How to understand Australians | Slang Words & Expressions

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  • @mmmEnglish_Emma
    @mmmEnglish_Emma  4 роки тому +588

    What other Australian slang words have you heard?

  • @shabxperia
    @shabxperia 3 роки тому +633

    You forgot to mention one very important word i.e.
    Australia /Australian = Aussie. 😁
    Here are some more;
    Mushie = mushroom
    Sunnies = sunglasses
    Prezzy = a present
    Chrissie = Christmas
    Bikkie = biscuit
    Exy = expensive
    Lippy = lipstick
    Pozzy = taking a good position
    Broady = Broadmeadows
    Ambo = ambulance
    Relo = relatiIve
    Vego =vegetarian
    Smoko = a short break for a smoke
    Defo = definitely
    Muso = a musician
    Preggo = pregnant
    Rego = registration for a vehicle
    Aggro = aggressive
    Hooroo = see you later
    Bloke = a man
    Bogan / Ocker/ Yobbo = a common aussie person usually badly dressed, unemployed
    Bludger = a lazy person
    Hoon = a crazy driver
    Dickhead = an annoying idiot
    Prang /bingle = a small car crash
    Chook= a chicken

    • @steadmanuhlich6734
      @steadmanuhlich6734 3 роки тому +16

      Thanks for adding more words to learn.

    • @docbailey3265
      @docbailey3265 2 роки тому +54

      Why do Aussies shorten everything? What do they do with the time they save?

    • @tayloredeventz7251
      @tayloredeventz7251 2 роки тому +9

      Definitely a true Aussie

    • @Gnrnrvids
      @Gnrnrvids 2 роки тому +35

      @@docbailey3265 We chill, or have another tinny.

    • @raisa_cherry35
      @raisa_cherry35 2 роки тому +6

      Unknowingly i would say Sunnies,surprised to know it’s an Aussie slang.

  • @actingapple3607
    @actingapple3607 3 роки тому +1153

    why have I been binge watching videos about my own language?

  • @UltimaSpark50
    @UltimaSpark50 3 роки тому +490

    Note to foreigners…overuse of these terms in an attempt to "fit in" _will_ make you look more like an embarrassing try-hard than anything else, and most of us don't throw around slang nearly as frequently as stupid memes on social media would have you think.

    • @chocodiledundee1
      @chocodiledundee1 3 роки тому +20

      In Adelaide they even have bigger slang vocabulary the slangs are very much used and locals Aussie always encouraging me to use the “Aussie slangs “ which I try to avoid to not sound “try harder “ but if you may not notice cos that is all you know but record yourself I dare you’ll see how much slag you say without even notice

    • @jeffrp14
      @jeffrp14 3 роки тому +13

      Speak for yourself mate

    • @markcarli8259
      @markcarli8259 3 роки тому +11

      Stone the crows mate are you trine to be some kind of a Galah!

    • @Kalashboy420
      @Kalashboy420 3 роки тому +5

      as if where im from slang makes up most of our volcabulary you are probably from the city.

    • @eatingsfun
      @eatingsfun 3 роки тому +4

      Some mates of mine are walking memes lol

  • @AJITKANDALE
    @AJITKANDALE Рік тому +9

    After spending 10 years in Australlian as a Brissie, I can say I know most of them now. Thanks for the video.

  • @brendanpitts4795
    @brendanpitts4795 2 роки тому +312

    I was at the bottle-o on Australia Day buying a slab to take to my mate’s barbie and I heard a young kid ask his dad if they could buy a couple of stubbie holders (they were emblazoned with the Aussie flag). His dad’s reply was priceless - ‘You don’t buy stubbie holders, son. You accumulate them.’

    • @themtber9880
      @themtber9880 2 роки тому +18

      😅😂😂🥲
      Edit idea: young kid- little ripper

    • @Eilen62
      @Eilen62 2 роки тому +7

      LMAO Absolutely you do!! I really miss my accumulated holders 😢

    • @mystic1962
      @mystic1962 Рік тому +3

      To right mate, total agree with ya. Me ole boy accumulates 100's of them anyway he can. Kinda obsessed poor dude 😕

    • @UnderTheFlipside
      @UnderTheFlipside Рік тому

      but did you get ya mum a pack of winnie reds or what?

    • @mickcain2203
      @mickcain2203 Рік тому

      Nah mate kids are ‘tin lids’@@themtber9880

  • @priscilaamarina422
    @priscilaamarina422 4 роки тому +211

    Hi Emma, I'm studying in Australia in rthe moment. I love Australian accent and people here💓🇦🇺 I'm from Brazil🇧🇷

    • @ahmedmaeflayash252
      @ahmedmaeflayash252 4 роки тому +1

      Great may i communicat you on instagram please i want to asking you some question about studies

    • @suhaibali6203
      @suhaibali6203 4 роки тому

      Hello

    •  4 роки тому +4

      Hey I'm from Brazil too! 🇧🇷🇧🇷

    • @ahmedmaeflayash252
      @ahmedmaeflayash252 4 роки тому

      @ hello i want to chatting with you ..Ahmed Al Ayash instagram

    • @Mix-hq1re
      @Mix-hq1re 4 роки тому

      Good job

  • @yesor
    @yesor 3 роки тому +55

    I really enjoyed watching this video. I am an Aussie and you’ve explained everything to a T.
    Other slang or shortened words I use almost everyday or at work:
    - champ
    - freebie
    - halfa (half an hour)
    - “yeah-nahhh” and the reverse
    - soz
    - totes
    - Woolies
    - righto
    - cheers
    - she’ll be right
    - nah, all good.
    - chuck a u-ie (u-turn)
    - hang five
    - thank F…
    - uggies

    • @kingwilliams8393
      @kingwilliams8393 3 роки тому

      Hello how are you doing today I hope you’re having a wonderful day

    • @TRILOGIPRODUCTION
      @TRILOGIPRODUCTION 3 роки тому

      Nice sharing dear.. ❤😘.. greeting from Indonesia.. see u

    • @amgxpat
      @amgxpat 3 роки тому +3

      A Yank here. My two faves are "fair dinkum" and "ridgie didg"(sp?) - Reminding we are also affectionately called "Yanks" even though in the US a "yank" is only a north easterner. You'd get your a* kicked where I'm from in Texas calling me a Yank, haha 😂

    • @crusheverything4449
      @crusheverything4449 3 роки тому +1

      Gorgeous in any language!

    • @DancerOfClouds
      @DancerOfClouds 3 роки тому +2

      Oh my, "chuck a u-ie" I seen somewhere to "Park" Over here in the USA, that draws blanks stares every time.

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus 4 місяці тому +13

    NZer here - great video!
    Some of my favourite Aussie slang phrases -
    "dunny budgie" - a fly in the toilet (dunny)
    "budgie-smugglers" - tight swimming togs
    "spit the dummy" - to get angry, have a tantrum ( from how a baby spits out the dummy when he/she gets annoyed )
    "go you good thing!" - cheering on a sportsperson - often used in rugby or league. Used with race-horses too.

    • @em_mkay
      @em_mkay 2 місяці тому

      i’m also a Kiwi and i love these too!

  • @bigedslobotomy
    @bigedslobotomy 2 роки тому +209

    I believe that “mate” is used very much as “dude” is used in America. It can be used both in a friendly way, and as a warning.

    • @jonathandevereaux298
      @jonathandevereaux298 2 роки тому +11

      Americans don't use dude that much. The country is not a California beach in the 80s.

    • @MrFusion
      @MrFusion 2 роки тому +17

      @@jonathandevereaux298 I use dude all the time, it's pretty common to say where I live

    • @theslimelord4038
      @theslimelord4038 2 роки тому

      Yeah this is over embellished

    • @themage12
      @themage12 2 роки тому +10

      Closer to something between "dude" and "man".

    • @ScyberDruid
      @ScyberDruid 2 роки тому +4

      @@jonathandevereaux298 Dude is still pretty common all over but most people who use it are currently in their 30s and 40s since it was a very common slang during their teenage years. Just my opinion anyway.

  • @kathytarr3916
    @kathytarr3916 3 роки тому +70

    I'm an American and I loved this video. I have tender feelings for Aussies, Canadians, and Brits. I really enjoyed all these fun expressions. I could guess the meaning of most of them. The presenter is beautiful and full of delightful personality. I'm an old man using my wife computer.

  • @noelhayward4271
    @noelhayward4271 2 роки тому +101

    Hi Emma, as an 81 year old Australian who lives in Sweden, nice to hear those words and understood most of them, I use some of them in every day speak here, much to the locals puzzlement. However I wanted to comment on the the use of the word bottle-o, that was not a bottle shop (liquor store) in my day, that term referred to the guy that came around collecting the dead marines (used empty beer bottles) he used to come around on his horse and cart calling out "bottle-o".

