You forgot to mention one very important word i.e. Australia /Australian = Aussie. 😁 Here are some more; Mushie = mushroom Sunnies = sunglasses Prezzy = a present Chrissie = Christmas Bikkie = biscuit Exy = expensive Lippy = lipstick Pozzy = taking a good position Broady = Broadmeadows Ambo = ambulance Relo = relatiIve Vego =vegetarian Smoko = a short break for a smoke Defo = definitely Muso = a musician Preggo = pregnant Rego = registration for a vehicle Aggro = aggressive Hooroo = see you later Bloke = a man Bogan / Ocker/ Yobbo = a common aussie person usually badly dressed, unemployed Bludger = a lazy person Hoon = a crazy driver Dickhead = an annoying idiot Prang /bingle = a small car crash Chook= a chicken
I was at the bottle-o on Australia Day buying a slab to take to my mate’s barbie and I heard a young kid ask his dad if they could buy a couple of stubbie holders (they were emblazoned with the Aussie flag). His dad’s reply was priceless - ‘You don’t buy stubbie holders, son. You accumulate them.’
Note to foreigners…overuse of these terms in an attempt to "fit in" _will_ make you look more like an embarrassing try-hard than anything else, and most of us don't throw around slang nearly as frequently as stupid memes on social media would have you think.
In Adelaide they even have bigger slang vocabulary the slangs are very much used and locals Aussie always encouraging me to use the “Aussie slangs “ which I try to avoid to not sound “try harder “ but if you may not notice cos that is all you know but record yourself I dare you’ll see how much slag you say without even notice
NZer here - great video! Some of my favourite Aussie slang phrases - "dunny budgie" - a fly in the toilet (dunny) "budgie-smugglers" - tight swimming togs "spit the dummy" - to get angry, have a tantrum ( from how a baby spits out the dummy when he/she gets annoyed ) "go you good thing!" - cheering on a sportsperson - often used in rugby or league. Used with race-horses too.
I really enjoyed watching this video. I am an Aussie and you’ve explained everything to a T. Other slang or shortened words I use almost everyday or at work: - champ - freebie - halfa (half an hour) - “yeah-nahhh” and the reverse - soz - totes - Woolies - righto - cheers - she’ll be right - nah, all good. - chuck a u-ie (u-turn) - hang five - thank F… - uggies
A Yank here. My two faves are "fair dinkum" and "ridgie didg"(sp?) - Reminding we are also affectionately called "Yanks" even though in the US a "yank" is only a north easterner. You'd get your a* kicked where I'm from in Texas calling me a Yank, haha 😂
Hi Emma, as an 81 year old Australian who lives in Sweden, nice to hear those words and understood most of them, I use some of them in every day speak here, much to the locals puzzlement. However I wanted to comment on the the use of the word bottle-o, that was not a bottle shop (liquor store) in my day, that term referred to the guy that came around collecting the dead marines (used empty beer bottles) he used to come around on his horse and cart calling out "bottle-o".
I'm an American and I loved this video. I have tender feelings for Aussies, Canadians, and Brits. I really enjoyed all these fun expressions. I could guess the meaning of most of them. The presenter is beautiful and full of delightful personality. I'm an old man using my wife computer.
@@jonathandevereaux298 Dude is still pretty common all over but most people who use it are currently in their 30s and 40s since it was a very common slang during their teenage years. Just my opinion anyway.
Australia is my absolute favorite country and I have been to Australia six times - always for 5 or 6 weeks. I mostly flew to South Australia, Adelaide. But I was also in Melbourne and Perth.
One of my best friends is Australian. And from her I learned that if Australians could find a way to shorten the word "A", they would do so. Thank you for helping me to understand the language better!
Absolutely love the Australian accent. I have many friends in AU and from the UK. Although the slang can be challenging, I absolutely love it. Australia was one of my favorite places I’ve been and would definitely go back. If it wasn’t for family here in the US, I’d move to AU in a heartbeat. Thank you for sharing this
Yes!! you should definitely come to Australia it is Amazing 🤩 the animals here are also spectacular! You won’t ever find animals like ours in any other country.😃
A couple of things some of my colleagues from OS had issues with was "ta", which means thanks; and when someone says they're "not too bad" when replying to someone asking how they are. "Not too bad" doesn't mean they are a feeling a little bad, it is generally a neutral expression, meaning they are fine.
This comes from British understatement which Americans simply don't get. "Not too bad" can be a lot stronger as in: "how was the food?" answer: "not bad at all" which usually means it was excellent.
@@off-the-cuffworldadventure3483 actually most of my workmates who had trouble with these were from South Asia. I think it's more people who learn english as a second language who have trouble with these ones
@@DissonusWren i think i was actually replying to kevin smyth's comment about americans not understanding british understatement. sorry for the confusion!
I find those shortened words so great. Nice and informal, not taking anything too serious and strict, showing you have affiliation to the subject, talking about it in an endearing way. Like you would when you shorten a friend's name. Love it! Even towards strange people, showing you are an affectionate person.
Another version of “no worries” is “no wuckers”. Won’t go into the derivation and Emma is far too polite to mention. I’m inclined to disagree on use of the word “dunny”. Maybe it’s just us older types, but i find “loo” very twee and really English. I prefer our own slang. And you left out the slang for a plumber due to this. A plumber is a “dunny diver”. When I moved to coastal, regional Victoria, I noticed how, particularly girls, said “no worries” to everything, but then when I’d go back to Melbourne or Geelong, I’d hear it all the time, different ages, both genders.
@@mmmEnglish_Emma this is not a question about english but i'm so curious about ask you the next question. ¿Has australian people the same devotion and adoration to royal family specially to queen Elizabeth as british people do?
@@valentinanderson535 HI Valentin, I think the answer is not really. There are some Australians who love the royal family, but not many. I think that the majority of Australians are respectful of the royal family and maybe interested to a degree in them, but see the royal family as disconnected from Australia. Australia is now a very diverse nation, with people from all over the world. However, I think the majority of people are very supportive of our democracy and would if needed still support the UK in times of trouble. I think this is because the UK and Australia are two of the best democracies in the world with very similar values and that both nations work hard to ensure equality and opportunity, with very good systems to support underprivileged people when compared with other nations. We would support other European nations similarly but not to the same extent because we don't have the same history with them and also because European nations have a history of conflict between each other.
And if the word ends with a letter R, that is either not pronounced (Here can be HEE), or it is replaced with YAH (here can be heyah). Listen to the cricket commentators when they talk about the bowlah, or a 6 ball owvah. It may be a players first time HEE at this ground. He may also be a good catchah to fieldah. For people that speak proper English. Australian is horrible to listen to...but still not as bad as listening to a New Zealander!!
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Note Dunny is still used in Australia a lot just not so much in the cities. You can usually tell where an Aussie is from on how much thicker the slang is. I would say that mmmEnglish is from a city and probably city raised.
@@MC_Mookie That "non-australian" accent is just indicative that she's from a major city, probably Melbourne. There's three-or-so distinctive "aussie" accents, with Ocre being the one seen commonly in films.
On a cruise once upon a time, and was filled with Americans. We mentioned that we didn't attend the floor show because it was "chockas". Puzzled look on faces - so we explained that it was chock-a-block. Still puzzled looks. You Know - not enough room to swing a cat. Still puzzled looks. Gee that was a fun cruise, taking the piss. Oh, that's another one !!
@@ksmyth999 "Taking the Michael" comes from the rhyming slang version of "taking the piss", which was "taking the Mickey Bliss". I've no idea who Mr Bliss may have been.
My son is citizen of aus I get confused while talking with any auisy even having much control over language but listening u adds to my confidence Thanks
I’m glad she mentioned the police using mate. As a cop myself I can definitely confirm that we use mate at least 100 times a shift! Also Emma you forgot to mention your emergency services: Coppa, Ambo, Firie.
My Dad was an old school cop and I can assure you if you called him mate you would have regretted it...his entire attitude and superior "above the law" outlook is why I'm not a fan of the police force..haven't had a good experience with one yet and I've been around them most of my life.
@@TazzyCee78 some Sergeants and Inspectors don't like being called mate from their subordinates while on shift but outside of work it shouldn't matter. If they have an issue with being called mate by family I dare say that have a lot bigger personality issues going on.
@@DannyMagic84 Mate, you don't know the half of it 😉... probably why I haven't spoken to him in a decade lol...his favourite saying was, "this is not a democracy it's a dictatorship and you'll do as you're fucking told"...yeah nahhh toxic is an understatement. Often happens when a narcissist joins the force.
@david mullen. There is only one way to tell which sport is better. That is simply by the number of people prepared to go and watch it. Aussie rules is the fourth highest crowd drawing sport in the world, and NRL match of the day in Sydney draws 15 to 20,000 people, compared to Aussie rules pulling between 50,000 to 90,000 people. The Sydney Swans at the SCG always blitz rugby game crowds. So it is no contest, ours is the much more exciting game, and we call it footy.
