oh it's so cold this time of year in England oh oh why are we English? Where could we go that's
hot and sunny and where I don't have to wear a hat and scarf Egypt Wow
is it hot now I'm starting to get cold bit further afield yeah what could we go
Maldives oh I would love to go there but it's
expensive isn't it yes very expensive oh where else Australia Oh Australia
it's really warm there isn't it and they have kangaroos, they do yeah kangaroos are pretty cool yeah and you can throw a
boomerang let's go yes Australia let's go down under
they might speak English in Australia but there are a few words particularly
slang words that differ quite a lot between British English and Australian
English that's right now I know that Leila's been there before so I'm going
to ask Leila's help with some of them but not only that we also have an expert
helping us out with learning all about Australian slang and her name is the
fantastic English with Adriana and you might have seen her channel she is from
Down Under she's from Australia and she's gonna help us talk through some of
this tricky slang that us Brits just don't get right so we're gonna
go through the top 10 Australian slang words just in case any of you decide to
take a visit so Layla I've been reading in my guide to Australia that in
Australia there's something you can eat called a sanger sanger
I'm thinking this is a kind of really hot curry like tonight I'm having a
sanger no you know what it probably is a
sausage oh it could be like a sanger sausage yeah or maybe like it's a past
tense of sang like she sanger wow do they really speak like that in Australia? Adriana
help us out. That's hilarious ladies no a sanga is not a sausage it's not a curry a
Sanger is a sandwich somebody asks you in Australia if you want a sanger they're
asking you do you want a sandwich so Sanger is sandwich in Australia
number two another slang word in Australian English is s'arvo s'arvo
any ideas Sabrah s'arvo is it a name like he's called sarvo no don't know
okay if I say okay I'll see you S'arvo Saturday no
this afternoon ah so arvo is afternoon yeah
this arvo they like to put o's on the end of things in Australia, I'll see you this arvo mate - oh she's got the accent too!
Ladies if you're heading down under and you don't know what the
arvo is well you're gonna have some issues communicating because us aussies
love adding o too many words in the english language
other common words like that we love adding o to could be afternoon arvo
ambulance ambo bottle shop bottle-o service station servo garbage man
garbo alcoholic alcho smoke break smoko aggressive agro compensation
payment compo we even do it to names a few examples of this being used with
names could be Dave Dave-o and Pete Pete-o . You know what I find
really confusing Leila is Australians talk all the time about going outside
for a Barbie now are they talking about playing with dolls because they seem to be
quite obsessed with the Barbie doll and why would you do that outside I would
have though Australians would be more GI Joe yeah they would be wouldn't they
More outdoorsy. So what is this Barbie all about . Do you know? I've no idea
Adriana we're going to ask for your help again
ladies that's hilarious if somebody's inviting you for a Barbie they're
inviting you for a barbecue and a very common phrase you can hear very often in
Australia is snags on the Barbie snags these are sausages and barbie is
barbecue so somebody's invited you to come over to their place for snags on the
barbie they're inviting you to come over to
have sausages on the barbecue now another place that Australians talk
about going it's to the bush yeah is it this to one singular bush because in
British English yeah what's a bush Layla a bush is like a small shrub yeah like
you would say I have a rose bush in my garden it's a singular thing so I don't
understand why they all want to go to one bush Adriana. Ladies we don't all
want to go to one bush in Australia the Outback the countryside is very
different in comparison to many other different countries these rural and
undeveloped areas in Australia are quite different to what you ladies are most
likely used to the UK and in Europe it's common to see bushes and for this reason
we say the bush we're not all heading to that one same bush but we use the bush
or the outback to refer to going out in the countryside so if somebody's telling
you that they're going out to the bush they're going out to an undeveloped area
in Australia so somewhere where there's not a lot of vegetation there may be
some bushes but we're not all going to the same bush. Right now number five is
probably the most important word for you to learn if you're going to Australia
thongs do they like wearing thongs there?
