' Mozzie – This is an Aussie diminutive word meaning mosquito.
Crook. I'm sick. Now you try. For example, you might say, "I drank too many stubbies and now I'm feeling crook."
Modern IPA: ɑ́ːsg. Traditional IPA: ɑːsk. 1 syllable: "AASK"
The most common verbal greeting is a simple “Hey”, “Hello”, or “Hi”. Some people may use Australian slang and say “G'day” or “G'day mate”. However, this is less common in cities. Many Australians greet by saying “Hey, how are you?”.
Yeah nah yeah = yes. No wonder you're confused! A commonly-used word here is mate, which normally means friend.
Traditional IPA: ˈsɒriː 2 syllables: "SORR" + "ee"
6. “I'm stuffed” What does it mean? Americans would use this to mean they're full (of food), but Aussies also use it to say that they're tired or in trouble.
#1 The Australian accent is non-rhotic
The Australian accent is for the most part non-rhotic. This means that the pronunciation of the /r/ sound will never occur at the end of words. Where an American will say three separate sounds for the word car /kar/, an Australian native speaker will only say 2 /ka:/.
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.
Australians use a lot of slang words, one of the more common words is g'day. G'day is an abbreviation of good day, a general greeting.
Interjection. oi (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, usually impolite) Said to get someone's attention; hey.
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”.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
“Mate” is a popular word for friend. And while it's used in other English-speaking countries around the world, it has a special connection to Australia. In the past, mate has been used to address men, but it can be gender-neutral. In Australia, you'll also hear mate used in an ironic sense.
"Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi" is a cheer or chant often performed at Australian sport events.
chook. A domestic fowl; a chicken. Chook comes from British dialect chuck(y) 'a chicken; a fowl' which is a variant of chick. Chook is the common term for the live bird, although chook raffles, held in Australian clubs and pubs, have ready-to-cook chooks as prizes.
Yeah nah is a commonly used Australian phrase and colloquialism. The phrase yeah nah means 'no', but it allows the speaker or writer to ease into their response so as to not come across as too outspoken, or brash.
“Far Out” is said when you really can't believe something. 3.
(Australia, New Zealand, euphemistic) A fart.