@david mullen . So I am a Victorian, because the Sydney Swans used to be South Melbourne. I think “REAL FOOTBALL” would mean kicking it with your feet, which you guys hardly ever do, so don’t call it “football” for starters. Watch a video of the “AFL’s worst hits and bumps.” You think’ your guys are tough, but our guys are running faster and from all directions and so the speed of the hits that can come from any direction means that our players cop a lot more rough stuff than your guys. Having said all that I do not watch it for the rough stuff. If I did I would go and watch wrestling or boxing. Our game is much more skilful such as bouncing the ball and marking it etc, plus is fast and high-scoring and highly entertaining. (Hence the reason it gets much bigger crowds.) At the moment there are heaps of Americans, English and others who are making video reactions to our game. They are all totally blown away with AFL. A couple of them have said, “We thought it was rugby and we weren’t interested, but AFL is a more exciting game.” Plenty of our Sydney players have played rugby as juniors, but found Aussie rules more exciting. Recently retired Kieran Jack is the son of one of your rugby heroes named Gary Jack. Kieran chose Aussie rules. So you can hang onto your childish belief that ours is a girls game, when in fact it’s a lot tougher than yours.
@david mullen . All I said is we do kick the ball a lot where is you guys only kick it for a score. That means ours is more football than yours is. You glossed over where I talked about skill versus the rough stuff. I have no interest in your rough play, or your punch on‘s, or your all in brawls. If it is a better game to watch, How come you can’t pull the big crowds like we do?
@david mullen . I lived in Sydney for awhile mate. I used to read the papers and see the NRL match of the day, 12,000, 15,000, and occasionally 20,000. Important AFL matches start around 50,000, and the likes of Anzac Day we can have 90,000.
The current "young slang" is so different to when I grew up. Some of it is still around but my kids have their own language that I pretty much have down pat. I still like to confuse my kids with olden day speech as they call it haha
A lot of those older terms are still in use extensively the further west or rural you go. If you head out of the big smoke (the larger capital cities), the older version of Australian slang (Sheila, dunny, cobber, dart, etc) are still heavily used. It's also generally how you tell suburban vs rural/outback Australians apart. There are also smaller capitals and cities that use the country Australian vernacular, rather than the suburban Australian vernacular. The north of Australia - pretty much from Townsville to Geraldton, including famous cities like Cairns, Darwin, Alice Springs, Broome, Karratha, etc - all use the country vernacular, with regional dialects. The same with essentially anything west of the Great Dividing Range (the Blueies) in the Eastern States. Places like Parkes and Wagga-Wagga (the actual name of a city in western NSW) speak in a manner more similar to someone in Kalgoorlie than someone in Sydney. In the middle, there is also a unique Germanic influence on the vernacular. In the early colonial period of QLD, SA and the NT, there was a strong central European migration, with German being the dominant tongue. Barossan German is still a spoken dialect of modern German, native to Australia. All Australian German speakers, though, speak English. However, in places like rural SA and remote NT, the accent and terminology has identifiable Germanic influence. This includes the way certain letters are pronounced - such as car having a longer "aah" sound than in the east or west, or in the type of foods available - such as schnitzels, fritz and mettwurst as opposed to parmigiana (you can get parmigiana toppings, but its sold as a topping to any of the schnitzel varieties), polony/devon or smoked meats. However, probably the biggest issue visitors face is the thick accent in rural and remote areas - often very "mumbled" and grunt-like, rather than well annunciated. There is, of course, a reason for this: the flies. An open mouth is a mouth filled to overflowing with the little blighters! Essentially, the two main language dialects are South-East Australian (all the big, heavily populated regions from Brisbane to Melbourne, as well as large outliers such as East Tasmania, Mount Gambier and Adelaide) and the West and North - often called "bogan" by the SE.
@jennklein1917 But we South Aussies still pronounce romance as "roam-ants", even though dance is pronounced "dunce" (or "darnce" but without pronouncing the "r" as Australian English follows the non-rhotic convention of British English) and plant is pronounced "plunt" or plarnt, again without pronouncing the "r".
I'm not sure that would be the norm in Australia. I think you would be getting weird looks in most places in Australia referring to every bloody shop as woolies 🤣
My dad used to use old slang. He'd affectionately call me a mug or a drongo. I miss the old slang, it is true it isn't used as much. I've heard dinkum and dinky di occasionally.
I love the australian accent - actually all about Australia - humble and both feet on the ground. Thanks for sharing this video - slang is fine as it gives every region it´s own identity. all the best down under 🙂
May I remind you that Slang isn’t entirely a requirement. I have British blood in me and you’ll never find me swearing on the frequent. I watched this because up until now, I didn’t really have a clear idea on what slang was. So, in short, I do a lot of talking without shortening anything I say. (Like this comment for example)
@@Intel_Arts-32 Unless you were raised here ya blood don't matter, it's something developed through growing up in the society, not blood in ya veins lol
@@Intel_Arts-32 Who said anything about proving anything, must be exhausting entering conversations with an automatic defensive attitude. Between mentioning blood and not knowing slang, tis easy enough to confuse ya for a yank
Great video! I've been living in Australia for 14 years and I'm still learning to understand the slang! I remember being baffled when I went out for lunch with somebody and they said, "I'll shout you" (I'll pay for your lunch). I also find many Australians say "reguly" instead of regularly (as you heard in this video 4:43), as well as "vunrabill" instead of vulnerable.
I am a senior and fil am. I have friends and relatives living there but hardly talk to them because of time difference. I wonder and become interested in your culture? Nice video!
This girl has a very refined Aussie accent.Theres a lot of "lingo" as well used by street ,or working class.some is used so others like cops can't understand
She sounds like she’s from Adelaide. Could be wrong but there were a few words where it almost sounded british...that’s always a dead giveaway of an Adelaide accent.
Loo has become the "polite" slang for Dunny, also I noticed that Dunny is more often used for outdoor toilets and Loo for indoor but not exclusively (Iv'e live about 1/2 my life in each Sydney and Brisbane)
Yes , very true the Loo indeed it is but I thought Loo is more pommy . Then again I hear the term Thunderbox quite often but i think that’s more American . Nope just plain old The Dunny will have to do for me .
I live on the Mornington peninsula in Melbourne. We have some local slang Mordialloc - mordi Frankston - franga / franky Parkdale - parky Southland - southy Melbourne central - mc Sorrento - sorro (not very common) Anywhere on the peninsula - tippy (also not very common) That’s all I can remeber
I am American, but have spent a decent amount of time in Sydney. I have family there and absolutely love that city. I’ve travelled out to the big dirt patch too. Any time I’m with friends and family I always learn new slang. I even catch myself using it when I’m home. I always enjoy a good brekky!
@@matthewcullen1298 There is a documentary called "the sounds of oz"or aus on the history and features of our accent. The actress Rachel Griffiths (?) is the one who says it is easier for Australians to learn an accent as they have learn a something. It is harder to learn Australian as you have to forget everything. She says imagine your tongue just flopped over an exercise ball.
I really appreciate your work mam that you're making a person educated and confident by your great english videos. I'm really very thankful for you to make me able to write something for you in English.
I'm coming to Straya as soon as borders are open in my country! I'll hopefully stay there for good. I LOVE your country since I was a child, and now my dream is finally coming true 💕
@@fleafly5383 well, Aussies told me they call it that way in colloquial speech, so apparently there are still some Aussies using it in Australia, beyond Melbourne 😁😋
I'm from Chile, and we use so many slangs too. I lived for a year in Australia and I loved we have that on common, we are like the "Australians for Spanish speakers", you think you know Spanish until you come to Chile.
I’m from the UK, but I have always used the slang expression Sticky beak for as long as I can remember! The ‘ripper’ expression really makes me smile as I always think of Lizzie Birdsworth from Prisoner - she always said ‘you little ripper’ 😂
For those who are carefully *listening* to her, note that she has a very American sound when she uses words ending in 'r' or similar, like -er ... or -or ... We Aussies don't normally have that 'twangy' roll... Whilst we often have a nasal sound, her 'ending -r' sounds are not typical.
I am genuinely curious about this. I could be mistaken, but it sounds like you are saying that Americans are rhotic while Australians are non-rhotic. I certainly can't speak for Australia, but the US has hundreds of dialects pretty evenly divided between rhotic and non-rhotic. Bostonites do not pronounce the r sound, South England does not pronounce the r sound, US midwestern and southern tidewater do pronounce the r sound.
@@GlenBradley I'm no phonetics expert... & I admit I've not spoken with someone from every part of the world... but to Aussie ears, the 'twang' of most USA-educated folks is one of their identifying characteristics; like 'oo' sounds- for example, 'door' will sound 'daw', 'dawrr', 'doo-Ah', 'dahh', etc... The point is that with the rest of her sounds, her 'r' sounds are often atypical to 'the' Aussie sound (whatever THAT is)...
Emma, I am happy to tell you that God gave me a great opportunity to visit Australia in 2018. I spent a joyful and wonderful two months studying there. I stayed in our missionary in Melbourne. Truly Australia is such a Beautiful Country. I loved to be there and have to say that people are very welcoming. Thank you.
@@kristinehayes4885 yes we do. Speak for yourself.
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I was almost ready to travel to Australia when this pandemic started 😪 but I still believe that this situation will end soon. I can't wait to descover all the beautiful places you guys have in your country and to learn more of you culture!
I enjoy listening to you speak plus the facial expressions and body languages, so fun the slang shall be useful to many as well. Clearly you enjoy educating the audience! Ripper!!
