aussie_meat_pie 9 months ago said: Aussie food pronunciations and slang words anzac biscuits - traditional biscuit/cookie dating back to World War I
bangers - sausages bangers and mash - sausages and mashed potato billy tea - bush tea boiled in a tin container biscuits - cookies booze - alcohol bundy - Bundaberg rum, eg 'bundy and coke'
champers - champagne chips - French fries chook - chicken cuppa - cup of tea or coffee
damper - bush bread
grog - alcohol
lamington - traditional small sponge cake squares covered in chocolate icing and sprinkled with coconut lollies - candy
middy - medium sized glass of beer
pavlova - traditional meringue dessert
sanga - sandwich schooner - large glass of beer snag - sausage stubby - small bottle of beer
tinny - can of beer tomato sauce - ketchup tucker - food
VB - Victoria Bitter, brand of beer Vegemite - spread for toast or sandwiches, made from yeast extract
XXXX - 'four ex', Queensland brand of beer
quaziefly 8 months, 3 weeks ago said: Just for fun Just for kicks, I thought it would be a good idea to practice a few of these terms and use them on my son. It has been a blast. Wish you could have been there to see his face. Thank you for sharing. I have an expression that I use often. "If I can not have fun, I may as well go home". Oddly enough, it is my philosophy at work as well. It has taken me through the years.
J
karlyn255 8 months, 2 weeks ago said: wow very interesting. now all I need to do is get there so I can practice. If I ever get there I won't go hungry. So how to you say soda or coke or pop, we say all depending on what part of the country. It's funny to see their faces if you order a soda in michigan or a pop in florida
mrstempest 6 months, 3 weeks ago said: Soda/Pop/Coke In Australia we call soda/pop/coke "softdrink".
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aussie_meat_pie 9 months ago said:
Aussie food pronunciations and slang words
anzac biscuits - traditional biscuit/cookie dating back to World War I
bangers - sausages
bangers and mash - sausages and mashed potato
billy tea - bush tea boiled in a tin container
biscuits - cookies
booze - alcohol
bundy - Bundaberg rum, eg 'bundy and coke'
champers - champagne
chips - French fries
chook - chicken
cuppa - cup of tea or coffee
damper - bush bread
grog - alcohol
lamington - traditional small sponge cake squares covered in chocolate
icing and sprinkled with coconut
lollies - candy
middy - medium sized glass of beer
pavlova - traditional meringue dessert
sanga - sandwich
schooner - large glass of beer
snag - sausage
stubby - small bottle of beer
tinny - can of beer
tomato sauce - ketchup
tucker - food
VB - Victoria Bitter, brand of beer
Vegemite - spread for toast or sandwiches, made from yeast extract
XXXX - 'four ex', Queensland brand of beer
quaziefly 8 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Just for fun
Just for kicks, I thought it would be a good idea to practice a few of these terms and use them on my son. It has been a blast. Wish you could have been there to see his face. Thank you for sharing. I have an expression that I use often. "If I can not have fun, I may as well go home". Oddly enough, it is my philosophy at work as well. It has taken me through the years.
J
karlyn255 8 months, 2 weeks ago said:
wow
very interesting. now all I need to do is get there so I can practice. If I ever get there I won't go hungry. So how to you say soda or coke or pop, we say all depending on what part of the country. It's funny to see their faces if you order a soda in michigan or a pop in florida
mrstempest 6 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Soda/Pop/Coke
In Australia we call soda/pop/coke "softdrink".