A lesson in Australian-ese

after being corrected at work for my "mispronounciation" of simple english words, i thought i would share with you some interesting "aussie speak". i will try to type it as best as i can for you to understand what i mean.

chart = chaaaht (they had no idea what i was looking for at work until i i said "file" and she said "oh, chahht")
perth = peuth
fremantle = fruhmanle
mandurah = mandra
aluminum = aloominEum (differnent emphasis then us as well)
canada = canadar
law and order = lore end oda
far = faaah
catch ya (later) = catcha
debut (as in premier) = dabou

mail = post
garbage can = bin
garbage = rubbish
full = chockers (pronounced chokahs)
tough = full on
cool = cool as... (they leave you hanging. we're thinking of asking "yes. go on. cool as what?")
football (aussie rules) = footy
soccer = soccer :)
how are you? = how ya goin'? (on foot?)
fries = chips (but so do canadian chips also = chips. how's that for confusing)
burger king = hungry jack's
wal-mart = Big W

that's all we can think of right now, though we know that we've been exposed to many more. they add R's wher they aren't (warsh, australiar, etc) and take them away from where they are (car = cah, earth = euth) another thing we've noticed is that they enjoy abbreviating EVERYTHING. ie, fremantle = freo, football = footy, rottnest island = rotto and so on. to the point that when we say fremantle, i don't think they know what we mean. silly canucks!

we'll continue this lesson at a later date.
xo