I MAKE shortened words cause im too lazy to say the whole thing, but everyone else around me understands what im saying cause its so normal to do that here
@@AnimalLover-yy1ml yeah I get that, Im from Aus as well. Im saying that she speaks so formally and pronounces everything properly which isn’t very common in Australia.
we don't usually have a plain schnitzel. Cover it with cheese and tomato sauce ( at a minimum ) and it is known as "Chicken parmigiana", - of course shortened to just a "Parma". A common pub special ( at least in Victoria ) is a Parma and a Pot. A pot is a 285mL glass of beer.
Thongs are open footwear known as "flip flops" in USA, While in USA thongs are "G" string type underwear. Important for visitors in Australia to remember what thongs are in Australia to avoid embarrassment.
They were called thongs when I was a kid in America, but the term got replaced by flip-flops, no doubt due to the increased popularity of the underwear, sometimes referred to as "butt floss".
Fun fact: the Nullarbor sounds like it's an aboriginal word, but it's actually Latin. It literally translates as "no trees" (null = no/none, arbor = trees/plants).
@@nono7105 it was not applied correctly when capt Cook set foot & declared the land uninhabited. Tell the indigenous people there's 'nothing wrong with it' Their land was stolen. There really is no argument.
I loved this video so much that I thought I'd share my first experiences with the Australian English. I've been living in Australia for nearly 20 years now and I'm still learning the Aussie slang. Every time I thought I've heard them all, there'd be a another popped in that I haven't heard of before. My background is I'm a polyglot, I speak five languages from my home country, SI, and that includes English as it is the official language of SI but also it's the only language we are taught at school and we're taught the British English as SI was a British Protectorate. I had English teachers from England at secondary school. Funny thing, I thought I knew English when I moved to Australia but when I started interacting with the people, oh my, it was a total nightmare for me; firstly the Australian accent is a very confusing accent to someone who is not familiar with it and secondly, the Australian slang...might as well a language on its own. I got to be honest, I was so confused and I used to ask people to repeat themselves all the time to the point where I was so embarrassed about myself asking all the time. I came to conclusion that Australians aren't speaking English but that they're speaking a language of their own called Australian. To my Australian husband's amusement he used to tell people, "Hey, my wife thinks we speak Strayan not English" and they'd laugh. Oh the Australian humour; I learned that too (Australians have a great sense of humour). But that was then, now I'm embarrassing the Australian English, I find it fascinating. Languages always fascinate me. Now that I'm familiar with the Australian English, I'm currently learning French, Spanish and German. Oh, yeah, nothing's going to stop me from learning. Thank you, mmmEnglish. 🙂👍
Try Hebrew ,easier than I thought. Only excepting like french they flip Bach and forward with different words and ,phrases directed to getnda. Wonder some times lately how the Jews contend under President Joe Biden with twenty to fifty different genders. Let's not go there. ???????.
LOVELY VIDEO! I LOVE AUSTRALIA. I WAS THERE 2 AND A HALF DECADES AGO AND I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS COUNTRY EVER SINCE, IM EVEN OBSESSED WITH IT... THANKS A LOT! SHAUL ISRAEL
Fun and informative show! As an ex-pat Brit in Canada I see a lot of similarities. Something about Australian's I have noticed is they love to add a "Y" to the end of someones name ( or "ie") and even inanimate objects. Aussies are deservedly well liked for their open friendliness and no nonsense approach to b.s. Don't change ! 😉
Oh we put up with a lot of bs too (let's face it, if we didn't we wouldn't have any politicians in Oz), especially professionally. Most tourists just don't encounter that part of Aussie culture. An Aussie on holiday or down at the pub is quite different from an Aussie at work (well, for the most part anyway - maybe not some tradies)
"Aussies are deservedly well liked for their open friendliness and no nonsense approach to b.s. Don't change" this slowly over the years is changing :(
Yes that is being rapidly erased. We are meant to be ashamed of our Anglo Saxon past and character here in Australia. Presenting a non Anglo multiculturally obsessed face is our government and medias driving obsession today. Diversity and minority pandering is a all consuming goal for business and government in Australia now..say goodbye to seeing people like the lady in this video.
I absolutely love the Australian accent! I do hope to visit there one day. That is the one country that I would love to live in outside of the United States.
I was raised in West Virginia, and we used "dunny" as a slang for an outhouse. But then again, our dialect and idiomatic were still riddled with old country English and Scots-Irish slang.
I'm an Aussie in his 60s and definitely still call a toilet a dunny. Strictly speaking it is an outside toilet when old houses had a separate little shed out the back with the toilet in it (because before plumbing, men would come and empty the can each week and leave an empty one under the toilet seat) but the term can be used for any toilet.
My flight to Australia leaves in 3 weeks. I am actually a lot more nervous about the flight itself than the speaking. I am 18 years old and hope to have a great time work-and-travelling. This video helped a lot to get used to the totally different culture and (for me, I am German) language or to be specific: slang. So: thank you! 🤗🇦🇺
I must advise you, DON'T HITCHIKE , as an Aussie I can not stress this more. Always advise police of your whereabouts if camping alone. Travel with like minded, and exhuberant people and U will have a great time of it all ❤️🏖️🌞🍉
Wow! Australian slang is just gorgeous! I love it! I have an Australian friend. An electrician is a sparkie(how cute is that?). But my favorite is the "sickie". If I as a German, living in Germany would tell my Boss that I would take a "sick day", without really being sick, I could do that three times before loosing my job 🤣🤣🤣 Of course we do that as well, but we normally lie about it(and we need a cool doctor to help us keeping that lie alive). Australia sounds like fun.
Chucking a sickie is the same here as in Germany…we don’t tell our bosses we’re not bloody sick! We lie just the same…but to our mates we say we’re gonna chuck a sickie to go to or do something fun! My husband is a tradie, a plumber…they’re called dunny divers (so we still do use funny, but usually only for that reference. Outback still use broad slang so dunny is still in use. If you meet a bushy (country person from the bush) they usually use very thick slang that even Aussies can struggle with. They use rhyming slang in north Qld and out there. Eg tomatoe sauce - dead horse. There’s a lot more but can’t think of them right now.
Marc, depends upon the context of the conversation. I'm obviously not referring to a can of beer if I say to a mate "hey, let's grab the tinnie and go out fishing on the harbour mate' am I?
I'm a very big fan of Australia!!! Since I was a teenager I read several books about this Country. And it always has been a dream of mine to visit this really awesome Continent! Unfortunately I only made it as far as Naw Zealand. Wich was also a really great wacation. My dream was to take Motorcycles with a mate and take a whole year to ride them all around the entire continent. I think this would be the ultimate adventure.
I'm from Chicago USA. I stumbled across your channel a while back and enjoy the content. I always love learning about other cultures. I don't hear a lot of the Australian slang words here in the Mid-west, but I do know what they mean if you said them to me.
I was working as a Spanish teacher and I had an Aussie colleague, who taught English. He was very smart and friendly and, in the morning, at the beginning of the working day, he greeted me with a "Good morning, sunshine!". I know it isn't Australian slang, but it was heartwarming. He even took a boomerang to the academy. How funny. Besides, I knew from my Australian boyfriend some Aussie words related to privacy, but they are not suitable for infants and young children. 😄
Actually, "Sunshine" does tend to be a common way to address someone. And like "mate" it can have positive or negative connotations. "Morning Sunshine" is quite a common expression (altho tends to be more common with the older generation, I think)
G'Day Talishka. Thank you for such a nice statement. Somehow Australians have a way of connecting with so many different people around the world. I have lot's of ideas why but in the end it doesn't matter, what matters is that we all make positive connections and learn from each other. The Australian culture is all about enjoying life and looking towards the future. But more and more it's becoming about accepting everyone and cultivating the best in every person, regardless of their background, etc. I have always been very proud of Australia but as we evolve and learn more ourselves about the cultures of the world and accept them into our community the more proud I become and the better community I think we are.
Yup they’re bucks $ ere. But we also say dollas…we often say d instead of t and er is always ah We still do use old slang like gallah (bird but also means idiot or funny depending on the sitch
My now Thai wife when I first met her said to me my english is really good, but you have to teach me Aussie slang, a few months later, she rang me at work and said, Gday mate, how they hanging, Priceless🤣🤣
My dad was from the country and he had some old sayings like “wouldn’t that rip the crutch out of your nightie” when something bad happened and nightie was short for nightgown. The other one was the name for side burns “buggery grips”.
During my school days in South Australia, we used to study for a few months to make English adaptions there. It turns out that there are many differences in the English we learn in Malaysia, especially the accent even though Australian English is simpler than British English.
Small correction. Servo wasn't a term for a place to service your car. As an older bloke, Servo meant "full service" i.e. The attendant/s would come out, put gogo juice in your car. Pop the bonnet, check fluids. Oil, water, etc. & occasionally tyre pressure depending on time. So... Servo meant that you got served... =D
Bloke= a man cactus= broken; no longer functioning Chook= a chiken; a silly person ( often used on kids). Exy= expensive Fossick= search for something. Grouse= great, awesome, amazing. Heaps= lots; many. Hoon= a person who drives recklessly Stoked= excited; proud; happy... I know some others slang's haha.. You're the best emma... love youuu..