    • @johnphelps9788
      @johnphelps9788 2 роки тому +4

      In the days when we went to the sly grog shop to get booze after hours (6 o'clock closing in Victoria back then)

    • @isabellajones7644
      @isabellajones7644 2 роки тому +4

      Waw....81 that so incredible

    • @isabellajones7644
      @isabellajones7644 2 роки тому +2

      Would love to get know you...

    • @jamesknight2198
      @jamesknight2198 Рік тому +3

      bottlo no longer means the person who retrieves the bottles. that job seems to have gone

    • @NormanWattr
      @NormanWattr Рік тому +1

      I remember that as well. The place to buy alcohol from is the grog shop

  • @Miyashita_000
    @Miyashita_000 Рік тому +19

    去年の11月から英語の勉強を始めました!まだ英語は得意じゃないけど、編集と説明が完璧だったので伝えたいことが80%くらい分かりました!この動画を投稿してくれてありがとう!

  • @grasstoucher4694
    @grasstoucher4694 3 роки тому +115

    Formula for an Australian word:
    1: Get a long word (or two)
    2: crunch it down to one syllable
    3: add a suffix ( ahh, eee, oh)

    • @davidedwards3361
      @davidedwards3361 3 роки тому +5

      And if the word ends with a letter R, that is either not pronounced (Here can be HEE), or it is replaced with YAH (here can be heyah).
      Listen to the cricket commentators when they talk about the bowlah, or a 6 ball owvah. It may be a players first time HEE at this ground.
      He may also be a good catchah to fieldah.
      For people that speak proper English. Australian is horrible to listen to...but still not as bad as listening to a New Zealander!!

    • @gazman1238
      @gazman1238 3 роки тому +2

      If the sylable ends in a "R" it gets turned into "Z" or "ZZA". E.g. Darren = Daz/Dazza.

    • @timjohnun4297
      @timjohnun4297 3 роки тому

      @@davidedwards3361 The R is silent in all of the words you just listed. Unless you are American, or maybe Irish

    • @martinkuliza
      @martinkuliza 3 роки тому

      @@ohasis8331
      no.... you forgot DAZZA

    • @martinkuliza
      @martinkuliza 3 роки тому

      @@ohasis8331
      i know it doesn't end in O
      that's the point
      there are aussie words that don't
      Like DAZZA, SHAZZA
      then you have things like
      NUGGET

  • @gnelson720
    @gnelson720 2 роки тому +109

    Absolutely love the Australian accent. I have many friends in AU and from the UK. Although the slang can be challenging, I absolutely love it. Australia was one of my favorite places I’ve been and would definitely go back. If it wasn’t for family here in the US, I’d move to AU in a heartbeat. Thank you for sharing this

    • @petemarshplayer44
      @petemarshplayer44 2 роки тому +3

      Yes!! you should definitely come to Australia it is Amazing 🤩 the animals here are also spectacular! You won’t ever find animals like ours in any other country.😃

    • @aamirrazak3467
      @aamirrazak3467 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah I’m from America too and I think the Australian accent is awesome! I’d love to visit one day

    • @isabellajones7644
      @isabellajones7644 2 роки тому

      Hey....

    • @isabellajones7644
      @isabellajones7644 2 роки тому

      @@aamirrazak3467 hey

  • @missinglincoln
    @missinglincoln 2 роки тому +23

    One of my best friends is Australian. And from her I learned that if Australians could find a way to shorten the word "A", they would do so. Thank you for helping me to understand the language better!

    • @rayaussie8325
      @rayaussie8325 Рік тому

      R U OK ?

    • @punkmetalbabe
      @punkmetalbabe 8 місяців тому +3

      We also lengthen words…..lol
      Yes - nah yeah
      No - Yeah Nah

    • @missinglincoln
      @missinglincoln 7 місяців тому

      @@punkmetalbabe- You are a complex people!

    • @Awethenticare
      @Awethenticare 4 місяці тому

      ​@@punkmetalbabe also, as in, for instance, saving leftover food "Save it for Ron and Justin" - ie Later On (Ron) and Just In Case (Justin)

  • @chamindraandrado6962
    @chamindraandrado6962 2 роки тому +8

    Crystal clear Voice and Very good explanation.

  • @AquaPeet
    @AquaPeet 2 роки тому +6

    I find those shortened words so great. Nice and informal, not taking anything too serious and strict, showing you have affiliation to the subject, talking about it in an endearing way. Like you would when you shorten a friend's name. Love it!
    Even towards strange people, showing you are an affectionate person.

  • @Linh_2606
    @Linh_2606 2 роки тому +46

    I'm from Vietnam and am learning English. I love your videos, your lessons so much. They're extremely helpful. I wish your channel be more successful and I always support you as well as your channel.

  • @DMan-it5tq
    @DMan-it5tq 3 роки тому +506

    I’m glad she mentioned the police using mate. As a cop myself I can definitely confirm that we use mate at least 100 times a shift!
    Also Emma you forgot to mention your emergency services: Coppa, Ambo, Firie.

    • @binnawan
      @binnawan 3 роки тому +41

      When a cop pulled me over and asked for my licence, I said OK Mate. His reply "I'm not your fu**ing mate !!"

    • @TazzyCee78
      @TazzyCee78 3 роки тому +11

      My Dad was an old school cop and I can assure you if you called him mate you would have regretted it...his entire attitude and superior "above the law" outlook is why I'm not a fan of the police force..haven't had a good experience with one yet and I've been around them most of my life.

    • @DMan-it5tq
      @DMan-it5tq 3 роки тому +5

      @@TazzyCee78 some Sergeants and Inspectors don't like being called mate from their subordinates while on shift but outside of work it shouldn't matter. If they have an issue with being called mate by family I dare say that have a lot bigger personality issues going on.

    • @TazzyCee78
      @TazzyCee78 3 роки тому +9

      @@DMan-it5tq Mate, you don't know the half of it 😉... probably why I haven't spoken to him in a decade lol...his favourite saying was, "this is not a democracy it's a dictatorship and you'll do as you're fucking told"...yeah nahhh toxic is an understatement. Often happens when a narcissist joins the force.

    • @MrShahid06
      @MrShahid06 3 роки тому +10

      cop shop = police station

  • @maheshtrivedi2868
    @maheshtrivedi2868 Рік тому +1

    My son is citizen of aus
    I get confused while talking with any auisy even having much control over language but listening u adds to my confidence
    Thanks

  • @davidstephen373
    @davidstephen373 3 роки тому +253

    On a cruise once upon a time, and was filled with Americans. We mentioned that we didn't attend the floor show because it was "chockas". Puzzled look on faces - so we explained that it was chock-a-block. Still puzzled looks. You Know - not enough room to swing a cat. Still puzzled looks. Gee that was a fun cruise, taking the piss. Oh, that's another one !!

    • @cora-illus
      @cora-illus 3 роки тому +16

      Some of these I never even considered Americans wouldn't understand 😂😂

    • @miaosun4382
      @miaosun4382 3 роки тому

      No idea...

    • @henryocean1908
      @henryocean1908 3 роки тому +5

      If you'd said "chock-full", you might've gotten somewhere.

    • @ksmyth999
      @ksmyth999 3 роки тому +2

      The polite way of saying this is: "taking the Michael". I have no idea why. You could also say: "You're pulling me plonker".

    • @henryocean1908
      @henryocean1908 3 роки тому +5

      @@ksmyth999 "Taking the Michael" comes from the rhyming slang version of "taking the piss", which was "taking the Mickey Bliss". I've no idea who Mr Bliss may have been.

  • @leisuretravelandhobby178
    @leisuretravelandhobby178 4 роки тому +191

    Yes we love Australia!
    Some Aussie slangs :
    "No worries!"
    "No drama!"
    Means no problem!

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  4 роки тому +21

      Yes! 😍

    • @pauldobson2529
      @pauldobson2529 4 роки тому +13

      Another version of “no worries” is “no wuckers”. Won’t go into the derivation and Emma is far too polite to mention.
      I’m inclined to disagree on use of the word “dunny”. Maybe it’s just us older types, but i find “loo” very twee and really English. I prefer our own slang. And you left out the slang for a plumber due to this. A plumber is a “dunny diver”.
      When I moved to coastal, regional Victoria, I noticed how, particularly girls, said “no worries” to everything, but then when I’d go back to Melbourne or Geelong, I’d hear it all the time, different ages, both genders.