Is that 'cos they've all got beach bodies and they want to go on the beach yeah
yeah they wear thongs on the beach quite a lot actually Sabrah - it's a bit rude talking
about thongs all the time now in British English a thong is underwear yes very
small piece of underwear yes you wouldn't see your grandmother in a thong well I hope we
wouldn't- would not want to see that no to see that no but in Australian English thongs are actually flip-flops in
English we call these flip-flops but in Australia they are called thongs and
when I visited Australia when I was much younger I was shocked. Were you? When they
were talking about wearing thongs on the beach I was what yes exactly. I plan on
wearing a very sensible bikini yeah so if you take a visit guys remember a thong in Australia
it's nothing rude it is a shoe it is s flip flop- that's hilarious ladies definitely if
you're ever heading down under you have to know the difference between thongs and
flip-flops in Australia we describe thongs as the shoes that we wear on our
feet and we wear them quite often in Australia due to the warm
climate so I've been watching neighbors a lot recently and I love the TV-show
neighbors is good yeah and in this they're always talking about
places being chokers do they mean that it's full of chocolate because if so, I wanna go- awesome
and I can't wait to go. Do you think it is that chockers? I''m sure it is it must be like a
chocolate bar yeah like oh let's go get some chokers yeah we should chocolate bars
is that what it is Ariana? Ladies neighbours is a great Australian TV show to be
watching it for Aussie slang in use but when you're watching it and you hear
them saying that a place is chockers it doesn't mean there's a lot of chocolate
there it means that the place is full this is a common term that we used to
describe that a place is overcrowded so if the place is full a lot of people
can't get in then we use a term to say it's chockers
the place is chockers . I don't want to go it's chockers. Number 7 ripper, I have
no idea I have no idea Ripper like the Grim Reaper or Jack the
Ripper um he lived in England a long time ago what could be Ripper ladies
Jack the Ripper the Grim Reaper, no in Australian English we use Ripper to
describe that something is fantastic if something's the best the best of the
best in Australian English we use the term Ripper for example the movie I saw
last night was Ripper. This the other word I've heard a lot recently is pome
like so-and-so's a Pome they called me a Pom when I went to Australia, I thought it meant
pretty yeah well you would think that wouldn't you? It seem logical Adriana ? Okay
maybe they were trying to say that you're pretty but in these contexts
A Pom we use this in Aussie slang to describe somebody from the UK this is a
hundred percent Australian I have actually heard this being used by non Australians
this is a term in Australia we use to describe British people so that's why
people were calling you a Pom because we use
to describe somebody from the UK right number nine I think give me more
are you hot? Yes! Oh was that a kangaroo oh there's a koala number nine
Mackers , mackers is that like how we say knackered it maybe it's tired we say knackered. I'm mackered? hmmm..
I don't know people used to say they were going to have a mackers when I was there
hmm could it be have a mackers, I think we need Adriana, ladies McDonald's is too
long for us to say we have mackers, mackers in Australia is McDonald's if
you're going to Mackers then you are going to McDonald's it's very common I rarely
ever say McDonald's it's very common for us in Australia to say I'm going to
Mackers, right number 10 we have got Chook Chook, Chook as in like Chuck no as in to
throw no as in to really throw tonight know that's Chuck in English no that's chuck in English this is
Chook, chook chook but they say that in the north of England like you alright
Chuck oh yeah they do but no not the same no no hmm okay Adriana I'm sorry one last time can
we get your help? what is chook? Lladies chook is a chicken
and we use this term quite often in Australian English as a nice insult okay
you're probably wondering what do I mean by a nice insult we use the phrase silly
chook when somebody's done something really silly and really stupid the only
thing you can do is laugh this is quite commonly used by many Australians to say
you silly chook it's a nice insult they're not trying to be mean they're
just trying to nicely laugh about it with you. Well I hope you've enjoyed your
time here with us in Australia thank you so much Adriana for joining us and for
guiding us through some of this tricky Australian slang so although we do
speak English in many different countries and
Australia England you will find variations in vocabulary particularly
colloquial language and slang that's right so join us for more love english
lessons and you can look at our lesson on british slang oh that's a good one click
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