I was in Melbourne three years ago spending a couple of weeks visiting friends in Glenroy. My host gave me a gift and when I opened it, I remarked "Wow! What really neat can koozies!" My friend turned to me and exclaimed "What?" I said "These are some really neat can koozies!" She burst out laughing and turned to everyone else in her house and said laughingly "He's calling stubbie holders can koozies!"
As in "tea cosy" - ie a woollen "jacket" to place over a hot pot of tea to keep it warm, that my SA granny used all the time. Hence a "can cosy" or cosies. As in to keep cosy in front of a fire.
This was unexpectedly pleasant and lovely to watch. I loved all those shortcuts. It must be fun seeing adults use all those cute shortcut words in daily talk in Aussie (I'm guessing that would work as a shortcut word for Australia) :D
Hi Emma! Great summary of some really topical common phrases. I’m an Aussie. I often wonder how visitors go watching the news. I remember seeing a story once with the caption ‘Prang’ (car crash) lol. I have an American friend who I complimented once saying they would have left me for dead at something. They thought I meant if I was dying they would have left. It took some explaining to convince them it was a compliment that they were better at something 😂 Another one for our US friends - generally for your snags, sauce = ketchup
What other Australian slang words have you heard?
I love you from khartoum
Hi dear Emma, saying hello from IRAN
What do you call someone from New Zealand? A Newzie?
Bloke
That bloke is friendly 😎
I dont know!
You forgot to mention one very important word i.e.
Australia /Australian = Aussie. 😁
Here are some more;
Mushie = mushroom
Sunnies = sunglasses
Prezzy = a present
Chrissie = Christmas
Bikkie = biscuit
Exy = expensive
Lippy = lipstick
Pozzy = taking a good position
Broady = Broadmeadows
Ambo = ambulance
Relo = relatiIve
Vego =vegetarian
Smoko = a short break for a smoke
Defo = definitely
Muso = a musician
Preggo = pregnant
Rego = registration for a vehicle
Aggro = aggressive
Hooroo = see you later
Bloke = a man
Bogan / Ocker/ Yobbo = a common aussie person usually badly dressed, unemployed
Bludger = a lazy person
Hoon = a crazy driver
Dickhead = an annoying idiot
Prang /bingle = a small car crash
Chook= a chicken
Thanks for adding more words to learn.
Why do Aussies shorten everything? What do they do with the time they save?
Definitely a true Aussie
@@docbailey3265 We chill, or have another tinny.
Unknowingly i would say Sunnies,surprised to know it’s an Aussie slang.
I was at the bottle-o on Australia Day buying a slab to take to my mate’s barbie and I heard a young kid ask his dad if they could buy a couple of stubbie holders (they were emblazoned with the Aussie flag). His dad’s reply was priceless - ‘You don’t buy stubbie holders, son. You accumulate them.’
😅😂😂🥲
Edit idea: young kid- little ripper
LMAO Absolutely you do!! I really miss my accumulated holders 😢
To right mate, total agree with ya. Me ole boy accumulates 100's of them anyway he can. Kinda obsessed poor dude 😕
but did you get ya mum a pack of winnie reds or what?
Nah mate kids are ‘tin lids’@@themtber9880
Note to foreigners…overuse of these terms in an attempt to "fit in" _will_ make you look more like an embarrassing try-hard than anything else, and most of us don't throw around slang nearly as frequently as stupid memes on social media would have you think.
In Adelaide they even have bigger slang vocabulary the slangs are very much used and locals Aussie always encouraging me to use the “Aussie slangs “ which I try to avoid to not sound “try harder “ but if you may not notice cos that is all you know but record yourself I dare you’ll see how much slag you say without even notice
Speak for yourself mate
Stone the crows mate are you trine to be some kind of a Galah!
as if where im from slang makes up most of our volcabulary you are probably from the city.
Some mates of mine are walking memes lol
NZer here - great video!
Some of my favourite Aussie slang phrases -
"dunny budgie" - a fly in the toilet (dunny)
"budgie-smugglers" - tight swimming togs
"spit the dummy" - to get angry, have a tantrum ( from how a baby spits out the dummy when he/she gets annoyed )
"go you good thing!" - cheering on a sportsperson - often used in rugby or league. Used with race-horses too.
i’m also a Kiwi and i love these too!
I really enjoyed watching this video. I am an Aussie and you’ve explained everything to a T.
Other slang or shortened words I use almost everyday or at work:
- champ
- freebie
- halfa (half an hour)
- “yeah-nahhh” and the reverse
- soz
- totes
- Woolies
- righto
- cheers
- she’ll be right
- nah, all good.
- chuck a u-ie (u-turn)
- hang five
- thank F…
- uggies
Hello how are you doing today I hope you’re having a wonderful day
Nice sharing dear.. ❤😘.. greeting from Indonesia.. see u
A Yank here. My two faves are "fair dinkum" and "ridgie didg"(sp?) - Reminding we are also affectionately called "Yanks" even though in the US a "yank" is only a north easterner. You'd get your a* kicked where I'm from in Texas calling me a Yank, haha 😂
Gorgeous in any language!
Oh my, "chuck a u-ie" I seen somewhere to "Park" Over here in the USA, that draws blanks stares every time.
Hi Emma, I'm studying in Australia in rthe moment. I love Australian accent and people here💓🇦🇺 I'm from Brazil🇧🇷
Great may i communicat you on instagram please i want to asking you some question about studies
Hello
Hey I'm from Brazil too! 🇧🇷🇧🇷
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Good job
why have I been binge watching videos about my own language?
😅
You know I've done the same, how odd
Me too
@smokingreen. Fkin brilliant son.
@smokengreen She's easy on the eye eh?
After spending 10 years in Australlian as a Brissie, I can say I know most of them now. Thanks for the video.
Hi Emma, as an 81 year old Australian who lives in Sweden, nice to hear those words and understood most of them, I use some of them in every day speak here, much to the locals puzzlement. However I wanted to comment on the the use of the word bottle-o, that was not a bottle shop (liquor store) in my day, that term referred to the guy that came around collecting the dead marines (used empty beer bottles) he used to come around on his horse and cart calling out "bottle-o".
In the days when we went to the sly grog shop to get booze after hours (6 o'clock closing in Victoria back then)
Waw....81 that so incredible
Would love to get know you...
bottlo no longer means the person who retrieves the bottles. that job seems to have gone
I remember that as well. The place to buy alcohol from is the grog shop
I'm an American and I loved this video. I have tender feelings for Aussies, Canadians, and Brits. I really enjoyed all these fun expressions. I could guess the meaning of most of them. The presenter is beautiful and full of delightful personality. I'm an old man using my wife computer.
You are top notch sheila
Hello Kathy how are you feeling today. Hope you had a wonderful day
@@masonliam983 is he not she.he use a wife account
Hi can we chat please
Hi kathy
I believe that “mate” is used very much as “dude” is used in America. It can be used both in a friendly way, and as a warning.
Americans don't use dude that much. The country is not a California beach in the 80s.
@@jonathandevereaux298 I use dude all the time, it's pretty common to say where I live
Yeah this is over embellished
Closer to something between "dude" and "man".
@@jonathandevereaux298 Dude is still pretty common all over but most people who use it are currently in their 30s and 40s since it was a very common slang during their teenage years. Just my opinion anyway.
Australia is my absolute favorite country and I have been to Australia six times - always for 5 or 6 weeks. I mostly flew to South Australia, Adelaide. But I was also in Melbourne and Perth.
One of my best friends is Australian. And from her I learned that if Australians could find a way to shorten the word "A", they would do so. Thank you for helping me to understand the language better!
R U OK ?
We also lengthen words…..lol
Yes - nah yeah
No - Yeah Nah
@@punkmetalbabe- You are a complex people!
@@punkmetalbabe also, as in, for instance, saving leftover food "Save it for Ron and Justin" - ie Later On (Ron) and Just In Case (Justin)
Absolutely love the Australian accent. I have many friends in AU and from the UK. Although the slang can be challenging, I absolutely love it. Australia was one of my favorite places I’ve been and would definitely go back. If it wasn’t for family here in the US, I’d move to AU in a heartbeat. Thank you for sharing this
Yes!! you should definitely come to Australia it is Amazing 🤩 the animals here are also spectacular! You won’t ever find animals like ours in any other country.😃
Yeah I’m from America too and I think the Australian accent is awesome! I’d love to visit one day
Hey....
@@aamirrazak3467 hey
A couple of things some of my colleagues from OS had issues with was "ta", which means thanks; and when someone says they're "not too bad" when replying to someone asking how they are. "Not too bad" doesn't mean they are a feeling a little bad, it is generally a neutral expression, meaning they are fine.
This comes from British understatement which Americans simply don't get. "Not too bad" can be a lot stronger as in: "how was the food?" answer: "not bad at all" which usually means it was excellent.
it's funny we always say how we're not.
just for the record, all americans are not so dull-witted and do understand subtly of language. i would know exactly what you meant. :)
@@off-the-cuffworldadventure3483 actually most of my workmates who had trouble with these were from South Asia. I think it's more people who learn english as a second language who have trouble with these ones
@@DissonusWren i think i was actually replying to kevin smyth's comment about americans not understanding british understatement. sorry for the confusion!