    • @valentinanderson535
      @valentinanderson535 4 роки тому

      @@mmmEnglish_Emma this is not a question about english but i'm so curious about ask you the next question.
      ¿Has australian people the same devotion and adoration to royal family specially to queen Elizabeth as british people do?

    • @kVkV-sw5se
      @kVkV-sw5se 3 роки тому +7

      @@valentinanderson535 HI Valentin, I think the answer is not really. There are some Australians who love the royal family, but not many. I think that the majority of Australians are respectful of the royal family and maybe interested to a degree in them, but see the royal family as disconnected from Australia. Australia is now a very diverse nation, with people from all over the world. However, I think the majority of people are very supportive of our democracy and would if needed still support the UK in times of trouble. I think this is because the UK and Australia are two of the best democracies in the world with very similar values and that both nations work hard to ensure equality and opportunity, with very good systems to support underprivileged people when compared with other nations. We would support other European nations similarly but not to the same extent because we don't have the same history with them and also because European nations have a history of conflict between each other.

    • @commentfreely5443
      @commentfreely5443 3 роки тому +2

      never won money in lotto but i won $100 on the pokies 30 years ago

  • @glenemma1
    @glenemma1 3 роки тому +277

    If you are from Sydney or Brisbane, ''footy'' would probably be referring to Rugby League.

    • @rickyd.989
      @rickyd.989 3 роки тому +12

      @david mullen. There is only one way to tell which sport is better. That is simply by the number of people prepared to go and watch it. Aussie rules is the fourth highest crowd drawing sport in the world, and NRL match of the day in Sydney draws 15 to 20,000 people, compared to Aussie rules pulling between 50,000 to 90,000 people. The Sydney Swans at the SCG always blitz rugby game crowds. So it is no contest, ours is the much more exciting game, and we call it footy.

    • @rickyd.989
      @rickyd.989 3 роки тому +9

      @david mullen . So I am a Victorian, because the Sydney Swans used to be South Melbourne. I think “REAL FOOTBALL” would mean kicking it with your feet, which you guys hardly ever do, so don’t call it “football” for starters. Watch a video of the “AFL’s worst hits and bumps.” You think’ your guys are tough, but our guys are running faster and from all directions and so the speed of the hits that can come from any direction means that our players cop a lot more rough stuff than your guys.
      Having said all that I do not watch it for the rough stuff. If I did I would go and watch wrestling or boxing. Our game is much more skilful such as bouncing the ball and marking it etc, plus is fast and high-scoring and highly entertaining. (Hence the reason it gets much bigger crowds.)
      At the moment there are heaps of Americans, English and others who are making video reactions to our game. They are all totally blown away with AFL. A couple of them have said, “We thought it was rugby and we weren’t interested, but AFL is a more exciting game.” Plenty of our Sydney players have played rugby as juniors, but found Aussie rules more exciting.
      Recently retired Kieran Jack is the son of one of your rugby heroes named Gary Jack. Kieran chose Aussie rules.
      So you can hang onto your childish belief that ours is a girls game, when in fact it’s a lot tougher than yours.

    • @rickyd.989
      @rickyd.989 3 роки тому +1

      @david mullen . All I said is we do kick the ball a lot where is you guys only kick it for a score. That means ours is more football than yours is. You glossed over where I talked about skill versus the rough stuff. I have no interest in your rough play, or your punch on‘s, or your all in brawls.
      If it is a better game to watch, How come you can’t pull the big crowds like we do?

    • @rickyd.989
      @rickyd.989 3 роки тому +2

      @david mullen . I lived in Sydney for awhile mate. I used to read the papers and see the NRL match of the day, 12,000, 15,000, and occasionally 20,000. Important AFL matches start around 50,000, and the likes of Anzac Day we can have 90,000.

    • @rickyd.989
      @rickyd.989 3 роки тому +2

      @david mullen . The only time rugby pulls big crowds is the interstate State of Origin game. I’m talking about crowds for regular season games.

  • @peterhenn1202
    @peterhenn1202 Рік тому +6

    Australia is my absolute favorite country and I have been to Australia six times - always for 5 or 6 weeks. I mostly flew to South Australia, Adelaide. But I was also in Melbourne and Perth.

  • @stevendern2543
    @stevendern2543 3 роки тому +164

    No matter where I am in the world, the grocery store is always called Woolies. I get weird looks.
    Aww, bowling Shane!

    • @Gesteppie
      @Gesteppie 3 роки тому +2

      even Coles? O_O

    • @asjeot
      @asjeot 3 роки тому +6

      I'm not sure that would be the norm in Australia. I think you would be getting weird looks in most places in Australia referring to every bloody shop as woolies 🤣

    • @devonlord99
      @devonlord99 3 роки тому

      @@asjeot only grocery stores

    • @devonlord99
      @devonlord99 3 роки тому

      @@Gesteppie that’s what you get when you burn down Woolies

    • @asjeot
      @asjeot 3 роки тому

      @@devonlord99 Oh, you mean an IGA? 😉

  • @chriswharton9092
    @chriswharton9092 3 роки тому +119

    Most of the young folk in Australia, even if they don’t use the old slang, still understand what it means.

    • @CaptainSiCo
      @CaptainSiCo 3 роки тому +1

      Rack off!!

    • @AnimalLover-yy1ml
      @AnimalLover-yy1ml 3 роки тому +1

      everyone knows what you mean if you talk about a dunny or outhouse, but no one ever uses it. We also don't really have outhouses anymore.

    • @82ritz
      @82ritz 3 роки тому

      @@AnimalLover-yy1ml What? I use Dunny and Brasco all the time.

    • @AnimalLover-yy1ml
      @AnimalLover-yy1ml 3 роки тому

      @@82ritz really? I guess it just depends what age you are and where u live

    • @kellysullivan800
      @kellysullivan800 2 роки тому +2

      The current "young slang" is so different to when I grew up. Some of it is still around but my kids have their own language that I pretty much have down pat. I still like to confuse my kids with olden day speech as they call it haha

  • @DissonusWren
    @DissonusWren 3 роки тому +55

    A couple of things some of my colleagues from OS had issues with was "ta", which means thanks; and when someone says they're "not too bad" when replying to someone asking how they are. "Not too bad" doesn't mean they are a feeling a little bad, it is generally a neutral expression, meaning they are fine.

    • @ksmyth999
      @ksmyth999 3 роки тому +10

      This comes from British understatement which Americans simply don't get. "Not too bad" can be a lot stronger as in: "how was the food?" answer: "not bad at all" which usually means it was excellent.

    • @chrisforgan731
      @chrisforgan731 3 роки тому +2

      it's funny we always say how we're not.

    • @off-the-cuffworldadventure3483
      @off-the-cuffworldadventure3483 3 роки тому

      just for the record, all americans are not so dull-witted and do understand subtly of language. i would know exactly what you meant. :)

    • @DissonusWren
      @DissonusWren 3 роки тому +3

      @@off-the-cuffworldadventure3483 actually most of my workmates who had trouble with these were from South Asia. I think it's more people who learn english as a second language who have trouble with these ones

    • @off-the-cuffworldadventure3483
      @off-the-cuffworldadventure3483 3 роки тому

      @@DissonusWren i think i was actually replying to kevin smyth's comment about americans not understanding british understatement. sorry for the confusion!

  • @eduardoferrer3514
    @eduardoferrer3514 Рік тому +1

    I'm always watching your UA-cam channel from Israel, I love you, Ma'am Emma for sharing your knowledge.

  • @williamspry4132
    @williamspry4132 3 роки тому +372

    She’s definitely the most formal speaking Aussie ever

    • @johnjones6601
      @johnjones6601 3 роки тому +17

      Her accent is ridiculous.

    • @AnimalLover-yy1ml
      @AnimalLover-yy1ml 3 роки тому +9

      I MAKE shortened words cause im too lazy to say the whole thing, but everyone else around me understands what im saying cause its so normal to do that here

    • @williamspry4132
      @williamspry4132 3 роки тому +21

      @@AnimalLover-yy1ml yeah I get that, Im from Aus as well. Im saying that she speaks so formally and pronounces everything properly which isn’t very common in Australia.

    • @brontewcat
      @brontewcat 3 роки тому +24

      Actually she speaks the way many Australians speak - most of us do not use ‘strine.

    • @brontewcat
      @brontewcat 3 роки тому +31

      @@johnjones6601 In what way is her accent ridiculous? Just because she does not conform to the Australian stereotype.

  • @aigara_life
    @aigara_life 2 роки тому +16

    Hello Emma🤓 I've been learning English for about three years. So, I ought to say that your lessons really useful. Thank you so much.

  • @farookniwas537
    @farookniwas537 4 роки тому +95

    I love Australia and Their language.

