Why do Australians shorten every word?

Why Do Aussies

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Aussie is Australian slang for Australian, both the adjective and the noun, and less commonly, Australia.
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Use So Many Abbreviations? Nenagh Kemp, a psychologist at the University of Tasmania, told Australian Geographic her theories behind why Australians use these shortened words so often. Her theory is that Australians use them as a way of coming across as more friendly and less pretentious.

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Do Australians shorten words?

Not all of our diminutives are exclusive to Australia, but with more than 4300 recorded in our lexicon, Aussies use more clipped words than any other English speakers.

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Why do Australians say but at the end?

I grew up in Dubbo. Contributor's comments: "But" at the end of a sentence is used in Sydney where it is the same as putting "but" at the beginning of a sentence. Thus "But I didn't do it!" is the same as saying "I didn't do it, but!"

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Why do Aussies say Maccas?

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.

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How is Z said in Australia?

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.

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How do we shorten words in Australia?

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What is the most used swear word in Australia?

Bugger off/me

“Bugger” is common in both Aussie and British slang, and vaguely refers to someone or something that is annoying. Calling someone a bugger can be used affectionately or derogatorily. The general expletive can be used in any situation, and roughly means,“F*** off/me” or “Well, I'll be damned!”

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What do they call girls in Australia?

Aussie Slang Words For Women:

Chick. Woman. Lady. Bird.

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What do they call a kiss in Australia?

Pash (pash) / Kiss

An indelicate description of kissing passionately, hence the name. Pashing typically leads to two things: pash rash (red marks around the lips caused by excessive kissing), and/or rooting (the crass Australian term for the birds and the bees).

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What do Australians call chips?

Definition. In Australia, chips can refer to 'hot' chips; fried strips of potato. Chips also refer to what are known in other countries as crisps.

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What is D word swear?

d-word (plural d-words) (euphemistic, chiefly US And UK) The word damn.

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Why do Aussies cuss so much?

Swearing: Swearing is more common in Australia than in many other cultures. Television programmes are less censored and mainstream society is largely desensitised to words that foreigners may find vulgar. It is normal to hear an Australian swear at some point during a conversation.

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Do Aussies say bloody?

Americans have never taken to the slang word bloody, but Aussies use it a lot, and have for a long time. In the late 19th century, writes David Crystal in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, it was known as "the great Australian adjective," and by the 1940s it was no longer considered a swear word.

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How do Australian say friend?

Mate. “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.

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How do Australian say yes?

Yeah nah yeah = yes. No wonder you're confused! A commonly-used word here is mate, which normally means friend.

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How do Australian Say Can t?

So, we would say, instead of 'can't', we don't say the /t/ and instead we just say 'can't', and the tongue stops the air, 'can't'. So, it sounds like a very, very, very short N sound instead of a long N sound.

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What Aussies are scared of?

Aussies Fear Snakes, Spiders and Getting Hacked.

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Which country swears the most?

Cursing countries which swear the most - and the least

Coming out on top as the most likely to use explicit language online is France. The French have 7.59% - or seven in every 100 people - using curse words online per year.

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Why do Australians say no worries?

It is similar to the American English "no problem". The phrase is widely used in Australian speech and represents a feeling of friendliness, good humour, optimism and "mateship" in Australian culture. The phrase has been referred to as the national motto of Australia.

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Is the F-word a real word?

The F-word was recorded in a dictionary in 1598 (John Florio's A Worlde of Wordes, London: Arnold Hatfield for Edw. Blount). It is remotely derived from the Latin futuere and Old German ficken/fucken meaning 'to strike or penetrate', which had the slang meaning to copulate.

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What's the H word?

Noun. h-word (plural h-words) (euphemistic) The word hell/Hell.

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What does the M word mean?

The "M" word is a demeaning slur for a person who has dwarfism. Dwarfism is the result of a medical condition. The "M" word originates from the oppression and exploitation of people with dwarfism in "freak shows" of the mid 1800s.

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What do Australians call kangaroos?

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.

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What do Australians call flip flops?

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.

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