Vocabulary: BABY LAG! |
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Strine (Australian Slang)... |
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Australian Strine consists of words and phrases which:
· have different meanings from other English (like American English or British English),
· they have made up ourselves or · they have borrowed from Aborigine words or from slang used by early settlers.
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gonna = is / am going to (do something)
"I'm gonna call him now."
wanna = want to
"I wanna speak to you."
gotta = has / have got to (or have got)
"I gotta go!"
innit = isn't it
"It's cold, innit?"
ain't = isn't / haven't / hasn't
"He ain't finished yet."
"I ain't seen him today."
ya = you
"Do ya now what I mean?"
lemme = let me
"Lemme see … tomorrow's a good time."
whadd'ya = what do you …
"Whadd'ya mean, you don't want to watch the game?"
dunno = don't / doesn't know
"I dunno. Whadd'ya think?"
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American english - british english guide... |
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American English |
British English |
account
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bill, account
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any place, anywhere
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anywhere |
apartment |
flat
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area code |
dialling code (phone)
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attorney, lawyer |
solicitor
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backpack |
rucksack
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band aid |
sticking plaster
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bathrobe |
dressing gown
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bathtub |
bath
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bill (currency) |
banknote
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billion = thousand million |
billion = million million
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blind (n) |
hide (n)
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botanical garden |
botanic garden
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bureau |
chest of drawers
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busy (telephone) |
engaged
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call, phone |
ring up, phone,call
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cheap (badly made/ done) |
shoddy
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check (restaurant) |
bill
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clippings
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cuttings |
closet
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cupboard |
closet (hanging clothes)
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wardrobe |
connect (telephone)
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put through |
counter clockwise
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anticlockwise |
crazy
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mad |
crib (for a baby)
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cot |
davenport, sofa, couch
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sofa, settee, couch |
desk clerk
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receptionist |
dish towel
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tea towel |
down town
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centre (city/business) |
drapes
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curtains |
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Online Jargon... |
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Online Jargon
beige Toaster – Macintosh 80- .
big Red Switch – / .
black Hat (hackers) – ; " " - , .
board – , "" (Mother board).
booted – .
bug – . , (), .
: There's a bug in the editor: it writes things out backwards.
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"Meh" "Doh!": .... |
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"Meh" - "-" . Collins English Dictionary , .
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English as the Second F*cking Language |
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About Cockney... |
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