  • @simonedulcie3853
    @simonedulcie3853 Місяць тому +1

    What a great/fun video!...australia looks so relaxed and so exotic, to me- i LOVE the sense of humor bit- thats my kind of people! 😄 cheers!

  • @wolfganghertwig3865
    @wolfganghertwig3865 4 роки тому +113

    When I was in Australia last year, I heard "schnitty" for schnitzel. As we have schnitzel in Germany as well, it sounded quite funny to me 🙂

    • @kVkV-sw5se
      @kVkV-sw5se 3 роки тому +2

      That's a very new word in Australia.

    • @nivmhh
      @nivmhh 3 роки тому +7

      "Schnitty" sounds so funny to me😂😂 I would associate Milchschnitte with it-

    • @dazza7303
      @dazza7303 3 роки тому +16

      @@kVkV-sw5se no it’s not lol

    • @aussiefirie
      @aussiefirie 3 роки тому +6

      @@kVkV-sw5se it's an old word

    • @robslaney3729
      @robslaney3729 3 роки тому +4

      we don't usually have a plain schnitzel. Cover it with cheese and tomato sauce ( at a minimum ) and it is known as "Chicken parmigiana", - of course shortened to just a "Parma". A common pub special ( at least in Victoria ) is a Parma and a Pot. A pot is a 285mL glass of beer.

  •  4 роки тому +40

    I was almost ready to travel to Australia when this pandemic started 😪 but I still believe that this situation will end soon. I can't wait to descover all the beautiful places you guys have in your country and to learn more of you culture!

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  4 роки тому +7

      I hope we can open our borders soon, Karla! Would love for you to come visit this gorgeous country! 💙

    • @shaungordon9737
      @shaungordon9737 4 роки тому

      @Rob Lloyd. Umm. Plenty of people say 'guys'. Fellas is such a bogan term

    • @judis6224
      @judis6224 3 роки тому +1

      Don't go to NZ if you go to Australia,as we don't want the Indian varient,or anything else.

    • @philippeterson7503
      @philippeterson7503 2 роки тому

      Read "In a sunburned country" by Bill Bryson while you wait.

    • @petemarshplayer44
      @petemarshplayer44 2 роки тому +1

      We welcome so much people here in Australia and would love for you to visit us 😁

  • @redwolf7929
    @redwolf7929 3 роки тому +62

    This girl has a very refined Aussie accent.Theres a lot of "lingo" as well used by street ,or working class.some is used so others like cops can't understand

    • @goldboy150
      @goldboy150 3 роки тому +5

      She sounds like she’s from Adelaide. Could be wrong but there were a few words where it almost sounded british...that’s always a dead giveaway of an Adelaide accent.

    • @daydreaming_cat
      @daydreaming_cat 3 роки тому

      She said she’s from Melbourne in another video~

    • @michaelburke5907
      @michaelburke5907 3 роки тому +2

      Aussie posh?

    • @brokenwrench404
      @brokenwrench404 3 роки тому

      @@michaelburke5907 I was just going to ask that. She’s seems posh

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 2 роки тому +1

      @@michaelburke5907 hard to tell. A lot of Melbournians just sound like that. You probably need to live there to tell the difference

  • @Ivan2001
    @Ivan2001 2 роки тому +3

    I'm not australian but I live there for 5 years and took me 1 year to understand your english, it was painful jaja but I love it at the end, all this slang that you mention makes your english a lot more funny and friendly just as your smile that is killing me. Good video it remains me the time I was there also I made a lot of friends.

    • @XDF745
      @XDF745 Рік тому +1

      That's the purpose of most of the diminutives (shortened words) in Australian English: to make the language more informal and friendly.

  • @nono7105
    @nono7105 3 роки тому +57

    Fun fact: the Nullarbor sounds like it's an aboriginal word, but it's actually Latin. It literally translates as "no trees" (null = no/none, arbor = trees/plants).

    • @maddyg3208
      @maddyg3208 3 роки тому +1

      Terra nullius

    • @jadecawdellsmith4009
      @jadecawdellsmith4009 3 роки тому +2

      @@maddyg3208 sadly TERRA NULLIAS is a word we Aussies shouldn't be familiar with but are.

    • @lindenwatson846
      @lindenwatson846 3 роки тому +1

      Yes I know LOL having driven across it many times!

    • @nono7105
      @nono7105 3 роки тому

      @@jadecawdellsmith4009 There's nothing wrong with Terra Nullius.

    • @jadecawdellsmith4009
      @jadecawdellsmith4009 3 роки тому +5

      @@nono7105 it was not applied correctly when capt Cook set foot & declared the land uninhabited. Tell the indigenous people there's 'nothing wrong with it' Their land was stolen. There really is no argument.

  • @andriratnasari2648
    @andriratnasari2648 3 роки тому +53

    I really want to have Australian accent. Love from Indonesia 😘

    • @mattmcguire1577
      @mattmcguire1577 3 роки тому +2

      Australian is a very hard accent to learn as it is a very lazy language. You will need to forget a lot of how you pronounce letters and sounds.

    • @matthewcullen1298
      @matthewcullen1298 3 роки тому

      @@mattmcguire1577 that's a good way of looking at it,😃

    • @mattmcguire1577
      @mattmcguire1577 3 роки тому

      @@matthewcullen1298 There is a documentary called "the sounds of oz"or aus on the history and features of our accent. The actress Rachel Griffiths (?) is the one who says it is easier for Australians to learn an accent as they have learn a something. It is harder to learn Australian as you have to forget everything. She says imagine your tongue just flopped over an exercise ball.

    • @geoffreyharvey579
      @geoffreyharvey579 3 роки тому

      @@mattmcguire1577 Australian language doesn't exist, it's called English fool, we don't speak Australian we speak English in Australia.

    • @elonmusk2.031
      @elonmusk2.031 3 роки тому

      Thats unlucky

  • @removetheroofcreative
    @removetheroofcreative 3 роки тому +25

    Great video! I've been living in Australia for 14 years and I'm still learning to understand the slang! I remember being baffled when I went out for lunch with somebody and they said, "I'll shout you" (I'll pay for your lunch).
    I also find many Australians say "reguly" instead of regularly (as you heard in this video 4:43), as well as "vunrabill" instead of vulnerable.

    • @Legalmachinist
      @Legalmachinist 2 роки тому +1

      Very nice video which kept me mesmerized not only from subject matter but her perfect teeth!

  • @asrreyes
    @asrreyes 8 місяців тому +2

    I am a senior and fil am. I have friends and relatives living there but hardly talk to them because of time difference. I wonder and become interested in your culture? Nice video!

  • @suanyangelaoliveira949
    @suanyangelaoliveira949 4 роки тому +11

    Emma, I am happy to tell you that God gave me a great opportunity to visit Australia in 2018. I spent a joyful and wonderful two months studying there. I stayed in our missionary in Melbourne. Truly Australia is such a Beautiful Country. I loved to be there and have to say that people are very welcoming. Thank you.

    • @kristinehayes4885
      @kristinehayes4885 3 роки тому

      We don't like bible bashers.

    • @wizofoz0605
      @wizofoz0605 3 роки тому

      @@kristinehayes4885 no? We elect them to high office...

    • @Spyros_SP
      @Spyros_SP 2 роки тому

      @@kristinehayes4885 yes we do. Speak for yourself.

  • @Rayanerayane-df1ql
    @Rayanerayane-df1ql 4 роки тому +23

    Australia is a wonderful and beautiful country. I am from Algeria

  • @nataliaperales5909
    @nataliaperales5909 3 роки тому +40

    I'm coming to Straya as soon as borders are open in my country! I'll hopefully stay there for good. I LOVE your country since I was a child, and now my dream is finally coming true 💕

    • @fleafly5383
      @fleafly5383 3 роки тому +1

      we hardly say ‘straya’ anymore, at least in melbourne

    • @abstract0014
      @abstract0014 3 роки тому

      @@fleafly5383 I can confirm too

    • @nataliaperales5909
      @nataliaperales5909 3 роки тому +4

      @@fleafly5383 well, Aussies told me they call it that way in colloquial speech, so apparently there are still some Aussies using it in Australia, beyond Melbourne 😁😋

    • @hi2740
      @hi2740 3 роки тому +2

      @@fleafly5383 yeah it’s a little cringey now that I think of it

    • @kanytonaan5594
      @kanytonaan5594 2 роки тому

      Phuck me dead, you better check dem migration laws before planning your one way trip to "straya".

