Here's another featured part of my blog! It's called "Things Australians Say Wrong". Obviously, since they say SO MANY THINGS wrong, this will be an ongoing installment!! Accompanied sometimes will be a short story on how I discovered their linguistic wrongdoings.
OK READYSETGO.
Flip Flops = Thongs
American = Sepo (Apparently because Septic Tank rhymes with 'Yank'. Yeesh, a little harsh for a country we haven't invaded or 'liberated' yet.)
'Z' (the letter) = 'Zed' (I found this out when I asked for the combination to a locked room in the dorm. For some reason, I just assumed 'Zed' meant that you had to type in Z, E, and D. It took me about 40 minutes before someone passed and corrected me.)
Breakfast = Brekkie (Because all of Australian slang is basically baby talk.)
THAT'S ALL YOU GET.
In other news, classes start tomorrow, and I'm stuck with a whole box of wine I couldn't bring to a parade yestarday :(
Sandals are sandals
ReplyDeleteThongs are what you would say to be flip-flops or maybe that is what the English call them.