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Artic or articulated lorry (vehicle): Australian English semi-trailer) Aubergine (vegetable): Australian English eggplant; Bank holiday: Australian English public holiday; Barmy: Crazy, mad or insane. Bedsit: Australian English studio (apartment) Belisha beacon: A flashing light atop a pole used to mark a pedestrian crossing
This is a list of English words derived from Australian Aboriginal languages.Some are restricted to Australian English as a whole or to certain regions of the country. . Others, such as kangaroo and boomerang, have become widely used in other varieties of English, and some have been borrowed into other languages beyond En
Altogether, about 750 words are estimated to be used differently in WA than they are in the eastern states. [3] There are also many unique, invented slang words, such as ding, referring either to an Australian immigrant of Italian descent (this word is often considered derogatory and/or offensive), or a dent in a car panel. [5]
"Australians when their car gets towed: naur, naur not my car," @theonapple said. In an F-word-laden rant, Australian @starmcg did an impression of an American impersonating an Australian person ...
Macquarie Dictionary's Australian Word Map ascribes six meanings, based on feedback from around the country, in which the word is used as several different parts of speech, mainly relating to deceit, joking, and false, but also to a lame (pathetic, bad) idea. As a verb ("gammon/gamin/gammin around") means to fool around, and may also be used as ...
mobile home: mobile, non-motorised piece of equipment with living facilities; a caravan (q.v.) type of manufactured dwelling transported to the home site using wheels attached to the structure momentarily for a moment in a moment; very soon mono (adj.) monophonic (of reproduced sound, e.g. radio or CD player using a single speaker) monochrome
Australian Aboriginal English is made up of a range of forms which developed differently in different parts of Australia, and are said to vary along a continuum, from forms close to Standard Australian English to more non-standard forms. There are distinctive features of accent, grammar, words and meanings, as well as language use.
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