  • @ch007eh7
    @ch007eh7 2 роки тому +17

    My flight to Australia leaves in 3 weeks. I am actually a lot more nervous about the flight itself than the speaking.
    I am 18 years old and hope to have a great time work-and-travelling.
    This video helped a lot to get used to the totally different culture and (for me, I am German) language or to be specific: slang.
    So: thank you! 🤗🇦🇺

    • @darshanmukadam
      @darshanmukadam 2 роки тому

      What are you traveling for, mate?

    • @ch007eh7
      @ch007eh7 2 роки тому

      @@darshanmukadam Worl-and-travel ^^.

    • @ThatsJustEric
      @ThatsJustEric Рік тому +1

      How did the trip go

    • @heldercapela
      @heldercapela Рік тому +1

      good on you, man ! hope u do well and succeed in your whereabout.

    • @jennklein1917
      @jennklein1917 Рік тому +3

      I must advise you, DON'T HITCHIKE , as an Aussie I can not stress this more. Always advise police of your whereabouts if camping alone. Travel with like minded, and exhuberant people and U will have a great time of it all ❤️🏖️🌞🍉

  • @torbenklavsen5276
    @torbenklavsen5276 2 роки тому +30

    I love the australian accent - actually all about Australia - humble and both feet on the ground. Thanks for sharing this video - slang is fine as it gives every region it´s own identity. all the best down under 🙂

    • @Intel_Arts-32
      @Intel_Arts-32 2 роки тому +1

      May I remind you that Slang isn’t entirely a requirement. I have British blood in me and you’ll never find me swearing on the frequent.
      I watched this because up until now, I didn’t really have a clear idea on what slang was.
      So, in short, I do a lot of talking without shortening anything I say. (Like this comment for example)

    • @McNab1986
      @McNab1986 2 роки тому

      @@Intel_Arts-32 Unless you were raised here ya blood don't matter, it's something developed through growing up in the society, not blood in ya veins lol

    • @Intel_Arts-32
      @Intel_Arts-32 2 роки тому

      @@McNab1986 well I grow up here alright. But you won’t find me using slang. And before you ask, no, I don’t need to prove anything to you.

    • @McNab1986
      @McNab1986 2 роки тому

      @@Intel_Arts-32 Who said anything about proving anything, must be exhausting entering conversations with an automatic defensive attitude.
      Between mentioning blood and not knowing slang, tis easy enough to confuse ya for a yank

    • @Intel_Arts-32
      @Intel_Arts-32 2 роки тому

      @@McNab1986 Well I’m proud of my English bloodline. Haven’t you figured that out yet? And you get used to writing like this. Why?

  • @Lhholmes50
    @Lhholmes50 3 роки тому +7

    I don"t know how I got to this video but.... being a fellow Australian she nailed it. Very well explained too!

  • @trevormather9298
    @trevormather9298 3 роки тому +31

    Thongs are open footwear known as "flip flops" in USA, While in USA thongs are "G" string type underwear. Important for visitors in Australia to remember what thongs are in Australia to avoid embarrassment.

    • @jackbarrie6007
      @jackbarrie6007 2 роки тому +3

      And don't wear socks with ya thongs unless your a pom then we can tell who ya are 🙄🙄🙄💯🇦🇺

    • @howardsmith9342
      @howardsmith9342 2 роки тому +1

      They were called thongs when I was a kid in America, but the term got replaced by flip-flops, no doubt due to the increased popularity of the underwear, sometimes referred to as "butt floss".

    • @phrikaphrak40k
      @phrikaphrak40k 2 роки тому +1

      Some people here in the US still say thongs

    • @victorpena9824
      @victorpena9824 2 роки тому +2

      Fanny pack is totally different than what is meant in the UK.

    • @copperfish543
      @copperfish543 2 роки тому +1

      I remember when I was a kid they were called Thongs, and 20 years ago in Hawaii they were called slippers.

  • @sb6678
    @sb6678 Рік тому +19

    I’m from the UK, but I have always used the slang expression Sticky beak for as long as I can remember! The ‘ripper’ expression really makes me smile as I always think of Lizzie Birdsworth from Prisoner - she always said ‘you little ripper’ 😂

    • @thomsboys77
      @thomsboys77 Рік тому +2

      Because most Australian slang is copied from British

    • @Redsleather
      @Redsleather Рік тому

      Lizzie Birdsworth and Alf Stewart are like walking dictionaries for teaching Australian slang 😊

  • @ajitthere7771
    @ajitthere7771 4 роки тому +68

    Hey... ma'am lots of love from India. ☺️🇮🇳☺️❤️🇮🇳

    • @ramkkmusiclover7971
      @ramkkmusiclover7971 4 роки тому +7

      I'm from India too

    • @shubhajitchakraborty9362
      @shubhajitchakraborty9362 4 роки тому +3

      @@ramkkmusiclover7971 I'm here too

    • @mehvishrizwan5345
      @mehvishrizwan5345 4 роки тому +2

      I don't like india because im from Pakistan but i live in Italy

    • @reeteshsri1810
      @reeteshsri1810 3 роки тому +2

      You Fool I am From India and Don't say anything About my country!!!!!

    • @grantpage3703
      @grantpage3703 3 роки тому

      @@mehvishrizwan5345 You,you don't even love your own country. Why are you in Italy in the first place?

  • @badrfedor6080
    @badrfedor6080 4 роки тому +141

    One day I will visit Australia.

  • @desertrose873
    @desertrose873 2 роки тому +33

    I loved this video so much that I thought I'd share my first experiences with the Australian English. I've been living in Australia for nearly 20 years now and I'm still learning the Aussie slang. Every time I thought I've heard them all, there'd be a another popped in that I haven't heard of before. My background is I'm a polyglot, I speak five languages from my home country, SI, and that includes English as it is the official language of SI but also it's the only language we are taught at school and we're taught the British English as SI was a British Protectorate. I had English teachers from England at secondary school. Funny thing, I thought I knew English when I moved to Australia but when I started interacting with the people, oh my, it was a total nightmare for me; firstly the Australian accent is a very confusing accent to someone who is not familiar with it and secondly, the Australian slang...might as well a language on its own. I got to be honest, I was so confused and I used to ask people to repeat themselves all the time to the point where I was so embarrassed about myself asking all the time. I came to conclusion that Australians aren't speaking English but that they're speaking a language of their own called Australian. To my Australian husband's amusement he used to tell people, "Hey, my wife thinks we speak Strayan not English" and they'd laugh. Oh the Australian humour; I learned that too (Australians have a great sense of humour). But that was then, now I'm embarrassing the Australian English, I find it fascinating. Languages always fascinate me. Now that I'm familiar with the Australian English, I'm currently learning French, Spanish and German. Oh, yeah, nothing's going to stop me from learning. Thank you, mmmEnglish. 🙂👍

    • @rayaussie8325
      @rayaussie8325 Рік тому

      Try Hebrew ,easier than I thought.
      Only excepting like french they flip Bach and forward with different words and ,phrases directed to getnda. Wonder some times lately how the Jews contend under President Joe Biden with twenty to fifty different genders. Let's not go there.
      ???????.

    • @Afriqueleblanq
      @Afriqueleblanq Рік тому

      Everything impounded by those pirates was called a "protectorate." It was them we needed protection against. How ironic.

  • @martinemartin4779
    @martinemartin4779 Рік тому +5

    Kiwi here and I understand your speak! It's pretty much the same here, but the Aussie accent just makes it sound so much cooler Lol :D

  • @metalman75
    @metalman75 3 роки тому +70

    Note Dunny is still used in Australia a lot just not so much in the cities. You can usually tell where an Aussie is from on how much thicker the slang is. I would say that mmmEnglish is from a city and probably city raised.

    • @katmeow3897
      @katmeow3897 3 роки тому +9

      Very much agree. I live in the bush and we use heaps of those words she said "we don't say anymore". We still use them.

    • @MC_Mookie
      @MC_Mookie 3 роки тому +5

      Hint of a non Australia accent. Healthy lashing of White Privilege too.

    • @tammymcleod4504
      @tammymcleod4504 3 роки тому

      Yeah it still is used in the cities.

    • @tammymcleod4504
      @tammymcleod4504 3 роки тому

      @@MC_Mookie Who are you talking about?

    • @yabooccy
      @yabooccy 3 роки тому +4

      @@MC_Mookie That "non-australian" accent is just indicative that she's from a major city, probably Melbourne. There's three-or-so distinctive "aussie" accents, with Ocre being the one seen commonly in films.

  • @justinking765
    @justinking765 3 роки тому +42

    My dad used to use old slang. He'd affectionately call me a mug or a drongo. I miss the old slang, it is true it isn't used as much. I've heard dinkum and dinky di occasionally.

    • @PieburnOG
      @PieburnOG 3 роки тому +6

      Streuth cobber, thats a fair slap of the old sauce bottle.