Crystal clear Voice and Very good explanation.
I find those shortened words so great. Nice and informal, not taking anything too serious and strict, showing you have affiliation to the subject, talking about it in an endearing way. Like you would when you shorten a friend's name. Love it!
Even towards strange people, showing you are an affectionate person.
Yes we love Australia!
Some Aussie slangs :
"No worries!"
"No drama!"
Means no problem!
Yes! 😍
Another version of “no worries” is “no wuckers”. Won’t go into the derivation and Emma is far too polite to mention.
I’m inclined to disagree on use of the word “dunny”. Maybe it’s just us older types, but i find “loo” very twee and really English. I prefer our own slang. And you left out the slang for a plumber due to this. A plumber is a “dunny diver”.
When I moved to coastal, regional Victoria, I noticed how, particularly girls, said “no worries” to everything, but then when I’d go back to Melbourne or Geelong, I’d hear it all the time, different ages, both genders.
@@mmmEnglish_Emma this is not a question about english but i'm so curious about ask you the next question.
¿Has australian people the same devotion and adoration to royal family specially to queen Elizabeth as british people do?
@@valentinanderson535 HI Valentin, I think the answer is not really. There are some Australians who love the royal family, but not many. I think that the majority of Australians are respectful of the royal family and maybe interested to a degree in them, but see the royal family as disconnected from Australia. Australia is now a very diverse nation, with people from all over the world. However, I think the majority of people are very supportive of our democracy and would if needed still support the UK in times of trouble. I think this is because the UK and Australia are two of the best democracies in the world with very similar values and that both nations work hard to ensure equality and opportunity, with very good systems to support underprivileged people when compared with other nations. We would support other European nations similarly but not to the same extent because we don't have the same history with them and also because European nations have a history of conflict between each other.
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Formula for an Australian word:
1: Get a long word (or two)
2: crunch it down to one syllable
3: add a suffix ( ahh, eee, oh)
And if the word ends with a letter R, that is either not pronounced (Here can be HEE), or it is replaced with YAH (here can be heyah).
Listen to the cricket commentators when they talk about the bowlah, or a 6 ball owvah. It may be a players first time HEE at this ground.
He may also be a good catchah to fieldah.
For people that speak proper English. Australian is horrible to listen to...but still not as bad as listening to a New Zealander!!
If the sylable ends in a "R" it gets turned into "Z" or "ZZA". E.g. Darren = Daz/Dazza.
@@davidedwards3361 The R is silent in all of the words you just listed. Unless you are American, or maybe Irish
@@ohasis8331
no.... you forgot DAZZA
@@ohasis8331
i know it doesn't end in O
that's the point
there are aussie words that don't
Like DAZZA, SHAZZA
then you have things like
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Note Dunny is still used in Australia a lot just not so much in the cities. You can usually tell where an Aussie is from on how much thicker the slang is. I would say that mmmEnglish is from a city and probably city raised.
Very much agree. I live in the bush and we use heaps of those words she said "we don't say anymore". We still use them.
Hint of a non Australia accent. Healthy lashing of White Privilege too.
Yeah it still is used in the cities.
@@MC_Mookie Who are you talking about?
@@MC_Mookie That "non-australian" accent is just indicative that she's from a major city, probably Melbourne. There's three-or-so distinctive "aussie" accents, with Ocre being the one seen commonly in films.
On a cruise once upon a time, and was filled with Americans. We mentioned that we didn't attend the floor show because it was "chockas". Puzzled look on faces - so we explained that it was chock-a-block. Still puzzled looks. You Know - not enough room to swing a cat. Still puzzled looks. Gee that was a fun cruise, taking the piss. Oh, that's another one !!
Some of these I never even considered Americans wouldn't understand 😂😂
No idea...
If you'd said "chock-full", you might've gotten somewhere.
The polite way of saying this is: "taking the Michael". I have no idea why. You could also say: "You're pulling me plonker".
@@ksmyth999 "Taking the Michael" comes from the rhyming slang version of "taking the piss", which was "taking the Mickey Bliss". I've no idea who Mr Bliss may have been.
My son is citizen of aus
I get confused while talking with any auisy even having much control over language but listening u adds to my confidence
Thanks
I’m glad she mentioned the police using mate. As a cop myself I can definitely confirm that we use mate at least 100 times a shift!
Also Emma you forgot to mention your emergency services: Coppa, Ambo, Firie.
When a cop pulled me over and asked for my licence, I said OK Mate. His reply "I'm not your fu**ing mate !!"
My Dad was an old school cop and I can assure you if you called him mate you would have regretted it...his entire attitude and superior "above the law" outlook is why I'm not a fan of the police force..haven't had a good experience with one yet and I've been around them most of my life.
@@TazzyCee78 some Sergeants and Inspectors don't like being called mate from their subordinates while on shift but outside of work it shouldn't matter. If they have an issue with being called mate by family I dare say that have a lot bigger personality issues going on.
@@DannyMagic84 Mate, you don't know the half of it 😉... probably why I haven't spoken to him in a decade lol...his favourite saying was, "this is not a democracy it's a dictatorship and you'll do as you're fucking told"...yeah nahhh toxic is an understatement. Often happens when a narcissist joins the force.
cop shop = police station
If you are from Sydney or Brisbane, ''footy'' would probably be referring to Rugby League.
@david mullen. There is only one way to tell which sport is better. That is simply by the number of people prepared to go and watch it. Aussie rules is the fourth highest crowd drawing sport in the world, and NRL match of the day in Sydney draws 15 to 20,000 people, compared to Aussie rules pulling between 50,000 to 90,000 people. The Sydney Swans at the SCG always blitz rugby game crowds. So it is no contest, ours is the much more exciting game, and we call it footy.
@david mullen . So I am a Victorian, because the Sydney Swans used to be South Melbourne. I think “REAL FOOTBALL” would mean kicking it with your feet, which you guys hardly ever do, so don’t call it “football” for starters. Watch a video of the “AFL’s worst hits and bumps.” You think’ your guys are tough, but our guys are running faster and from all directions and so the speed of the hits that can come from any direction means that our players cop a lot more rough stuff than your guys.
Having said all that I do not watch it for the rough stuff. If I did I would go and watch wrestling or boxing. Our game is much more skilful such as bouncing the ball and marking it etc, plus is fast and high-scoring and highly entertaining. (Hence the reason it gets much bigger crowds.)
At the moment there are heaps of Americans, English and others who are making video reactions to our game. They are all totally blown away with AFL. A couple of them have said, “We thought it was rugby and we weren’t interested, but AFL is a more exciting game.” Plenty of our Sydney players have played rugby as juniors, but found Aussie rules more exciting.
Recently retired Kieran Jack is the son of one of your rugby heroes named Gary Jack. Kieran chose Aussie rules.
So you can hang onto your childish belief that ours is a girls game, when in fact it’s a lot tougher than yours.
@david mullen . All I said is we do kick the ball a lot where is you guys only kick it for a score. That means ours is more football than yours is. You glossed over where I talked about skill versus the rough stuff. I have no interest in your rough play, or your punch on‘s, or your all in brawls.
If it is a better game to watch, How come you can’t pull the big crowds like we do?
@david mullen . I lived in Sydney for awhile mate. I used to read the papers and see the NRL match of the day, 12,000, 15,000, and occasionally 20,000. Important AFL matches start around 50,000, and the likes of Anzac Day we can have 90,000.
@david mullen . The only time rugby pulls big crowds is the interstate State of Origin game. I’m talking about crowds for regular season games.
Most of the young folk in Australia, even if they don’t use the old slang, still understand what it means.
Rack off!!
everyone knows what you mean if you talk about a dunny or outhouse, but no one ever uses it. We also don't really have outhouses anymore.
@@AnimalLover-yy1ml What? I use Dunny and Brasco all the time.
@@82ritz really? I guess it just depends what age you are and where u live
The current "young slang" is so different to when I grew up. Some of it is still around but my kids have their own language that I pretty much have down pat. I still like to confuse my kids with olden day speech as they call it haha
Great stuff. From the south in the USA and recently started watching clips from the Today show there. Luv that show. The sense of humor is fantastic.
A lot of those older terms are still in use extensively the further west or rural you go. If you head out of the big smoke (the larger capital cities), the older version of Australian slang (Sheila, dunny, cobber, dart, etc) are still heavily used. It's also generally how you tell suburban vs rural/outback Australians apart. There are also smaller capitals and cities that use the country Australian vernacular, rather than the suburban Australian vernacular. The north of Australia - pretty much from Townsville to Geraldton, including famous cities like Cairns, Darwin, Alice Springs, Broome, Karratha, etc - all use the country vernacular, with regional dialects. The same with essentially anything west of the Great Dividing Range (the Blueies) in the Eastern States. Places like Parkes and Wagga-Wagga (the actual name of a city in western NSW) speak in a manner more similar to someone in Kalgoorlie than someone in Sydney. In the middle, there is also a unique Germanic influence on the vernacular. In the early colonial period of QLD, SA and the NT, there was a strong central European migration, with German being the dominant tongue. Barossan German is still a spoken dialect of modern German, native to Australia. All Australian German speakers, though, speak English. However, in places like rural SA and remote NT, the accent and terminology has identifiable Germanic influence. This includes the way certain letters are pronounced - such as car having a longer "aah" sound than in the east or west, or in the type of foods available - such as schnitzels, fritz and mettwurst as opposed to parmigiana (you can get parmigiana toppings, but its sold as a topping to any of the schnitzel varieties), polony/devon or smoked meats. However, probably the biggest issue visitors face is the thick accent in rural and remote areas - often very "mumbled" and grunt-like, rather than well annunciated. There is, of course, a reason for this: the flies. An open mouth is a mouth filled to overflowing with the little blighters! Essentially, the two main language dialects are South-East Australian (all the big, heavily populated regions from Brisbane to Melbourne, as well as large outliers such as East Tasmania, Mount Gambier and Adelaide) and the West and North - often called "bogan" by the SE.
