Aussie Slang

Fair Suck Of The Sav

September 19, 2011

Australian slang is full of bizarre sayings that sound like total nonsense, like “Fair Dinkum”.  One of my favorites is “Fair Suck Of The Sav”.  While it’s an older expression that I don’t hear too often, it never fails to make me laugh (not the intended response). “Fair suck of the sav” roughly translates as [...]

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Get Me a Beer

April 12, 2010

I’ve told you previously that Australian English and American English are not quite the same.  And after nearly 9 years of marriage,  The Aussie still has to translate for this “Yank” on a regular basis.  Usually I am the one on the back foot, but let me share with you a story of when The [...]

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“Wiggle at Breakfast, Lunch or Tea”

March 4, 2010

The Wiggles were keeping the girls entertained, as they often do, while I was cooking dinner last night.  Greg was serenading us with “Get Ready to Wiggle”, and in spite of myself, I was singing along while chopping the carrots.  “… Wiggle and Wiggle, Wiggle at Breakfast, Lunch or Tea …”, and all the sudden [...]

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Jingle Bells, Aussie Style

December 23, 2009

Do you remember the original Jingle Bells song?  “Dashing through the snow, On a one horse open sleigh”? Well, like all the other traditional Christmas Carols, that just won’t do in Australia.   A couple of enterprising Aussie’s have adapted Jingle Bells to a more realistic interpretation of the Australian Christmas celebrations.  Enjoy! If you are [...]

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Proud To Be A “Yank”

November 17, 2009

Growing up in Baton Rouge, I never thought “proud to be a yank” would be anything that would ever apply to me.  But, then again, I never imagined that I would find myself living in Sydney either. In Australia, everything has a nick name.  And, I mean everything.  Very few things are called by their [...]

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Fair Dinkum

November 15, 2009

“Fair Dinkum”, this wonderful Aussie expression is pronounced exactly like it looks — fair dink-um.  And, let me tell you, it is pretty funny when you hear an Australian using it in all it’s glory. Of course, I don’t think I was suppose to laugh. From my interpretation, “Fair Dinkum” means real or truth, but [...]

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