    • @lisaness59
      @lisaness59 3 роки тому +2

      Boofhead! My dad used this a lot

    • @lisaness59
      @lisaness59 3 роки тому +1

      @david mullen ummm, what? I’m just saying my dad used the word boofhead. No insult intended.

    • @PieburnOG
      @PieburnOG 3 роки тому

      @david mullen shake and slap... thats whole.other argurment

    • @allieg6401
      @allieg6401 3 роки тому

      Don't forget Bozo. Lol I use drongo I'm in my 30s

  • @piasingh5852
    @piasingh5852 4 роки тому +29

    I really appreciate your work mam that you're making a person educated and confident by your great english videos. I'm really very thankful for you to make me able to write something for you in English.

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  4 роки тому +8

      I appreciate your comment, Pia! And grateful I can teach you here 🙂

    • @AngreziPro
      @AngreziPro 4 роки тому +2

      Exactly Emma, we will be ever thankful to you!

    • @piasingh5852
      @piasingh5852 4 роки тому +5

      @@mmmEnglish_Emma thanks for your comment mam, it's really means a lot.

  • @eddiewang5241
    @eddiewang5241 Рік тому +5

    I live on the Mornington peninsula in Melbourne. We have some local slang
    Mordialloc - mordi
    Frankston - franga / franky
    Parkdale - parky
    Southland - southy
    Melbourne central - mc
    Sorrento - sorro (not very common)
    Anywhere on the peninsula - tippy (also not very common)
    That’s all I can remeber

    • @untunglaksito2389
      @untunglaksito2389 Місяць тому

      What about "The G" (MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND or MCG) ?

  • @yegga66
    @yegga66 3 роки тому +61

    "she'll be right!"

  • @ozboomer_au
    @ozboomer_au 3 роки тому +11

    For those who are carefully *listening* to her, note that she has a very American sound when she uses words ending in 'r' or similar, like -er ... or -or ... We Aussies don't normally have that 'twangy' roll... Whilst we often have a nasal sound, her 'ending -r' sounds are not typical.

    • @lucielou7745
      @lucielou7745 3 роки тому

      Just came here to say that!! She reminds me of Bindy.

    • @auslander1270
      @auslander1270 3 роки тому

      Yes, it's quite noticeable.

    • @GlenBradley
      @GlenBradley 3 роки тому +2

      I am genuinely curious about this. I could be mistaken, but it sounds like you are saying that Americans are rhotic while Australians are non-rhotic. I certainly can't speak for Australia, but the US has hundreds of dialects pretty evenly divided between rhotic and non-rhotic. Bostonites do not pronounce the r sound, South England does not pronounce the r sound, US midwestern and southern tidewater do pronounce the r sound.

    • @ozboomer_au
      @ozboomer_au 3 роки тому +2

      @@GlenBradley I'm no phonetics expert... & I admit I've not spoken with someone from every part of the world... but to Aussie ears, the 'twang' of most USA-educated folks is one of their identifying characteristics; like 'oo' sounds- for example, 'door' will sound 'daw', 'dawrr', 'doo-Ah', 'dahh', etc... The point is that with the rest of her sounds, her 'r' sounds are often atypical to 'the' Aussie sound (whatever THAT is)...

    • @miketran4289
      @miketran4289 3 роки тому +1

      She probably watches a lot of American media.

  • @dmax9946
    @dmax9946 4 роки тому +35

    Dunny is still used but in regional or remote Australia

    • @anthonyfox4090
      @anthonyfox4090 3 роки тому +2

      Me and my dad use it and we’re in Melbourne

    • @addamr2052
      @addamr2052 3 роки тому +3

      I’m from Melbourne and I still hear the Dunny word used s as ll the time .

    • @daveamies5031
      @daveamies5031 3 роки тому +2

      Loo has become the "polite" slang for Dunny, also I noticed that Dunny is more often used for outdoor toilets and Loo for indoor but not exclusively (Iv'e live about 1/2 my life in each Sydney and Brisbane)

    • @addamr2052
      @addamr2052 3 роки тому

      Yes , very true the Loo indeed it is but I thought Loo is more pommy . Then again I hear the term Thunderbox quite often but i think that’s more American . Nope just plain old The Dunny will have to do for me .

    • @animallover8610
      @animallover8610 3 роки тому +6

      I just use the word shitter.

  • @twroberts1
    @twroberts1 10 місяців тому +2

    Great stuff. From the south in the USA and recently started watching clips from the Today show there. Luv that show. The sense of humor is fantastic.

  • @sa25-svredemption98
    @sa25-svredemption98 3 роки тому +11

    A lot of those older terms are still in use extensively the further west or rural you go. If you head out of the big smoke (the larger capital cities), the older version of Australian slang (Sheila, dunny, cobber, dart, etc) are still heavily used. It's also generally how you tell suburban vs rural/outback Australians apart. There are also smaller capitals and cities that use the country Australian vernacular, rather than the suburban Australian vernacular. The north of Australia - pretty much from Townsville to Geraldton, including famous cities like Cairns, Darwin, Alice Springs, Broome, Karratha, etc - all use the country vernacular, with regional dialects. The same with essentially anything west of the Great Dividing Range (the Blueies) in the Eastern States. Places like Parkes and Wagga-Wagga (the actual name of a city in western NSW) speak in a manner more similar to someone in Kalgoorlie than someone in Sydney. In the middle, there is also a unique Germanic influence on the vernacular. In the early colonial period of QLD, SA and the NT, there was a strong central European migration, with German being the dominant tongue. Barossan German is still a spoken dialect of modern German, native to Australia. All Australian German speakers, though, speak English. However, in places like rural SA and remote NT, the accent and terminology has identifiable Germanic influence. This includes the way certain letters are pronounced - such as car having a longer "aah" sound than in the east or west, or in the type of foods available - such as schnitzels, fritz and mettwurst as opposed to parmigiana (you can get parmigiana toppings, but its sold as a topping to any of the schnitzel varieties), polony/devon or smoked meats. However, probably the biggest issue visitors face is the thick accent in rural and remote areas - often very "mumbled" and grunt-like, rather than well annunciated. There is, of course, a reason for this: the flies. An open mouth is a mouth filled to overflowing with the little blighters! Essentially, the two main language dialects are South-East Australian (all the big, heavily populated regions from Brisbane to Melbourne, as well as large outliers such as East Tasmania, Mount Gambier and Adelaide) and the West and North - often called "bogan" by the SE.

    • @teecee9026
      @teecee9026 3 роки тому

      How long did it take U to type that novel

    • @jennklein1917
      @jennklein1917 Рік тому +2

      I'm from Adelaide, and distinctly we have a mild Cockney accent? Also we say darnce and plarnts

    • @Awethenticare
      @Awethenticare 4 місяці тому

      ​ @jennklein1917 But we South Aussies still pronounce romance as "roam-ants", even though dance is pronounced "dunce" (or "darnce" but without pronouncing the "r" as Australian English follows the non-rhotic convention of British English) and plant is pronounced "plunt" or plarnt, again without pronouncing the "r".

  • @abuhuraira3685
    @abuhuraira3685 4 роки тому +11

    A well developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life

  • @ostekuste3646
    @ostekuste3646 2 роки тому +5

    I am American, but have spent a decent amount of time in Sydney. I have family there and absolutely love that city. I’ve travelled out to the big dirt patch too. Any time I’m with friends and family I always learn new slang. I even catch myself using it when I’m home. I always enjoy a good brekky!

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  2 роки тому

      As an Australian, I’m always ticked pink to hear people from other countries using our unique words with beautiful precision! ALWAYS makes my day!

  • @edwardfearan5708
    @edwardfearan5708 2 роки тому +4

    Your voice is soothing. So very calming.
    I'm Aussie too. Just enjoyed your voice. :)

  • @christine3962
    @christine3962 4 роки тому +17

    Surprisingly knew them all
    Cause Australia is my love ❤

  • @Mandrilsilla
    @Mandrilsilla 4 роки тому +14

    I'm from Chile, and we use so many slangs too. I lived for a year in Australia and I loved we have that on common, we are like the "Australians for Spanish speakers", you think you know Spanish until you come to Chile.

    • @Selenas627
      @Selenas627 3 роки тому

      Idk about that.. I’m Mexican and we make up new words all the time for things 🤣😅

    • @thehound510
      @thehound510 3 роки тому

      Hola wea?

  • @kurdmedia8293
    @kurdmedia8293 4 роки тому +21

    Where do I start? You and your country have a very special place in my heart ❤️.
    Love from Iraqi Kurdistan!