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I'm from Adelaide, and distinctly we have a mild Cockney accent? Also we say darnce and plarnts
@jennklein1917 But we South Aussies still pronounce romance as "roam-ants", even though dance is pronounced "dunce" (or "darnce" but without pronouncing the "r" as Australian English follows the non-rhotic convention of British English) and plant is pronounced "plunt" or plarnt, again without pronouncing the "r".
No matter where I am in the world, the grocery store is always called Woolies. I get weird looks.
Aww, bowling Shane!
even Coles? O_O
I'm not sure that would be the norm in Australia. I think you would be getting weird looks in most places in Australia referring to every bloody shop as woolies 🤣
@@asjeot only grocery stores
@@Gesteppie that’s what you get when you burn down Woolies
@@devonlord99 Oh, you mean an IGA? 😉
My dad used to use old slang. He'd affectionately call me a mug or a drongo. I miss the old slang, it is true it isn't used as much. I've heard dinkum and dinky di occasionally.
Streuth cobber, thats a fair slap of the old sauce bottle.
Boofhead! My dad used this a lot
@david mullen ummm, what? I’m just saying my dad used the word boofhead. No insult intended.
@david mullen shake and slap... thats whole.other argurment
Don't forget Bozo. Lol I use drongo I'm in my 30s
I'm always watching your TH-cam channel from Israel, I love you, Ma'am Emma for sharing your knowledge.
I love the australian accent - actually all about Australia - humble and both feet on the ground. Thanks for sharing this video - slang is fine as it gives every region it´s own identity. all the best down under 🙂
May I remind you that Slang isn’t entirely a requirement. I have British blood in me and you’ll never find me swearing on the frequent.
I watched this because up until now, I didn’t really have a clear idea on what slang was.
So, in short, I do a lot of talking without shortening anything I say. (Like this comment for example)
@@Intel_Arts-32 Unless you were raised here ya blood don't matter, it's something developed through growing up in the society, not blood in ya veins lol
@@McNab1986 well I grow up here alright. But you won’t find me using slang. And before you ask, no, I don’t need to prove anything to you.
@@Intel_Arts-32 Who said anything about proving anything, must be exhausting entering conversations with an automatic defensive attitude.
Between mentioning blood and not knowing slang, tis easy enough to confuse ya for a yank
@@McNab1986 Well I’m proud of my English bloodline. Haven’t you figured that out yet? And you get used to writing like this. Why?
Great video! I've been living in Australia for 14 years and I'm still learning to understand the slang! I remember being baffled when I went out for lunch with somebody and they said, "I'll shout you" (I'll pay for your lunch).
I also find many Australians say "reguly" instead of regularly (as you heard in this video 4:43), as well as "vunrabill" instead of vulnerable.
Very nice video which kept me mesmerized not only from subject matter but her perfect teeth!
Hello Emma🤓 I've been learning English for about three years. So, I ought to say that your lessons really useful. Thank you so much.
I am a senior and fil am. I have friends and relatives living there but hardly talk to them because of time difference. I wonder and become interested in your culture? Nice video!
This girl has a very refined Aussie accent.Theres a lot of "lingo" as well used by street ,or working class.some is used so others like cops can't understand
She sounds like she’s from Adelaide. Could be wrong but there were a few words where it almost sounded british...that’s always a dead giveaway of an Adelaide accent.
She said she’s from Melbourne in another video~
Aussie posh?
@@michaelburke5907 I was just going to ask that. She’s seems posh
@@michaelburke5907 hard to tell. A lot of Melbournians just sound like that. You probably need to live there to tell the difference
Dunny is still used but in regional or remote Australia
Me and my dad use it and we’re in Melbourne
I’m from Melbourne and I still hear the Dunny word used s as ll the time .
Loo has become the "polite" slang for Dunny, also I noticed that Dunny is more often used for outdoor toilets and Loo for indoor but not exclusively (Iv'e live about 1/2 my life in each Sydney and Brisbane)
Yes , very true the Loo indeed it is but I thought Loo is more pommy . Then again I hear the term Thunderbox quite often but i think that’s more American . Nope just plain old The Dunny will have to do for me .
I just use the word shitter.
I love Australia and Their language.
We speak English mate😂
i'm spending 7 mins at 2x watching a vid on my own language.
Why Thank You. We Do Also Speak English
We speak English man😂😂😂
we speak Australia 🤣
I live on the Mornington peninsula in Melbourne. We have some local slang
Mordialloc - mordi
Frankston - franga / franky
Parkdale - parky
Southland - southy
Melbourne central - mc
Sorrento - sorro (not very common)
Anywhere on the peninsula - tippy (also not very common)
That’s all I can remeber
What about "The G" (MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND or MCG) ?
I am American, but have spent a decent amount of time in Sydney. I have family there and absolutely love that city. I’ve travelled out to the big dirt patch too. Any time I’m with friends and family I always learn new slang. I even catch myself using it when I’m home. I always enjoy a good brekky!
As an Australian, I’m always ticked pink to hear people from other countries using our unique words with beautiful precision! ALWAYS makes my day!
I really want to have Australian accent. Love from Indonesia 😘
Australian is a very hard accent to learn as it is a very lazy language. You will need to forget a lot of how you pronounce letters and sounds.
@@mattmcguire1577 that's a good way of looking at it,😃
@@matthewcullen1298 There is a documentary called "the sounds of oz"or aus on the history and features of our accent. The actress Rachel Griffiths (?) is the one who says it is easier for Australians to learn an accent as they have learn a something. It is harder to learn Australian as you have to forget everything. She says imagine your tongue just flopped over an exercise ball.
@@mattmcguire1577 Australian language doesn't exist, it's called English fool, we don't speak Australian we speak English in Australia.
Thats unlucky
I really appreciate your work mam that you're making a person educated and confident by your great english videos. I'm really very thankful for you to make me able to write something for you in English.
I appreciate your comment, Pia! And grateful I can teach you here 🙂
Exactly Emma, we will be ever thankful to you!
@@mmmEnglish_Emma thanks for your comment mam, it's really means a lot.
Kiwi here and I understand your speak! It's pretty much the same here, but the Aussie accent just makes it sound so much cooler Lol :D
Hi martine
I'm coming to Straya as soon as borders are open in my country! I'll hopefully stay there for good. I LOVE your country since I was a child, and now my dream is finally coming true 💕
we hardly say ‘straya’ anymore, at least in melbourne
@@fleafly5383 I can confirm too
@@fleafly5383 well, Aussies told me they call it that way in colloquial speech, so apparently there are still some Aussies using it in Australia, beyond Melbourne 😁😋
@@fleafly5383 yeah it’s a little cringey now that I think of it
Phuck me dead, you better check dem migration laws before planning your one way trip to "straya".
Australia is a wonderful and beautiful country. I am from Algeria
I'm from Chile, and we use so many slangs too. I lived for a year in Australia and I loved we have that on common, we are like the "Australians for Spanish speakers", you think you know Spanish until you come to Chile.
Idk about that.. I’m Mexican and we make up new words all the time for things 🤣😅
Hola wea?
I’m from the UK, but I have always used the slang expression Sticky beak for as long as I can remember! The ‘ripper’ expression really makes me smile as I always think of Lizzie Birdsworth from Prisoner - she always said ‘you little ripper’ 😂
Because most Australian slang is copied from British
Lizzie Birdsworth and Alf Stewart are like walking dictionaries for teaching Australian slang 😊
For those who are carefully *listening* to her, note that she has a very American sound when she uses words ending in 'r' or similar, like -er ... or -or ... We Aussies don't normally have that 'twangy' roll... Whilst we often have a nasal sound, her 'ending -r' sounds are not typical.
Just came here to say that!! She reminds me of Bindy.
Yes, it's quite noticeable.
I am genuinely curious about this. I could be mistaken, but it sounds like you are saying that Americans are rhotic while Australians are non-rhotic. I certainly can't speak for Australia, but the US has hundreds of dialects pretty evenly divided between rhotic and non-rhotic. Bostonites do not pronounce the r sound, South England does not pronounce the r sound, US midwestern and southern tidewater do pronounce the r sound.
