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Can you share some cool sayings/idioms/words that wouldn't be understood by other english speakers? :)

Okay, I've got a few, and be aware, sometimes these don't even make sense to me. But I will warn you, I've never heard an Australian say "shrimp on the barbie" unironically because we eat prawns, not shrimp. I barely hear people say g'day anymore, or crikey (apart from the Irwin family), so a lot of the stereotypes are not commonly used. Also again, like many things in Australia, these words and meanings differ from place to place. This is what I'm familiar with in Victoria and Tasmania!

Arvo- Afternoon

Yeah Nah- No

Nah Yeah- Yes

She'll be right

Bubblers- Drink tap

Put a sock in it- Shut Up

Servo- Service station/ petrol station

Maccas- McDonald's

Thong- Flip flop/sandal

Bottlo- Bottle Shop/ Alcohol shop

Mozzie- Mosquito

Budgie Smugglers- Speedo swimmers

Avo- Avocado

Sunnies- Sunglasses

Lollies- Sweets/ Candy

Biccy- Biscuit/Cookie

Tea- Dinner

Brekky- Breakfast

Whoop whoop- middle of nowhere

Snag- Sausage

UIE- Take a u-turn

Stoked- Happy

Stuffed- Tired

Stubby- A bottle of beer

Stubby holder- A beer holder

Runners- Trainers, sneakers, running shoes

Mate- Friend

Pissed/Hammered- Drunk

I might need to do a part 2 to this, and I also might do a part with Australian swear words and meanings if you want me to. Let me know! And fellow Australians, send me some more if you have any so we can make a whole master list, or put your variations in reblogs/comments!

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Today @ work i greeted a customer with the typical “hey hows it going?” But the customer was an American- and ill admit im tired and sort of blurred my words together. But she looked at me in such confusion. So i smiled and articulated it better. Me: sorry, hi, hows it going? Her: what is it ????? Me: 😐 Her: 😲 Me: it.. your day, you, how are you. Her: 😲 you australians speak strangely. Me: 😐

#straya #australia #i thought it was pretty simple......#aus #australian language

australians should type things how we say them the way the scots do. it’s time australian became its own language like scots is. who wants to name it

#the english understand us equally as much so why not #language #australia #scotland #australian language #scots language

Australia is a combination of generally little populaces of native individuals, the relatives of predominantly European migrants, and numerous somewhat recent migrants from all regions of the earth who talk a bunch of various languages. Most Spoken Languages in Australia are Mandarin, Arabic etc.

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Hey this is anon from the upside down jokes. When they first started showing up I kinda found them funny, not all but some. But now that they are everywhere every time I had this feeling is too much and start to be borring (amoung other things). So it was genuine question, I wanted to know the opinion of persons being in that jokes, thank you for your answer :)

Oh yeah it’s totally fine to find them funny, don’t worry about that.

Just some are so over done it gets a bit annoying. I went to England for 2 weeks and had the same upside down joke done to me 4 times in that fortnight.

Some are great, really, but those are uncommon now.

So if you have any that you think are funny, be sure to send them in, I’d love to hear them!

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On the 30th of May Professor Rachel Nordlinger gave her inaugural professorial lecture at The University of Melbourne.

(Prof) Rachel was my lecturer for Introduction to Linguistics many years ago. Her enthusiasm for the topic was a fond highlight, and it was a delight to be back at Melbourne for this lecture. You can read my live-tweeting here.

More information from the Vimeo page:

Australia’s Indigenous languages exhibit many interesting and unique properties that have contributed greatly to our understanding of how human beings process and perceive the world around them. However, much of this knowledge has remained within the purview of language scientists, and the broader Australian community still has little awareness of how fascinating Australian Indigenous languages are, and what they teach us about the nature of language more broadly.

In this inaugural professorial lecture, Professor Rachel Nordlinger discusses some of her favourite features of these languages – ranging from unusual grammatical properties, to intriguing word meanings, to the questions they raise about how languages are learned and processed. In doing so, Professor Nordlinger will present the true genius of these languages, and argues that, as well as being important to the communities who speak and treasure them, they should be valued by all of us who are interested in what it is to be human.

Rachel Nordlinger is Director of the Research Unit for Indigenous Language, in the School of Languages and Linguistics and a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Faculty of Arts. This is her inaugural professorial lecture.