Thought I'd take a few minutes in this calm Saturday night and share a few more Aussie-isms that I've learned (and have slipped into my daily vocab).
Mate: Mate this, mate that....the history behind it ---> click me! do yourself a favor and go to this YouTube video which is Australian with a American English translation at the bottom. I still find myself staring at people every now and again absolutely clueless at what they just said. I will admit I said it this week without even realizing it until after I said it and now it's coming out more often.
Howyagoing: American translation: How ya doing or How's it going...totally say this more often than not now.
What you chasing?: translation: what are you looking for?
Boot: either the trunk of the car or shoes (ie footie boots=cleats)
Footie: Australian Rules Football. Australian obsession....
Gridiron = American football.
Bikkie: biscuit. can be sweet, savoury (I'm in Oz which means it needs the extra u), or anything else.
comp-puh-sit: We would pronounce it com-poz-it. Composite bat. Took me a couple times of hearing it before I figured out what they were talking about.
Give Way = Yield sign
Other random sayings: Cheers, Too easy
Plastic money: No really. The money is plastic...it doesn't wrinkle nor fall apart when wet like the paper money in the US. It has a hole cut out of it with a plastic window in it.
I'm really enjoying my time here. Too early to look ahead to next year yet. Going to explore the city with Chelsea on Tuesday. I'll have pictures from that posted shortly thereafter.
