Understanding the Aussie tongue

floradanica

Posting this topic because we all know that Aussie accent can be very difficult to understand plus they have their own set of slang which we are not really familiar with...

For those who have been living down under for quite some time, please kindly share your experiences in mis/understanding the Aussie slang or their way of expressing themselves.

Pwede praktis ng way of speaking/writing nila dito? 🙂 iimaginine ko na lang yung accent. hehehe

JCsantos

been 6 years here pero ako hirap pa rin .. 1 time I got an accident they ask for the drivee ( pagkakarinig ko ) so inde ako sumagot ... siguro nakahalata sinabi driver .. ayun raise hand .... french fries is called chips not unless siguro kung sa McDo ka oorder ....

Gas station is called Servo and Gas to them = LPG .. you say Petrol pag mag paap fill-up ka

JCsantos

sa school ng anak ko cool na cool tawagan nila na "Mate" sa mga bata kahit sinong teacher ..

floradanica

wow.. tipong babagalan nila salita nila para maka-catch-up ka? ganun ba sila?

e ung mga bata po, ano tawag nila sa teachers?

floradanica

wag ma-flatter kung may nagsabi sa'yo, 'you're a hottie!' kasi ang ibig sabihin ng hottie ay hot water bottle. hahaha maygad...

floradanica

Hey, look at my <b>liquid laugh</b>!

=Hey, look at my <b>vomit</b>

hahaha anbayan!

floradanica

Kung ang Australia ay Ozzie

Ang mosquito ay Mozzie

🙂

TasBurrfoot

Ayt mate, see you in the arvo...

Meaning = Friend, kita tayo mamayang hapon.

nfronda

Tong=slipper..

Wag din mabigla if they will call u lovie, honey or sweetie.. usual language na nila yan..

The way they pronounce ATM is sounds like ITM..

donking

agree, sa work ko puro Aussies, ako lang noypi. Yung iba tipong probinsya ang accent kaya talaga dugo ilong ko pati tenga pero pag nasanay ka na "your da bomb mate". Ang Z nila "zed" ang H ay "heych" and A ay "Ay" O.o Mababait mga kasama ko they are teaching me the slangs.

One of the "bastos" na slangs "Do 'ya like pork/shag that much?" meaning "Do 'ya like sex that much?". Madami pang iba. Cheers guys. Sorry po for sensitive content.

nfronda

I'm keen = very interested

Knock off =going home

Smoko = tea break

Jumper = jacket

Strader

Grabeh ang NASAL TWANG nila nakakanose bleed pati cguro tenga hahaha...my ged kailangan praktisin lol

donking

Baka madalas nyo din marinig yung I "reckon'" meaning sa "tingin" ko, Bush pag bastos yun na yun pag disenteng usapan "disyerto", "outback" gitna ng OZ. Ta "Thanks".

TasBurrfoot

<blockquote rel="nfronda">Tong=slipper..

Wag din mabigla if they will call u lovie, honey or sweetie.. usual language na nila yan..

The way they pronounce ATM is sounds like ITM..</blockquote>

You prolly meant throng?

<a href="http://goaustralia.about.com/od/language/f/thongs.htm">http://goaustralia.about.com/od/language/f/thongs.htm</a>

nfronda

@TasBurrfoot..yes it's thongs sorry na mispelled lg..🙂 or yan cguro ang throng na snasabi m. Silent r ksi cla..so ung naririnig q ay thongs.

floradanica

@donking sana sinabi mo, "sorry, I'm a vegetarian." hehehe

donking

di ubra, pork chop kinakain ko nung time nayun. Bloody hell hehe

dakz

very informative discussion. maka bookmark nga 🙂

maka try na din mgbasa2 ng mga aussie slangs pra d masyado mgdugo ilong at tenga. 😃

Nadine

Breakfast = brekky

Baby = bubba

Guy-friend = fella or "mayt"

Cup of coffee, tea, drink = cuppa (pag sinabi, "I'm gonna get a cuppa", ibig sabihin they're taking tea break

Knock off = uwian na

Reckon = equivalent to "I think"

Zed = letter "Z"

Yada yada = blah, blah, blah

Tsaka, mahilig din sila sa "sweetheart" ang tawag pag girl ka. Tulad nung barista where I buy my coffee regularly, it's always, "here you go, sweetheart". Pero wala sa kanila yun....

Marami pa slangs, di ko maintindihan ang iba minsan. Hehe

P.S. @nfronda = it's thongs talaga. Like thong slippers or thong underthings. 😃

Olive_Oyl

Hala! maka practice nga na OZ slangs...baka di lang ilong at tenga ang mag bleed sa akin.... :-O

share ko nalang itong OZ slang dictionary....check this out guyz!

http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html