofrye6881]

"Hoon laws" apply to very specific kinds of anti-social driving. Including doing burnouts, drifting, doughnuts etc. Not really speeding, but doing stuff with your car that could potentially hurt an innocent bystander, or makes a lot of noise and smoke. For instance, the US practice of "rolling coal" would probably qualify as a hoon violation in some parts of Australia.

[@Nehmi]

Her American accent on Blockers was so good!!!!

[@angelaoldham2224]

feel like they left out some goldies: - togs (swimmers) - deadset (bang on, definitely, spot on) - snags (bunnings sausage on bread heh) - rollies (ciggies but not taylors) - woolies/safeway (woolworths - an australian supermarket)

[@user-ts2ny8jg9d]

Jeri Brown that's what they said? No one said Woolworths is Australian, but the slang for it is

[@emilys5249]

You're a Beauty of a human Dacre ❤

[@kawakibkaouther298]

His eyelashesss thooooo

[@rantut7656]

i love them both so much!

[@EllyseVeronica]

I use so many of these on such a regular basis. I didn’t realise they were actually just things Aussies said...

[@allyrox222]

He is just so beautiful, I was excited when I found out he was an Aussie

[@moonwalkjade1588]

i watched the broken hearts gallery last night and I loved it and now I'm on my dacre/geraldine rabbit hole

[@mae7586]

It’s so cool to finally see someone who’s Australian getting really famous

[@elsh332]

My eldest son looks so similar to Dacre- it's so weird!! And we are Aussies too 🤯

[@brianaippolito341]

son reveal

[@subodharpita7552]

Geraldine is just so pretty 😍

[@angelicsailor1st]

People in the south west of the US use Reckon a lot lol "I reckon it'll only take a few more minutes ya'll"

[@nocturnerequiem4756]

Here for Dacre.

[@sfernando04]

This guy is dreamy 😍

[@EricCEBALLOS11]

She’s gorgeous 🖤😍

[@rowanclaw22]

Love how they got slightly put off by the word crikey. Like please... don’t make us say it. We know the hunter guy is the only Australian person Americans know. We get asked this on the daily.

[@baokachi9767]

steve irwin was not a hunter bahaha

[@kuntperfekta]

Fun fact: crikey is an abbreviation of the phrase 'christ kill me'

[@rowanclaw22]

Sevira Asynjur oh yeah I’m sorry his tv was called the crocodile best friend show

[@user-ts2ny8jg9d]

Mary Tokeidai should have been, frankly

[@annnlonggg]

Crocodile Dundee!

[@TheThomasCOOPER]

I feel like alot of these are used in Canada as well... At least where I grew up

[@thechosenone1989]

Yeah mate. Canada 🇨🇦, NZ🇳🇿, Australia 🇦🇺 and UK 🇬🇧 are the best for sure

[@pradeepvincentmusic]

Cricket fans would know ‘Bloody rippah’ and ‘you beauty’ 😂

[@mrkukreti107]

Hahaha exactly.

[@mthggg]

We say “TA” a lot in the UK for thanks

[@pauldobson2529]

You tend to hear Cheers a lot instead of Ta in British TV. Cheers is the equivalent of Slainte or Skol for mine.

[@courbynebufford3550]

THEY ARE BOTH AUSTRALIANS AND DO PERFECT ENGLISH. OMG OKAYYY

[@keirawilson2544]

Shut up I didn’t know they were Australian- their American accent are honestly on point I thought they were both American when seeing them in broken hearts gallery wow you learn something new everyday

[@godsson1892]

Funny thing is that in South Africa we use the term rubber for an eraser as well, especially he coloreds. Having attended a mostly colored school/multi-racial school, I only knew it was actually called n eraser when I got to University lol.

[@Mol-ff3qe]

It’s so crazy how similar British phrases are to Australian

[@coolbeans483]

Not really crazy considering Australia was colonised (invaded) by the English

[@Mol-ff3qe]

Abbey Griffin 🙃

[@sm6908]

That’s colonising for you

[@Mol-ff3qe]

True, the British empire was very influential.

