Sunday, April 29, 2012

How to speak Australian - part 2

Aus - sounds like Oz, short for Australia

Aussie - sounds like Ozzie, short for Australian

hossie - pronounced hah-zie, short for hospital

ute - pickup truck

lolly - a sweet or candy, could be a chocolate bar or a gummy candy or anything other snack-sized sweet

jelly - jello

Aussie rules - soccer similar American soccer, but with different rules, in case talking about ball sports wasn't confusing enough

net ball - looks deceptively like a basket ball court, but don't be fooled, you're not allowed to bounce the ball in this game

bum bag - fanny pack, if you are still willing to walk around wearing a fanny pack, never, ever, refer to it as such.

fanny - it's not the part of the human anatomy that you think it is.

bar (ie. a bar of music)- measure, don't use measure, no one will know what you're talking about

quaver - eighth note

crochet - pronounced the way it looks, not the fancy French way. This is a quarter note

minum - half note

semibreve - whole note

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