Aussie Alternatives to UK words...
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That's as much a UK phrase. There's actually very few words that if you use the UK version, isn't understood by Aussies and visa versa. Only thing that's caught me out was a parent wanting a windcheater for her son (school uniform shop). I showed her the trackie top and she got huffy and said she didn't want that. Finally sorted that she wanted a fleece jumper. Windcheater to me is a shower/wind proof jacket
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I've only ever heard aussies use the word doona. All the expats use duvet or quilt.
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I've never heard an aussie say Duvet or quilt. Every Aussie I have ever come across has said Doona
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Re: Aussie Alternatives to UK words...
That's as much a UK phrase. There's actually very few words that if you use the UK version, isn't understood by Aussies and visa versa. Only thing that's caught me out was a parent wanting a windcheater for her son (school uniform shop). I showed her the trackie top and she got huffy and said she didn't want that. Finally sorted that she wanted a fleece jumper. Windcheater to me is a shower/wind proof jacket
They DO use doona here too.
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Try telling an Aussie you are "just off to eat me butties" and watch the puzzled looks.
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"Thats sorted then" = Beautiful
"Donna"= Duvet (it says so on the bag you buy them in
"Bogun" = White trash or that chk chk boom cow
"The Jacks" = Police (but your probably on the wrong end of em if you use this one)
"Are you serious" = Fair dinkum or dinkum
"Taxi" = Oi Mohammed
"Pink + (insert AAMI add)+ Kings of Lyon " = Radio
"Donna"= Duvet (it says so on the bag you buy them in
"Bogun" = White trash or that chk chk boom cow
"The Jacks" = Police (but your probably on the wrong end of em if you use this one)
"Are you serious" = Fair dinkum or dinkum
"Taxi" = Oi Mohammed
"Pink + (insert AAMI add)+ Kings of Lyon " = Radio
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For example, dinner is 2 different things in the UK, as is tea.
For me, dinner (or supper) would be an evening meal and not a midday meal.
Tea is a drink, or an early afternoon or mid-morning meal. So the Australian usage agrees with mine.
I used to get really confused with people in the UK calling their evening meal 'tea'.
It's like sitting room. In Australia, people call it the 'Lounge Room', but I've only heard it called a 'lounge' in the UK.
And there are words used by Australians which I've used for years in the UK, yet they baffle other expats, or words which have a close (read same) equivalent.
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Lounge is a room... not a piece of furniture in it.
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I always thought that in a suburban home, that Lounge (for a room) was a bit naff. There I go again with use of the naff word. Which is naff too.