[@sparrowwilson4514]

Many of them are obviously originally British, but a lot of Brits were also encouraged to move Oz in the 60s, which is probably why there is such commonality with the language and slang to this day. Particularly when compared with US, who actively worked to differentiate the linguistic rules by creating American English.

[@axle2327]

Hoon - someone who is a trouble maker in their car, drifting, speeding, loud music excess can be given the "hoon charge" Rubbers - aka frangers aka CONDOMS - Also can be used in place of eraser cobber - Mate, true blue aussie galah - means he acts crazy - "he is a galah"

[@VTpieface1029]

See I always thought rubber used as slang for condoms was an American thing.....

[@Disney65Fan]

Watching the broken Hearts gallery and never knew both were Australian

[@claranguyen2738]

I’m Australian and I don’t know some of this. Feel so out of touch.

[@sosunni.]

she's soooooooo gorgeous wow 🥺💜

[@koda2681]

love them both so much

[@LDevine95]

They were annoyed by Crikey 😂

[@n_n3535]

Why Australian eyes are this much beautiful 🌚💔

[@dipakbagda0470]

Geraldine❣️

[@alexandrebertrand-lafleur3114]

I can't believe Billy Hargroves is Australian!

[@Geraisintrouble]

Geraldine is the pretties omg!

[@virlinehonore9767]

wow i had no idea she was australian. i remember seeing her in blockers and i just saw the broken hearts gallery.

[@ken-ne3ei]

Oh Geraldine u beauty♥️💚

[@summerxo3203]

Dacre has beautiful eyes😍😍

[@shannonb2817]

Geraldine is the australian Katy Perry LOL

[@atilla9460]

We need a MARGOT ROBBIE and DACRE MONTGOMERY collaboration

[@hannahholford2250]

Every Australian actor ever Media: tEaCh Us ThE sLaNg

[@dukajoe]

I Reckon... We say that down under in Alabama mate!

[@namithapoduval8925]

Aussies are really beautiful man!!😍🥰

[@mrkukreti107]

We have heard those slangs a lot due to cricket

[@invictafilms2690]

Hooning as far as I’m aware is just driving recklessly

[@ellies5989]

As an Aussie vanity fair has made me realise were fairly bad at explaining slang. We use other slang to teach slang 😂😬

[@NaRii]

alot of these are actually british slang.. but if you know your history it makes sense why they're used in australia

[@evanunes763]

Their american accent is insanely good

[@2riverageo]

I ❤️ this girl.......WOMAN

[@coolbeans483]

Innit, lappy and halfa.. as an aussie, i dont recall these!

[@baokachi9767]

innit is british?

[@thechosenone1989]

I’m British and I would say most of these words, Americans probably don’t realise where what slang belongs

[@lisinbondi1240]

Me either. Bad research

[@chrisanschau8169]

Innit for sure brittish but I've deffinetly been using halfa/ halva my whole life

[@jacqf3583]

Innit def British to me. Lappy I use all the time . Halfa I havent heard. (Edit - I'm Aussie)

[@IndieRockerHippy]

As an Irish person we use 'beauty' in the same way, and we sometimes say biccies as well.

[@FionaEm]

Cobber (friend) and galah (idiot) are very old-fashioned; not many ppl say them anymore. Innit is British Cockney, not Australian.

[@leilamanchino]

ITS BILLY

[@chloedewdney7308]

Can you get Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Josephine Langford do this

[@scottlewington8439]

Cobber is mate!

[@GatherYeRosebudsWhileYeMay]

How can you guys not know what hooning is ? You both got it wrong though the guy sort of touched on the right definition.

[@Ash4m3d4N0th1ng]

Omg he’s Australian I thought he was American I’m Australian too

[@jamieleecupido]

She’s Australian?! 😃😃

[@BellambiFredRoberts]

She sounds American

[@ShowBizJunkie]

Youth is beautiful!! Too bad it last for such a short time.

[@Sincro_1]

Wait that man doesnt he come in stranger things

[@kyra_carabott_bugeja3769]

He's Billy in Stranger Things