Thursday, 28 November 2013

Global English- Australian English

Australian English variations

Phonetics

 pronounce "oe" for example in "shoe" as a longer "u"

pronounce "ould" as "u" for example "should"

make "a" in words such as "cart" longer

"ai" in "air with a longer "e" sound

"u" in but as "a"

"a" in "bat" with a longer "a"



Lexical

Australian English          Standard English
ace-                                   good/excellent

aggro -                                aggressive

arvo-                                 good afternoon

bang-                                 sexual intercourse

beaut-                                great/fantastic

big bickies-                        lots of money

bizzo-                                business

your blood's worth bottling- you are excellent/good

blow-                                to have a rest (especially after physical work)


Grammatical

the use of "don't" instead of doesn't - "he don't wanna go"

the use of double negatives- "I never did nothing"

The use of NEVER a general negative in replace of the auxiliary NOT









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