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Word Comparisons

 

 
 
Australian vs. American Slang



by Jess (YVGS)

barbie - barbecue

chips - fries

trainers - sneakers

dunny - toilet - bathroom

sheila - girl

swagamn - bum

Softdrink - soda

Oz - Australia

university - college

bludger - lazy person

milk - cream

spuds - potatoes

money - cash

bangers mash - sausages and mashed potato

snags - sausages

holiday - vacation

thongs - flip flops

tracksuit - sweatpants

billabong - creek

Autumn - fall

pocket knife - box cutter

attic - loft

textas - markers

Santa - Father Christmas

undies - underwear

PJ's - pajamas

cobber - friend

sunscreen - sunblock

sunnies - sunglasses

hotdog - corndog

fountain - spring

by Adam (YVGS)

sauce you would call ketchup

dunny you call it a toilet

chips you would call crisps

runners you would call sneakers

holidays you would call vacation

fountain you would call it spring

by Tasha (YVGS)

Speckie - tacking a mark in Australian Rules Football

Petrol - gasoline

Mate-Friend

Bangers and Mash-sausages and potatoes

Bunyip - swamp Monster

Pancakes - hotcakes or Flap Jack

Togs - Bathers

Attic - loft

Stanley knife-box cutters

Flicks-pictures

chooks-chickens

Scrub-forest

Bush-woods

tap-faucet


 

 

 

 
 
   

 

   
   

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