    • @kVkV-sw5se
      @kVkV-sw5se 3 роки тому +4

      G'Day Talishka. Thank you for such a nice statement. Somehow Australians have a way of connecting with so many different people around the world. I have lot's of ideas why but in the end it doesn't matter, what matters is that we all make positive connections and learn from each other. The Australian culture is all about enjoying life and looking towards the future. But more and more it's becoming about accepting everyone and cultivating the best in every person, regardless of their background, etc. I have always been very proud of Australia but as we evolve and learn more ourselves about the cultures of the world and accept them into our community the more proud I become and the better community I think we are.

    • @kurdmedia8293
      @kurdmedia8293 3 роки тому +2

      @@kVkV-sw5se
      I thank you bro

  • @alexamaria3351
    @alexamaria3351 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for this content. I always watch 60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA...just for the accent...it sounds perfect!!

  • @davidwhite5529
    @davidwhite5529 2 роки тому +24

    I absolutely love the Australian accent! I do hope to visit there one day. That is the one country that I would love to live in outside of the United States.

    • @scroungasworkshop4663
      @scroungasworkshop4663 2 роки тому +4

      Come on down, there’s plenty of room for everyone mate, and no guns. 👍👍👍

    • @fillerbunnyninjashark271
      @fillerbunnyninjashark271 2 роки тому +2

      @@scroungasworkshop4663 and an extremely authoritative government that oversteps every boundary it has...

    • @Rudepenaltyoffside
      @Rudepenaltyoffside 2 роки тому +1

      Only 15 hours or so from LA!

    • @marvin69blastem61
      @marvin69blastem61 2 роки тому

      Please be warned we do NOT speak like this 10 minutes of the plane and you won't hear any of these so called Aussie slang words.

    • @danhoward6693
      @danhoward6693 2 роки тому

      You will love it, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Are a good start. Hope one day you get the chance. Stay Safe.

  • @williamsolis1
    @williamsolis1 4 роки тому +7

    Ahhh so good on my ears as a fellow Aussie it's great to hear

  • @Caryscookes
    @Caryscookes 4 роки тому +20

    Hey Emma! I love what you do! Keep up the good work 💗🇬🇧 lots of love from the UK

  • @donaldoswald5329
    @donaldoswald5329 Рік тому +3

    I enjoy listening to you speak plus the facial expressions and body languages, so fun the slang shall be useful to many as well. Clearly you enjoy educating the audience! Ripper!!

  • @Soulsurf02
    @Soulsurf02 4 роки тому +6

    Bloke= a man
    cactus= broken; no longer functioning
    Chook= a chiken; a silly person ( often used on kids).
    Exy= expensive
    Fossick= search for something.
    Grouse= great, awesome, amazing.
    Heaps= lots; many.
    Hoon= a person who drives recklessly
    Stoked= excited; proud; happy...
    I know some others slang's haha.. You're the best emma... love youuu..

  • @archyleach
    @archyleach 3 роки тому +23

    "Bucks" as slang for dollars is exactly the same in the US. This is a walk in the park compared to trying to understand certain Scottish speakers, some don't even sound like they are speaking English to American ears.

    • @RichWoods23
      @RichWoods23 2 роки тому +1

      In all fairness, some aren't. It's easy for a speaker to slip some Gaelic words in and break up the flow of comprehension to others, even those used to the accent. I'm English so I don't always grasp everything a Scots dialect speaker might say, although I have enough familiarity that I can usually work out the intent. But if you're not sure, all you have to do is stop and ask.

    • @archyleach
      @archyleach 2 роки тому

      @@RichWoods23 I guess that people from the UK are used to interpreting certain dialects, but people from the US just aren’t.

  • @heinzkanein4955
    @heinzkanein4955 3 роки тому +8

    I'm a very big fan of Australia!!! Since I was a teenager I read several books about this Country. And it always has been a dream of mine to visit this really awesome Continent!
    Unfortunately I only made it as far as Naw Zealand. Wich was also a really great wacation. My dream was to take Motorcycles with a mate and take a whole year to ride them all around the entire continent. I think this would be the ultimate adventure.

  • @שאולנקר
    @שאולנקר 11 місяців тому +1

    LOVELY VIDEO! I LOVE AUSTRALIA. I WAS THERE 2 AND A HALF DECADES AGO AND I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS COUNTRY EVER SINCE, IM EVEN OBSESSED WITH IT...
    THANKS A LOT!
    SHAUL
    ISRAEL

  • @markchaplain1152
    @markchaplain1152 3 роки тому +36

    And every state has a separate "slanguage" so there is more to learn !!

    • @davidedwards3361
      @davidedwards3361 3 роки тому +2

      In Sydney it's called a monkey nut.
      In Adelaide it's called a peanut.
      In Canberra it's called prime minister!

  • @juhdah2146
    @juhdah2146 3 роки тому +26

    I always find Aussie slangs/idioms more interesting than other [English] speaking nations. May be because Aussie has more of them than others.

    • @ready2roo24
      @ready2roo24 3 роки тому +1

      it seems like Australia uses more idioms and slang than they do the real words and phrases.

    • @keithcornish5073
      @keithcornish5073 2 роки тому +1

      do they?

    • @edwin5419
      @edwin5419 2 роки тому +2

      We do use a lot. I'm often having to speak more formally with my American friends or explain what on earth I just said

  • @steveshepherd2712
    @steveshepherd2712 2 роки тому +7

    Fun and informative show! As an ex-pat Brit in Canada I see a lot of similarities. Something about Australian's I have noticed is they love to add a "Y" to the end of someones name ( or "ie") and even inanimate objects.
    Aussies are deservedly well liked for their open friendliness and no nonsense approach to b.s. Don't change ! 😉

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 2 роки тому

      Oh we put up with a lot of bs too (let's face it, if we didn't we wouldn't have any politicians in Oz), especially professionally. Most tourists just don't encounter that part of Aussie culture.
      An Aussie on holiday or down at the pub is quite different from an Aussie at work (well, for the most part anyway - maybe not some tradies)

    • @EvilNecroid
      @EvilNecroid 2 роки тому +1

      "Aussies are deservedly well liked for their open friendliness and no nonsense approach to b.s. Don't change"
      this slowly over the years is changing :(

    • @mdee8784
      @mdee8784 2 роки тому

      Yes that is being rapidly erased. We are meant to be ashamed of our Anglo Saxon past and character here in Australia. Presenting a non Anglo multiculturally obsessed face is our government and medias driving obsession today. Diversity and minority pandering is a all consuming goal for business and government in Australia now..say goodbye to seeing people like the lady in this video.

  • @hana.7566
    @hana.7566 Рік тому +6

    "All good"
    "Good on ya"
    "Woop woop"
    lol

  • @trafficjammin1
    @trafficjammin1 2 роки тому +22

    I was raised in West Virginia, and we used "dunny" as a slang for an outhouse. But then again, our dialect and idiomatic were still riddled with old country English and Scots-Irish slang.

    • @fjb4932
      @fjb4932 2 роки тому +1

      West, by God !, Virginny

    • @nickwise9469
      @nickwise9469 2 роки тому

      @@fjb4932 lol. I had to comment just on ur username. Love it

    • @mickus85
      @mickus85 2 роки тому +1

      Sounds like you got some Aussie influence in there since dunny is not british. It was coined in Australia

    • @paulmansour9593
      @paulmansour9593 2 роки тому

      I'm an Aussie in his 60s and definitely still call a toilet a dunny. Strictly speaking it is an outside toilet when old houses had a separate little shed out the back with the toilet in it (because before plumbing, men would come and empty the can each week and leave an empty one under the toilet seat) but the term can be used for any toilet.

    • @howlinsg1968
      @howlinsg1968 Рік тому

      Dunny is short for dungeon. It could easily have come from Ireland, Scotland or old England to the new worlds. 😀

  • @marcwerner9756
    @marcwerner9756 3 роки тому +33

    Emma we are going to have some confused visitors here in Oz when we start using the same term for a small aluminium boat as we do for a beer can :)

    • @davepastern
      @davepastern 3 роки тому +2

      Marc, depends upon the context of the conversation. I'm obviously not referring to a can of beer if I say to a mate "hey, let's grab the tinnie and go out fishing on the harbour mate' am I?

