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Australian Aboriginal English refers to a dialect of Australian English used by a large proportion of Indigenous Australians. It 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.
For example: a creek in Australia (as in North America), is any "stream or small river", whereas in England it is a small watercourse flowing into the sea; paddock is the Australian word for "field", while in England it is a small enclosure for livestock.
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]
Gen Z is obsessed with how Australian accents sound to them and can't help but poke fun at them. Americans created 'naur' as a way of phonetically spelling the word "no" in a typical Australian ...
(Scotland and Northern England) narrow river, stream – more s.v. creek: wound caused by heat, or chemical agents, etc. (n.) clearing (as in a forest) made by burning vegetation bus (v.) to travel by bus to clear (as tables) in a restaurant; to work as a busboy: butcher (have a butcher's) to have a look (rhyming slang: butcher's hook=look)
Lists of words having different meanings in American and British English: (A–L; M–Z) Works; Works with different titles in the UK and US.
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Processed luncheon meat is known as "fritz" in South Australia, whereas in other states it is referred to as devon, stras or polony. Another uniquely South Australian word is "Stobie pole", which is the pole used to support power and telephone lines. It was invented in South Australia by James Stobie in 1924.