Canada — "McDick's"
Here in Australia, however, McDonald's most prevalent nickname is “Macca's”. A recent branding survey commissioned by McDonald's Australia found that 55 per cent of Australians refer to the company by its local slang name.
Besides devotion to soccer, one of the biggest global differences is how the British often refer to McDonald's: “MacDonald's,” “Maccies,” and “Maccy D's” are common nicknames for the Golden Arches over there. Similarly, French customers refer to the company as “McDo” while Australians often call it “Macca's.”
What nicknames are McDonald's known by throughout the world? For example, in the US, we sometimes call it "Mickey D's." In the UK it's Maccy D's.
McDonald's Restaurants (New Zealand) Limited (also using the trading name "Macca's") is the New Zealand subsidiary of the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. Its first location opened in 1976.
A female kangaroo is known as a 'flyer' or a 'doe' and a male kangaroo a 'buck' or a 'boomer' (hence the nickname of the Australian men's basketball team, the Boomers). They live in social groups called mobs.
McDonald's research found that 55 per cent of Australians called the company Macca's and they have submitted the word to the Macquarie Dictionary for consideration. It's an Australian habit to abbreviate names. So Barry becomes Bazza, Warren becomes Waz and anyone whose surname begins with Mc is likely to become Macca.
brekkie – breakfast
Although it sounds like breakfast for kids, brekkie is the Australian meal everyone has in the morning.
Tomorrow there won't be McDonald's, but Uncle Vanya's." A trademark was filed under that name, using the Golden Arches on their side with a line. McDonald's has a 15 year option to buy its former restaurants back from Vkusno i tochka. Alexander Govor replaced the brand with Vkusno i tochka ("Tasty and that's it").
Nepal. One of the main reasons why Nepal doesn't have a McDonald's is that beef isn't widely eaten here due to the cow being the national animal and sacred to Hindus. However if you're craving fast food, a trip to its capital Kathmandu will get you your fix as fried chicken chain KFC has really taken off here.
In Japan, it is called Makudo narudo, shortened as Mac, or Maku-do. In Romania, they call it Mec and in Philippines, McDo. In India, as we know, we call it McD, ditto in America. One other name that globally remains the same is the Golden Arches that construe the symbol for McDonald's.
Australian, British and New Zealand English uses "chips" for what North Americans call french fries. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" and "cold chips" are used.
The shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world. Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome, Greece, sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Korea, Japan and some Latin American cultures, the shoe was designed to protect the sole while keeping the top of the foot cool.
Except you won't find Burger King in Australia because it's the only place in the world where Burger Kings are called Hungry Jack's. When Burger King got to Australia in 1971, it discovered there was already a local restaurant there called Burger King.
The company sold its hundreds of Russian locations to a local franchise operator, who has started to reopen them with a new name, “Vkusno & Tochka,” which in English means “tasty and that's it,” along with new branding.
North Korea
Unsurprisingly, this totalitarian regime is pretty averse to American businesses, and McDonald's is no exception.
24. KYIV, Ukraine — McDonald's has reopened in Ukraine, after seven months of war.
5. Sheila = Girl. Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
Aussie Slang Words For Women:
Chick. Woman. Lady. Bird.
G'day. One of the first things you'll hear when in Australia, is the classic “G'day, mate”, which is basically the same as saying, “good day”, or “hello”. So feel free to use this one from day 1 and watch the smiles around you as people respond with, “g'day mate”, which means “hello, friend”.
Ask an Aussie to name a truly Australian word, and they might yell "Bonzer!" Bonzer, sometimes also spelled bonza, means "first-rate" or "excellent," and it is the Australian equivalent of the American "awesome": "It's a good clean game ... and the standard is red hot," Thies said.
In Australia and New Zealand, "soft drink" or "fizzy drink" is typically used. In South African English, "cool drink" is any soft drink. U.S. soft drinks 7-Up or Sprite are called "lemonade" in the UK.
Aussie is Australian slang for Australian, both the adjective and the noun, and less commonly, Australia.