While some Australian speakers would pronounce “no” as a diphthong, starting on “oh” as in dog and ending on “oo” as in put, others begin with an unstressed “a” (the sound at the end of the word “sofa”), then move to the “oh” and then “oo”.
Australians do not add the r sound to words; they leave out the r sound, because Australian speech is nonrhotic.
Yeah, nah – 'yes, no' - became popular in Australia in the 90s and has continued to grow in use, both in Australia and overseas.
Righto. Delivery is key here; it can mean “OK”, “Right, let's get going” or “I understand, but I'm not sure I believe you”.
Australian currency
Australian dollars come in $100, $50, $20, $10, and $5 banknotes. $1 and $2 dollars come in coins. Cents come in 5, 10, 20 and 50 coins. Slang terms. $5 are often called 'fivers' and $10 are called 'tenners'
The Australian country code is 61. When calling from outside Australia, leave out the leading '0' from the STD area code or from the mobile telephone number.
It surely sounds strange to those who are familiar with American or British English, but it is a very common expression in Australia. G'day is a shortened form of 'Good Day' and it is the equivalent of 'Hello.
Zed is widely known to be used in British English. But it's also used in almost every English-speaking country. In England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, India, Canada (usually), and New Zealand, Z is pronounced as zed. It's derived from the Greek letter zeta.
A: Our style guide favours “okay” in more formal settings (and when writing dialogue), however in most other situations “OK” is also perfectly okay. It's even okay to use “O.K.” – but just be consistent with the two-letter form (i.e. always use OK or always use O.K. – don't chop and change).
American ranchers loved Australian Shepherds because they were great herders, but Aussies rose to fame among the general population because of their frequent appearances in rodeos. Not only could Aussies help herd the bulls, they could also perform tricks.
One of the first things you'll notice about Australia will no doubt be the very unique speaking habits of its people. Australians speak fast, 'chew' words and skip pronunciation of letters – combine this with their penchant for slang and abbreviations, and you have a language that's quite difficult to comprehend!
Cheeky: Used widely in Aboriginal Australia, the word cheeky isn't only used to refer to insolence but also behaviour that is dangerous. A dog prone to biting people, for example, would be described as “cheeky”.
Why did Z get removed from the alphabet? Around 300 BC, the Roman Censor Appius Claudius Caecus removed Z from the alphabet. His justification was that Z had become archaic: the pronunciation of /z/ had become /r/ by a process called rhotacism, rendering the letter Z useless.
D – dee. You might be picking up on a pattern here. Like B and C, the letter D is spelled out with -ee: d-e-e. Like the letter B, dee originally had another name in the Phoenician alphabet: daleth.
Residents of Victoria and South Australia call the large sized beer a “pint,” while in all other states it's called a “schooner” (pronounced “skooner”).
Australian goodbye is “Hooroo”; sometimes they even “cheerio” like British people, a UK slang word.
The international format uses a plus sign '+' to represent the international prefix, followed by a country code ('61' for Australia). For landline numbers: start with a plus sign '+' and add the country code ('61' for Australia) add the area code without the '0'
1 – United States, including United States territories: 1 (340) – United States Virgin Islands.
On a mobile phone, the dial out and dial in codes are the same as a landline number – 0011 and 61. If your Australian mobile phone number is 04 123 456 789 you write your international mobile number as +61 4 123 456 789.