@@GlenBradley I'm no phonetics expert... & I admit I've not spoken with someone from every part of the world... but to Aussie ears, the 'twang' of most USA-educated folks is one of their identifying characteristics; like 'oo' sounds- for example, 'door' will sound 'daw', 'dawrr', 'doo-Ah', 'dahh', etc... The point is that with the rest of her sounds, her 'r' sounds are often atypical to 'the' Aussie sound (whatever THAT is)...
She probably watches a lot of American media.
Emma, I am happy to tell you that God gave me a great opportunity to visit Australia in 2018. I spent a joyful and wonderful two months studying there. I stayed in our missionary in Melbourne. Truly Australia is such a Beautiful Country. I loved to be there and have to say that people are very welcoming. Thank you.
We don't like bible bashers.
@@kristinehayes4885 no? We elect them to high office...
@@kristinehayes4885 yes we do. Speak for yourself.
I was almost ready to travel to Australia when this pandemic started 😪 but I still believe that this situation will end soon. I can't wait to descover all the beautiful places you guys have in your country and to learn more of you culture!
I hope we can open our borders soon, Karla! Would love for you to come visit this gorgeous country! 💙
@Rob Lloyd. Umm. Plenty of people say 'guys'. Fellas is such a bogan term
Don't go to NZ if you go to Australia,as we don't want the Indian varient,or anything else.
Read "In a sunburned country" by Bill Bryson while you wait.
We welcome so much people here in Australia and would love for you to visit us 😁
I enjoy listening to you speak plus the facial expressions and body languages, so fun the slang shall be useful to many as well. Clearly you enjoy educating the audience! Ripper!!
She’s definitely the most formal speaking Aussie ever
Her accent is ridiculous.
I MAKE shortened words cause im too lazy to say the whole thing, but everyone else around me understands what im saying cause its so normal to do that here
@@AnimalLover-yy1ml yeah I get that, Im from Aus as well. Im saying that she speaks so formally and pronounces everything properly which isn’t very common in Australia.
Actually she speaks the way many Australians speak - most of us do not use ‘strine.
@@johnjones6601 In what way is her accent ridiculous? Just because she does not conform to the Australian stereotype.
I don"t know how I got to this video but.... being a fellow Australian she nailed it. Very well explained too!
When I was in Australia last year, I heard "schnitty" for schnitzel. As we have schnitzel in Germany as well, it sounded quite funny to me 🙂
That's a very new word in Australia.
"Schnitty" sounds so funny to me😂😂 I would associate Milchschnitte with it-
@@kVkV-sw5se no it’s not lol
@@kVkV-sw5se it's an old word
we don't usually have a plain schnitzel. Cover it with cheese and tomato sauce ( at a minimum ) and it is known as "Chicken parmigiana", - of course shortened to just a "Parma". A common pub special ( at least in Victoria ) is a Parma and a Pot. A pot is a 285mL glass of beer.
Thank you for this content. I always watch 60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA...just for the accent...it sounds perfect!!
Thongs are open footwear known as "flip flops" in USA, While in USA thongs are "G" string type underwear. Important for visitors in Australia to remember what thongs are in Australia to avoid embarrassment.
And don't wear socks with ya thongs unless your a pom then we can tell who ya are 🙄🙄🙄💯🇦🇺
They were called thongs when I was a kid in America, but the term got replaced by flip-flops, no doubt due to the increased popularity of the underwear, sometimes referred to as "butt floss".
Some people here in the US still say thongs
Fanny pack is totally different than what is meant in the UK.
I remember when I was a kid they were called Thongs, and 20 years ago in Hawaii they were called slippers.
Fun fact: the Nullarbor sounds like it's an aboriginal word, but it's actually Latin. It literally translates as "no trees" (null = no/none, arbor = trees/plants).
Terra nullius
@@maddyg3208 sadly TERRA NULLIAS is a word we Aussies shouldn't be familiar with but are.
Yes I know LOL having driven across it many times!
@@jadecawdellsmith4009 There's nothing wrong with Terra Nullius.
@@nono7105 it was not applied correctly when capt Cook set foot & declared the land uninhabited. Tell the indigenous people there's 'nothing wrong with it' Their land was stolen. There really is no argument.
I loved this video so much that I thought I'd share my first experiences with the Australian English. I've been living in Australia for nearly 20 years now and I'm still learning the Aussie slang. Every time I thought I've heard them all, there'd be a another popped in that I haven't heard of before. My background is I'm a polyglot, I speak five languages from my home country, SI, and that includes English as it is the official language of SI but also it's the only language we are taught at school and we're taught the British English as SI was a British Protectorate. I had English teachers from England at secondary school. Funny thing, I thought I knew English when I moved to Australia but when I started interacting with the people, oh my, it was a total nightmare for me; firstly the Australian accent is a very confusing accent to someone who is not familiar with it and secondly, the Australian slang...might as well a language on its own. I got to be honest, I was so confused and I used to ask people to repeat themselves all the time to the point where I was so embarrassed about myself asking all the time. I came to conclusion that Australians aren't speaking English but that they're speaking a language of their own called Australian. To my Australian husband's amusement he used to tell people, "Hey, my wife thinks we speak Strayan not English" and they'd laugh. Oh the Australian humour; I learned that too (Australians have a great sense of humour). But that was then, now I'm embarrassing the Australian English, I find it fascinating. Languages always fascinate me. Now that I'm familiar with the Australian English, I'm currently learning French, Spanish and German. Oh, yeah, nothing's going to stop me from learning. Thank you, mmmEnglish. 🙂👍
Try Hebrew ,easier than I thought.
Only excepting like french they flip Bach and forward with different words and ,phrases directed to getnda. Wonder some times lately how the Jews contend under President Joe Biden with twenty to fifty different genders. Let's not go there.
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Everything impounded by those pirates was called a "protectorate." It was them we needed protection against. How ironic.
LOVELY VIDEO! I LOVE AUSTRALIA. I WAS THERE 2 AND A HALF DECADES AGO AND I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS COUNTRY EVER SINCE, IM EVEN OBSESSED WITH IT...
THANKS A LOT!
SHAUL
ISRAEL
Fun and informative show! As an ex-pat Brit in Canada I see a lot of similarities. Something about Australian's I have noticed is they love to add a "Y" to the end of someones name ( or "ie") and even inanimate objects.
Aussies are deservedly well liked for their open friendliness and no nonsense approach to b.s. Don't change ! 😉
Oh we put up with a lot of bs too (let's face it, if we didn't we wouldn't have any politicians in Oz), especially professionally. Most tourists just don't encounter that part of Aussie culture.
An Aussie on holiday or down at the pub is quite different from an Aussie at work (well, for the most part anyway - maybe not some tradies)
"Aussies are deservedly well liked for their open friendliness and no nonsense approach to b.s. Don't change"
this slowly over the years is changing :(
Yes that is being rapidly erased. We are meant to be ashamed of our Anglo Saxon past and character here in Australia. Presenting a non Anglo multiculturally obsessed face is our government and medias driving obsession today. Diversity and minority pandering is a all consuming goal for business and government in Australia now..say goodbye to seeing people like the lady in this video.
I absolutely love the Australian accent! I do hope to visit there one day. That is the one country that I would love to live in outside of the United States.
Come on down, there’s plenty of room for everyone mate, and no guns. 👍👍👍
@@scroungasworkshop4663 and an extremely authoritative government that oversteps every boundary it has...
Only 15 hours or so from LA!
Please be warned we do NOT speak like this 10 minutes of the plane and you won't hear any of these so called Aussie slang words.
You will love it, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Are a good start. Hope one day you get the chance. Stay Safe.
I was raised in West Virginia, and we used "dunny" as a slang for an outhouse. But then again, our dialect and idiomatic were still riddled with old country English and Scots-Irish slang.
West, by God !, Virginny
@@fjb4932 lol. I had to comment just on ur username. Love it
Sounds like you got some Aussie influence in there since dunny is not british. It was coined in Australia
I'm an Aussie in his 60s and definitely still call a toilet a dunny. Strictly speaking it is an outside toilet when old houses had a separate little shed out the back with the toilet in it (because before plumbing, men would come and empty the can each week and leave an empty one under the toilet seat) but the term can be used for any toilet.
Dunny is short for dungeon. It could easily have come from Ireland, Scotland or old England to the new worlds. 😀
My flight to Australia leaves in 3 weeks. I am actually a lot more nervous about the flight itself than the speaking.
I am 18 years old and hope to have a great time work-and-travelling.
This video helped a lot to get used to the totally different culture and (for me, I am German) language or to be specific: slang.
So: thank you! 🤗🇦🇺
What are you traveling for, mate?
@@darshanmukadam Worl-and-travel ^^.
How did the trip go
good on you, man ! hope u do well and succeed in your whereabout.
I must advise you, DON'T HITCHIKE , as an Aussie I can not stress this more. Always advise police of your whereabouts if camping alone. Travel with like minded, and exhuberant people and U will have a great time of it all ❤️🏖️🌞🍉
A well developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life
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Humour*
Hey... ma'am lots of love from India. ☺️🇮🇳☺️❤️🇮🇳
I'm from India too
@@ramkkmusiclover7971 I'm here too
I don't like india because im from Pakistan but i live in Italy
You Fool I am From India and Don't say anything About my country!!!!!
@@mehvishrizwan5345 You,you don't even love your own country. Why are you in Italy in the first place?
