The Concise Strine Dictionary (Australian Slang)

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Yayo

Okay.. You may have read around the forum that I have been posting in Strine; this is merely to follow a stereotype. Below are ACTUAL words used daily by "hardcore Australians" which you can find in Australia. After reading, you may notice that some of these terms have been adopted for international use.

Enjoy!

Concise Strine: Compiled by Yayo.


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Amaya

Whee!  This will actually come in really handy for my fic, thank you! :-*

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Kì'eyawn

I'd heard of Cockney rhymes, but i didn't realize Aussies use them, too.  "Bread" is the only one i've ever heard used in the States—and i suspect it's where the related slang "dough" comes from.
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Ftxavanga Txe′lan

I don't know any of these words! :o Or at any rate, not with the meaning that is given in the Australian slang. Very cool! :D

Tsäroltxe te Eyrutì Tantse'itan

Hahaha, that is funny! ;D  I wonder if I shall use these? ::)


Ftxavanga Txe′lan

Quote from: Tsäroltxe te Eyrutì Tantse'itan on January 18, 2011, 09:57:15 PM
Hahaha, that is funny! ;D  I wonder if I shall use these? ::)

;D This brings up an interesting question: would people of the US, for example, actually understand words belonging to the Australian slang? :o

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Kì'eyawn

Quote from: Ftxavanga Txe′lan on January 19, 2011, 06:35:49 AM
Quote from: Tsäroltxe te Eyrutì Tantse'itan on January 18, 2011, 09:57:15 PM
Hahaha, that is funny! ;D  I wonder if I shall use these? ::)

;D This brings up an interesting question: would people of the US, for example, actually understand words belonging to the Australian slang? :o

I call tell you that, at least in the parts of the States where i've lived (various points along the east coast), the majority of this vocabulary would be unintelligible.
eo Eywa oe 'ia

Fra'uri tìyawnur oe täpivìng nìwotx...

Ftxavanga Txe′lan

Quote from: Kì'eyawn on January 19, 2011, 11:15:51 AM
Quote from: Ftxavanga Txe′lan on January 19, 2011, 06:35:49 AM
Quote from: Tsäroltxe te Eyrutì Tantse'itan on January 18, 2011, 09:57:15 PM
Hahaha, that is funny! ;D  I wonder if I shall use these? ::)

;D This brings up an interesting question: would people of the US, for example, actually understand words belonging to the Australian slang? :o

I call tell you that, at least in the parts of the States where i've lived (various points along the east coast), the majority of this vocabulary would be unintelligible.

Thanks for the information, ma tsmuke. :) I actually thought it would be so, and I find it somehow very interesting! :D That the same language can differ so much from one place to another that both these places couldn't even understand everything the other says. I honestly think the same could even be said of French in France and in Québec. I'm 100% sure that French people would have difficulties understanding if they heard me talk normally to my family and friends! ;D Fascinating. :3

Tsäroltxe te Eyrutì Tantse'itan

Quote from: Ftxavanga Txe′lan on January 19, 2011, 06:42:39 PM
Quote from: Kì'eyawn on January 19, 2011, 11:15:51 AM
Quote from: Ftxavanga Txe′lan on January 19, 2011, 06:35:49 AM
Quote from: Tsäroltxe te Eyrutì Tantse'itan on January 18, 2011, 09:57:15 PM
Hahaha, that is funny! ;D  I wonder if I shall use these? ::)

;D This brings up an interesting question: would people of the US, for example, actually understand words belonging to the Australian slang? :o

I call tell you that, at least in the parts of the States where i've lived (various points along the east coast), the majority of this vocabulary would be unintelligible.

Thanks for the information, ma tsmuke. :) I actually thought it would be so, and I find it somehow very interesting! :D That the same language can differ so much from one place to another that both these places couldn't even understand everything the other says. I honestly think the same could even be said of French in France and in Québec. I'm 100% sure that French people would have difficulties understanding if they heard me talk normally to my family and friends! ;D Fascinating. :3
Yeah, that stuff confused me. hrh.  I don't know many slang words that we have down here. :o


Kì'eyawn

Quote from: Ftxavanga Txe′lan on January 19, 2011, 06:42:39 PM
Quote from: Kì'eyawn on January 19, 2011, 11:15:51 AM
Quote from: Ftxavanga Txe′lan on January 19, 2011, 06:35:49 AM
Quote from: Tsäroltxe te Eyrutì Tantse'itan on January 18, 2011, 09:57:15 PM
Hahaha, that is funny! ;D  I wonder if I shall use these? ::)

;D This brings up an interesting question: would people of the US, for example, actually understand words belonging to the Australian slang? :o

I call tell you that, at least in the parts of the States where i've lived (various points along the east coast), the majority of this vocabulary would be unintelligible.

Thanks for the information, ma tsmuke. :) I actually thought it would be so, and I find it somehow very interesting! :D That the same language can differ so much from one place to another that both these places couldn't even understand everything the other says. I honestly think the same could even be said of French in France and in Québec. I'm 100% sure that French people would have difficulties understanding if they heard me talk normally to my family and friends! ;D Fascinating. :3

Nations divided by a common language  ;)
eo Eywa oe 'ia

Fra'uri tìyawnur oe täpivìng nìwotx...

Yayo

Update:

Added "Doll Bludger" and "Barbie/Barby".


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'Oma Tirea

I wonder how many of these are common in Great Britian as well as Australia...

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Yayo

Most of them are derrivatives from British slang..


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Toruk Makto

I have to confess, I was looking for "yayo" in there. :D

Thanks for sharing this! I wish we had as much fun with language in the US as you aussies do.

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Yayo

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It was fun compiling it (even though I despise slang) :D
Quote from: Markì on January 30, 2011, 03:18:05 PM
I have to confess, I was looking for "yayo" in there. :D
Haha: I try to keep it as "traditional" as possible.


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Ngawng

I'm Australian but like...I don't use many of the words here...'cept for knackered, I say that all the time haha.

I love how the Australian language is so..."colourful", using expressions that conjure images, lol. E.g

Every man and his dog will be at highpoint
The mall will be very crowded

There's not enough room to swing a cat in here
It's cramped in here

He's got kangaroos in the top paddock
He's crazy

And don't get me started on diminutives....

Oh and LMAO I have many words/phrases for "vomit" (verb): spew, chuck, chunder, driving the porcelain bus, laughing at the ground, technicolour yawning....

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Le'eylan

Quote from: Ngawng on February 02, 2011, 09:41:18 AM
I'm Australian but like...I don't use many of the words here...'cept for knackered, I say that all the time haha.

I love how the Australian language is so..."colourful", using expressions that conjure images, lol. E.g

Every man and his dog will be at highpoint
The mall will be very crowded

There's not enough room to swing a cat in here
It's cramped in here

He's got kangaroos in the top paddock
He's crazy

And don't get me started on diminutives....

Oh and LMAO I have many words/phrases for "vomit" (verb): spew, chuck, chunder, driving the porcelain bus, laughing at the ground, technicolour yawning....
HAHA I love these expressions. Especially about the cat >__>
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Kì'eyawn

Quote from: Ngawng on February 02, 2011, 09:41:18 AM
...Oh and LMAO I have many words/phrases for "vomit" (verb): spew, chuck, chunder, driving the porcelain bus, laughing at the ground, technicolour yawning....

And let's not forget upchuck, barf, hurl, wretch, blow chow, blow chunks, toss your cookies, lose your lunch, worship the porcelain goddess...
eo Eywa oe 'ia

Fra'uri tìyawnur oe täpivìng nìwotx...