    • @tyrefire2978
      @tyrefire2978 3 роки тому

      Who calls a can of beer a tinny its just called a beer you might say stubby that refers to all beers in fridge can or not

    • @GlennSyndallius
      @GlennSyndallius 3 роки тому

      @@daviddou1408 yeah but it's too hard, when you're drunk, to say "hey mate, grab me another aluminiumy, will ya?" 😅

    • @Awethenticare
      @Awethenticare 4 місяці тому

      Tinny = can of drink AND an aluminium/stainless steel/titanium small boat

  • @wezza60
    @wezza60 3 роки тому +4

    My now Thai wife when I first met her said to me my english is really good, but you have to teach me Aussie slang, a few months later, she rang me at work and said, Gday mate, how they hanging, Priceless🤣🤣

  • @liibaanmallow840
    @liibaanmallow840 Рік тому +3

    Wow! Australian slang is just gorgeous! I love it! I have an Australian friend. An electrician is a sparkie(how cute is that?).
    But my favorite is the "sickie".
    If I as a German, living in Germany would tell my Boss that I would take a "sick day", without really being sick, I could do that three times before loosing my job
    🤣🤣🤣
    Of course we do that as well, but we normally lie about it(and we need a cool doctor to help us keeping that lie alive).
    Australia sounds like fun.

    • @user-ry3df3qk7w
      @user-ry3df3qk7w 4 місяці тому

      Chucking a sickie is the same here as in Germany…we don’t tell our bosses we’re not bloody sick! We lie just the same…but to our mates we say we’re gonna chuck a sickie to go to or do something fun! My husband is a tradie, a plumber…they’re called dunny divers (so we still do use funny, but usually only for that reference. Outback still use broad slang so dunny is still in use. If you meet a bushy (country person from the bush) they usually use very thick slang that even Aussies can struggle with. They use rhyming slang in north Qld and out there. Eg tomatoe sauce - dead horse.
      There’s a lot more but can’t think of them right now.

  • @samiascloud5600
    @samiascloud5600 4 роки тому +91

    An Aussie expression I know is 'Not my cup of tea' ,which means- Something you really don't like.

    • @patemblen3644
      @patemblen3644 3 роки тому +13

      There's a bit more nuance to it than that. If something is "not my cup of tea" it suggests that you realise a lot of people may like it, but it wouldn't be your choice. 'Iron Jack' is a popular beer at the moment but it's not my cup of tea.

    • @fab7525
      @fab7525 3 роки тому +2

      Is that strictly australian tho? I'm not a native speaker, and my english is more like, american oriented, but I swear I've heard that before. A few times.

    • @dylandonaghue6750
      @dylandonaghue6750 3 роки тому

      We say that expression in Canada, too, which also used to be a British colony. We mean it in the way that Pat Emblen said: "Other people might like it, but it's not my cup of tea."

    • @paulweir5031
      @paulweir5031 3 роки тому +1

      ' Not my cup of tea ' is a British and Irish expression for something which you don't fancy.

    • @off-the-cuffworldadventure3483
      @off-the-cuffworldadventure3483 3 роки тому +2

      @@fab7525 it's also used in the states! i say it quite often.

  • @nax42
    @nax42 3 роки тому +41

    You should probably do the “yeah / nah” & “nah / yeah” expressions too…..really stumps visitors……. Or perhaps how we know when people are talking about chips & chips and we instinctively know which one is being talked about 🤔

    • @soulhaggler
      @soulhaggler 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, I don't know how we do it.

  • @reggiesj4918
    @reggiesj4918 3 роки тому +5

    As a CANADIAN we get this as well! But it's awesome to learn new things/slangs all the time. Cheers!

  • @HumanThePerson
    @HumanThePerson Рік тому +3

    As a Canadian. I use around 60% of these on a good day, I never even knew Bucks was even a term down there.

    • @user-ry3df3qk7w
      @user-ry3df3qk7w 4 місяці тому

      Yup they’re bucks $ ere. But we also say dollas…we often say d instead of t and er is always ah
      We still do use old slang like gallah (bird but also means idiot or funny depending on the sitch

  • @greenhouse3505
    @greenhouse3505 2 роки тому +6

    Small correction. Servo wasn't a term for a place to service your car.
    As an older bloke, Servo meant "full service" i.e. The attendant/s would come out, put gogo juice in your car. Pop the bonnet, check fluids. Oil, water, etc. & occasionally tyre pressure depending on time. So... Servo meant that you got served... =D

  • @juanmatute575
    @juanmatute575 3 роки тому +4

    after 10 years in Oz, I'm still learning. Thanks for your videos

  • @chemalorenzobenavides3346
    @chemalorenzobenavides3346 4 роки тому +13

    In Spain we use "info" and "intro" like Australian people. Good video.

  • @phillipbranch8291
    @phillipbranch8291 3 роки тому +7

    I was in Melbourne three years ago spending a couple of weeks visiting friends in Glenroy. My host gave me a gift and when I opened it, I remarked "Wow! What really neat can koozies!" My friend turned to me and exclaimed "What?" I said "These are some really neat can koozies!" She burst out laughing and turned to everyone else in her house and said laughingly "He's calling stubbie holders can koozies!"

    • @Awethenticare
      @Awethenticare 4 місяці тому

      As in "tea cosy" - ie a woollen "jacket" to place over a hot pot of tea to keep it warm, that my SA granny used all the time. Hence a "can cosy" or cosies. As in to keep cosy in front of a fire.

  • @jasoncook2695
    @jasoncook2695 3 роки тому +12

    I'm from Chicago USA. I stumbled across your channel a while back and enjoy the content. I always love learning about other cultures. I don't hear a lot of the Australian slang words here in the Mid-west, but I do know what they mean if you said them to me.

  • @mariacebrecos303
    @mariacebrecos303 3 роки тому +4

    I was working as a Spanish teacher and I had an Aussie colleague, who taught English. He was very smart and friendly and, in the morning, at the beginning of the working day, he greeted me with a "Good morning, sunshine!". I know it isn't Australian slang, but it was heartwarming. He even took a boomerang to the academy. How funny.
    Besides, I knew from my Australian boyfriend some Aussie words related to privacy, but they are not suitable for infants and young children. 😄

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 2 роки тому

      Actually, "Sunshine" does tend to be a common way to address someone. And like "mate" it can have positive or negative connotations.
      "Morning Sunshine" is quite a common expression (altho tends to be more common with the older generation, I think)

    • @kanytonaan5594
      @kanytonaan5594 2 роки тому

      "he greeted me with a "Good morning, sunshine!""
      That's a clear sign of him wanting to engage in some hanky-panky with you, did he succeed?

  • @brettarcher8270
    @brettarcher8270 Рік тому +3

    Really enjoyed this and I am Australian. Well done well spoken and well presented.

  • @wakalam
    @wakalam 4 роки тому +77

    The most important one is "G'day mate (Goodday)"🙂

    • @fanoucantalou6468
      @fanoucantalou6468 4 роки тому +7

      Bloody oath mate !

    • @nynekdgijgdswiniarski6151
      @nynekdgijgdswiniarski6151 4 роки тому

      Urząd miasta w stanie idealnym do was z niczego w stanie idealnym stanie technicznym i to nie ma nic wspólnego ma w tym roku 💙 które są to bardzo ważne że to nie ma w stanie

    • @triarb5790
      @triarb5790 3 роки тому +3

      Only if you are over 50. Anyone else says Hi or hello.

    • @kiahmadison8541
      @kiahmadison8541 3 роки тому

      Most of us say hi or hello or even howdy.

    • @sailingbarnaby9496
      @sailingbarnaby9496 3 роки тому +3

      I say G'day every day, always have. I go between Hi, Hello, Howdy and G'day depending on who I'm talking to. I'm also from the country (rural area) so its probably more common.

  • @harishaaustralialoteluguam8744
    @harishaaustralialoteluguam8744 3 роки тому +17

    Well, definitely you need to tell about “Howaya” & “ Hey going” ...😂😂 I love this slang..

    • @0Zolrender0
      @0Zolrender0 3 роки тому +1

      also note "How ya going Mate" is not a question about how ones day is going. Rather it is a greeting like "Hello" but having said this the accepted responce is "Alright mate" which is an inferred Hello as well. This greeting is perfectly acceptable between good friends, acquaintances, work colleague's and total strangers in the street.

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 2 роки тому

      @Gee Cee I think she means "how are ya?" Cos we don't pronounce the R. So it does sound like "how ah ya"; which I use more often than "how's it going" - quicker to say

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 2 роки тому

      @@0Zolrender0 "Alright mate?" can also be a greeting or just checking someone is ok

    • @0Zolrender0
      @0Zolrender0 2 роки тому

      @@susie9893 what part of Oz are you in then? Because i am in outback NT and it works perfectly. You must be in Sydney or Melbourne and have never seen red dirt.

  • @malcolmsequeira7731
    @malcolmsequeira7731 3 роки тому +5

    I am so happy to hear you go through the list of Aussie language. I came to this country 34 years ago because of the openness and affectionate nature of our Aussies however it is in decline so please do this more often and top it up even if it overflows a bit. God bless.

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