One day I will visit Australia.
Personally I will not visit Australia
Me too...my big dream
Me too
dont
@@zorlack7446 good choice
Wow! Australian slang is just gorgeous! I love it! I have an Australian friend. An electrician is a sparkie(how cute is that?).
But my favorite is the "sickie".
If I as a German, living in Germany would tell my Boss that I would take a "sick day", without really being sick, I could do that three times before loosing my job
🤣🤣🤣
Of course we do that as well, but we normally lie about it(and we need a cool doctor to help us keeping that lie alive).
Australia sounds like fun.
Chucking a sickie is the same here as in Germany…we don’t tell our bosses we’re not bloody sick! We lie just the same…but to our mates we say we’re gonna chuck a sickie to go to or do something fun! My husband is a tradie, a plumber…they’re called dunny divers (so we still do use funny, but usually only for that reference. Outback still use broad slang so dunny is still in use. If you meet a bushy (country person from the bush) they usually use very thick slang that even Aussies can struggle with. They use rhyming slang in north Qld and out there. Eg tomatoe sauce - dead horse.
There’s a lot more but can’t think of them right now.
Emma we are going to have some confused visitors here in Oz when we start using the same term for a small aluminium boat as we do for a beer can :)
Marc, depends upon the context of the conversation. I'm obviously not referring to a can of beer if I say to a mate "hey, let's grab the tinnie and go out fishing on the harbour mate' am I?
Who calls a can of beer a tinny its just called a beer you might say stubby that refers to all beers in fridge can or not
@@daviddou1408 yeah but it's too hard, when you're drunk, to say "hey mate, grab me another aluminiumy, will ya?" 😅
Tinny = can of drink AND an aluminium/stainless steel/titanium small boat
Your voice is soothing. So very calming.
I'm Aussie too. Just enjoyed your voice. :)
Hey Emma! I love what you do! Keep up the good work 💗🇬🇧 lots of love from the UK
Hello how are you doing today I hope you’re having a wonderful day
❤️
Really enjoyed this and I am Australian. Well done well spoken and well presented.
Hi brettarcher
I'm a very big fan of Australia!!! Since I was a teenager I read several books about this Country. And it always has been a dream of mine to visit this really awesome Continent!
Unfortunately I only made it as far as Naw Zealand. Wich was also a really great wacation. My dream was to take Motorcycles with a mate and take a whole year to ride them all around the entire continent. I think this would be the ultimate adventure.
Ahhh so good on my ears as a fellow Aussie it's great to hear
I'm from Chicago USA. I stumbled across your channel a while back and enjoy the content. I always love learning about other cultures. I don't hear a lot of the Australian slang words here in the Mid-west, but I do know what they mean if you said them to me.
Well said
Hey jason
What a great/fun video!...australia looks so relaxed and so exotic, to me- i LOVE the sense of humor bit- thats my kind of people! 😄 cheers!
Surprisingly knew them all
Cause Australia is my love ❤
Hi aim ahmed i want to chatting you instagram please
As a CANADIAN we get this as well! But it's awesome to learn new things/slangs all the time. Cheers!
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I was working as a Spanish teacher and I had an Aussie colleague, who taught English. He was very smart and friendly and, in the morning, at the beginning of the working day, he greeted me with a "Good morning, sunshine!". I know it isn't Australian slang, but it was heartwarming. He even took a boomerang to the academy. How funny.
Besides, I knew from my Australian boyfriend some Aussie words related to privacy, but they are not suitable for infants and young children. 😄
Actually, "Sunshine" does tend to be a common way to address someone. And like "mate" it can have positive or negative connotations.
"Morning Sunshine" is quite a common expression (altho tends to be more common with the older generation, I think)
"he greeted me with a "Good morning, sunshine!""
That's a clear sign of him wanting to engage in some hanky-panky with you, did he succeed?
I always find Aussie slangs/idioms more interesting than other [English] speaking nations. May be because Aussie has more of them than others.
it seems like Australia uses more idioms and slang than they do the real words and phrases.
do they?
We do use a lot. I'm often having to speak more formally with my American friends or explain what on earth I just said
Where do I start? You and your country have a very special place in my heart ❤️.
Love from Iraqi Kurdistan!
G'Day Talishka. Thank you for such a nice statement. Somehow Australians have a way of connecting with so many different people around the world. I have lot's of ideas why but in the end it doesn't matter, what matters is that we all make positive connections and learn from each other. The Australian culture is all about enjoying life and looking towards the future. But more and more it's becoming about accepting everyone and cultivating the best in every person, regardless of their background, etc. I have always been very proud of Australia but as we evolve and learn more ourselves about the cultures of the world and accept them into our community the more proud I become and the better community I think we are.
@@kVkV-sw5se
I thank you bro
"she'll be right!"
more like Kiwi slang
She'll be apple
@@mehdiakbari4814 😂😂
@@stevenxia2944 well we are very similar 🥰
Says nobody ever these days.
All good, good times
As a Canadian. I use around 60% of these on a good day, I never even knew Bucks was even a term down there.
Yup they’re bucks $ ere. But we also say dollas…we often say d instead of t and er is always ah
We still do use old slang like gallah (bird but also means idiot or funny depending on the sitch
after 10 years in Oz, I'm still learning. Thanks for your videos
My now Thai wife when I first met her said to me my english is really good, but you have to teach me Aussie slang, a few months later, she rang me at work and said, Gday mate, how they hanging, Priceless🤣🤣
My dad was from the country and he had some old sayings like “wouldn’t that rip the crutch out of your nightie” when something bad happened and nightie was short for nightgown. The other one was the name for side burns “buggery grips”.
Classic. My dad used to say 'wouldn't that tear the fork in ya nightie'...
@@TA-wg9oi are yes I think I’ve heard that version as well.
aww buggery grips that's so good. that's now mine. bloody loaded
@Pete Testube true
"Buggery grips". I've been laughing so much I thought I'd pass out. What a beauty! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love the way and d smile at which u used in explaining!!!I will soon relocate from Nigeria...
In Spain we use "info" and "intro" like Australian people. Good video.
Same in the States.
Same in the UK
Interesting, thank you. It's a pity I can't go to Australia, such a beautiful place.
But why you can't go ?
@@miscellaneous69420 'cause of time &money.
@@sav2236 where are you from & how old are you ?
During my school days in South Australia, we used to study for a few months to make English adaptions there. It turns out that there are many differences in the English we learn in Malaysia, especially the accent even though Australian English is simpler than British English.
Umm, Malaysian English ? You will definitely need to get the pronunciation correct before you start using Aussie Slang !
You went to school in Australia and were probably taught Australian English. So obviously you’d prefer it to British English
Love the way you speak. Clear n precise n proper
Small correction. Servo wasn't a term for a place to service your car.
As an older bloke, Servo meant "full service" i.e. The attendant/s would come out, put gogo juice in your car. Pop the bonnet, check fluids. Oil, water, etc. & occasionally tyre pressure depending on time. So... Servo meant that you got served... =D
Bloke= a man
cactus= broken; no longer functioning
Chook= a chiken; a silly person ( often used on kids).
Exy= expensive
Fossick= search for something.
Grouse= great, awesome, amazing.
Heaps= lots; many.
Hoon= a person who drives recklessly
Stoked= excited; proud; happy...
I know some others slang's haha.. You're the best emma... love youuu..
I was in Melbourne three years ago spending a couple of weeks visiting friends in Glenroy. My host gave me a gift and when I opened it, I remarked "Wow! What really neat can koozies!" My friend turned to me and exclaimed "What?" I said "These are some really neat can koozies!" She burst out laughing and turned to everyone else in her house and said laughingly "He's calling stubbie holders can koozies!"
As in "tea cosy" - ie a woollen "jacket" to place over a hot pot of tea to keep it warm, that my SA granny used all the time. Hence a "can cosy" or cosies. As in to keep cosy in front of a fire.
You are amazing teacher ,
I like your explanation.
Thanks a lot and God bless you .
This was unexpectedly pleasant and lovely to watch. I loved all those shortcuts. It must be fun seeing adults use all those cute shortcut words in daily talk in Aussie (I'm guessing that would work as a shortcut word for Australia) :D
NO, it's Oz
@@Lee-ei4ru Straya
Please don't be fooled no one walks around saying "G' day mate" These videos are nonsense and embarrassing to most Australians.
It does not
new zealanders call us Aussie
Hi Emma! Great summary of some really topical common phrases. I’m an Aussie. I often wonder how visitors go watching the news. I remember seeing a story once with the caption ‘Prang’ (car crash) lol. I have an American friend who I complimented once saying they would have left me for dead at something. They thought I meant if I was dying they would have left. It took some explaining to convince them it was a compliment that they were better at something 😂 Another one for our US friends - generally for your snags, sauce = ketchup
"Prang" regularly used in Uk too
Some of my relatives live in Australia and thats one more reason for me to want to go there
Love from Greece💕
Awesome! Where in Australia do they live?
@@mmmEnglish_Emma they live in Adelaide
I am going to live in Australia as a student!
@@ANDREW_YHWH you're so luckyyyy!Have fun!^^
Excellent. Thanks for your efforts to familiarize us with Australian slang and culture.