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 alison56 rated 2 months ago- Thank you maglucky13
G'day,mate..how are you, to-die? (pronounced "Good-die, mate..how are you, to die?) which means "Good-day, my friend...how are you doing today ?" (in BBC English) is how you'll often be greeted in Australia.... and it's not someone rudely askin...
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- poprod rated 2 months ago
- EASY TO PICK UP AFTER A SLAB OR TWO.
- alison56 rated 2 months ago
- Thank you maglucky13
G'day,mate..how are you, to-die? (pronounced "Good-die, mate..how are you, to die?) which means "Good-day, my friend...how are you doing today ?" (in BBC English) is how you'll often be greeted in Australia.... and it's not someone rudely asking how you are going to pass away.
Aaaahh....the refinements of Australian English or "Strine" as it is known. Australians also tend to speak with a rising intonation which makes their sentences sound like questions. So, please don't think you are always being questioned !
The term "Strine" derives from saying the word "Australian" through both closed teeth and the nose - a local accent that some "scholars" claim arose from the need to keep the mouth ("trap") shut against blow flies ("blowies").
 Ichise rated 3 months ago- Try speaking "Strine" in Australia if you're looking for a quick way to end up with no friends.
- MissMonet rated 3 months ago
- Well I have lived in Australia my whole life and I have used every single one of these words at some point, some more than others, some in everyday conversation and some just taking the piss. And I bloody love Vegemite. I'm craving it like crazy now. On toast...
- electrifried rated 2 months ago
- ok since when is uni slang!?!?!
- Manictastic rated 2 months ago
- If you want some authentic Aussie expressions, go over to this site.
- spungz rated 2 months ago
- Yeah none of us here REALLY speak using all these words.
- jorday rated 3 months ago
- Overall, just No.
Some bits are valid though.
Most of all we don't pronounce day like "die". Thats bullshit (Oh and we say bullshit, not "bulldust"). Also, it should be "I drive a ute..." not "an ute". You don't say "an utility", do you? Its an exception to the common rule.
@seansul01: Australian (kill the Au) -> Stralian -> Strayin -> Strine
- Axonis rated 3 months ago
- Nice find. But being from Australia myself, and having never used half of these words; nor ever heard these words used I urge you not to believe this website.
Australians most of the time speak better english than the english.
Never had I read such filth. I am embarrassed.
- Silverfox616 rated 3 months ago
- Thank you for this treat...SamandGary.
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