See all free Kindle reading apps. I'd like to read this book on Kindle Don't have a Kindle? Viking 31 March Language: Be the first to review this item Would you like to tell us about a lower price? Customer reviews There are no customer reviews yet. Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a product review. Some examples are cooee and yakka. Yakka means work, strenuous labour, and comes from 'yaga' meaning 'work' in the Yagara indigenous language of the Brisbane region.
Yakka found its way into nineteenth-century Australian pidgin, and then passed into Australian English. Boomerang is an Australian word which has moved into International English. It was also borrowed from Dharug. Didgeridoo is a wind instrument that was originally found only in Arnhem Land in northern Australia.
It is a long, wooden, tubular instrument that produces a low-pitched, resonant sound with complex, rhythmic patterns but little tonal variation. Many such words, phrases or usages originated with British and Irish settlers to Australia from the s until the present. Bush as in North America or scrub means "wooded areas" or "country areas in general" in Australia, while in England they are commonly used only in proper names such as Shepherd's Bush and Wormwood Scrubs.
Australian English and several British English dialects e. Fair dinkum — Reliable; genuine; honest; true comes from British dialect.
Australian English vocabulary
It is recorded from Lincolnshire , England in , and is the equivalent of West Yorkshire fair doos fair dealing. The adjective is first recorded in Australia from the s. G'day — a greeting, meaning "good day". Bludger — A person who avoids working, or doing their share of work, a loafer, a hanger-on, one who does not pull his weight.
Billy — a tin or enamel cooking pot with a lid and wire handle, used outdoors, especially for making tea.
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It comes from the Scottish dialect word billy meaning "cooking utensil". Manchester frequently lower-case — household linen sheets, pillow cases etc. From "Manchester wares" with exactly the same meaning. Rhyming slang is more common in older generations; it is similar, and in some cases identical, to Cockney rhyming slang , for example plates of meat for "feet" and china plate for "mate".
Some specifically Australian examples are dead horse for "sauce", [13] Jack Holt for "salt" one famous Jack Holt was a horse trainer, another a boxing promoter , Barry Crocker for "shocker" Crocker is a well-known entertainer. Australian English vocabulary draws heavily on diminutives and abbreviations.
These may be confusing to foreign speakers when they are used in everyday conversations. There are over 5, identified diminutives in use.
Australian Slang
While other English dialects use diminutives in a similar way, none are so prolific or diverse. A large number of these are widely recognised and used by Australian English speakers. However, many are used only by specific demographic groups or in localised areas. Researchers are now beginning to study what psychological motivations cause Australians to abbreviate so many words. Numerous idiomatic phrases occur in Australian usage, some more historical than contemporary in usage.
Send her down, Hughie is an example. Not only has there been a wide variety of measures in which beer is served in pubs in Australia, the names of these glasses differ from one area to another.
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