How to speak Australian : Abbreviate Everything

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  • @maddymadsy2231
    @maddymadsy2231 8 лет назад +6958

    To anyone who is not Australian and thinks they are exaggerating, all of those are totally legit and part of our vocab

  • @savannah7546
    @savannah7546 5 лет назад +2302

    I’m Aussie and honestly I never knew half of these words were ‘Aussie slang’ I just thought they were normal everyday language that everyone used....

  • @Hunter-zu9qs
    @Hunter-zu9qs 5 лет назад +679

    America: make a uturn at the roundabout
    us: “chuck a yue”

  • @heather8085
    @heather8085 5 лет назад +680

    We use short slang and speak fast so that we can say more to each other in a shorter space of time. That's not lazy thats efficient 🤣

    • @DEARHELEN
      @DEARHELEN 5 лет назад +8

      because there are so many flies

    • @soph_2373
      @soph_2373 4 года назад +2

      so true tho XD

    • @AnnaRhecca
      @AnnaRhecca 4 года назад +1

      So how do u type the days?

    • @dylansimpson1830
      @dylansimpson1830 4 года назад +1

      Fukin right’o mate

    • @callianis
      @callianis 3 года назад +1

      didyabringthegrogalong?

  • @entertain7us148
    @entertain7us148 7 лет назад +1811

    If you're not Australian, and you think this is all an exaggerated stereotype, you're in for a surprise. Even I was surprised. None of these were made up. We actually talk like this.

    • @ashebirjuk9770
      @ashebirjuk9770 7 лет назад +36

      yep, i'm an aussie too and it's pretty much spot on lol

    • @user-ix8fb9zz3w
      @user-ix8fb9zz3w 7 лет назад +20

      entertain7us14 I was expecting this to be one of those one that's has things I've literally never heard of but I say all of these lol

    • @markmark3938
      @markmark3938 7 лет назад +30

      I'm Australian and a little of this is BS.

    • @rebekahmeafou3445
      @rebekahmeafou3445 7 лет назад +9

      its really not

    • @tamfibonacci253
      @tamfibonacci253 5 лет назад +5

      Damn I wouldn't understand many things and people would think I am stupid 😂💔

  • @gillianbower
    @gillianbower 9 лет назад +768

    I didn't realise how many of these words I actually used! Loved this!

    • @EatFrozenPlastic
      @EatFrozenPlastic 5 лет назад +1

      same

    • @Lauren-ft7hi
      @Lauren-ft7hi 5 лет назад +2

      yeah same, like for kindy. I just call it kindy and didn’t realise people actually call it kindergarten hahahaha oops

    • @annak8249
      @annak8249 5 лет назад +1

      Me too!

    • @justwang7339
      @justwang7339 5 лет назад +2

      Do you usually use these words in one sentence ? That will be really hard to understand

    • @holly.mckenzie
      @holly.mckenzie 5 лет назад +5

      just wang yes we really do haha. This is the best video to confuse every person who isn’t Australian

  • @Hopeeey03_
    @Hopeeey03_ 4 года назад +288

    Literally never heard anyone shorten tennis to tenno

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 4 года назад +5

      Although they did say it was the abbreviation for tennis BALL. I've not heard that either but maybe in other states it's common usage (I've only REALLY lived in NSW but only never been to WA and NT - who knows what abbreviations they have there; occasionally I have no idea what Victorians or Tasmanians are saying)

    • @magnetictheory
      @magnetictheory 4 года назад +9

      @@susie9893 as a Sydneysider who spends a lot of time in Melbourne for work, it's pretty much the same, Suze. Nobody says tenno.

    • @xymonau2468
      @xymonau2468 4 года назад +10

      There were several words they made up.

    • @franzfleischer3476
      @franzfleischer3476 4 года назад +7

      Tenno. Nope, not in NSW, Qld or Tassie.

    • @sim0an
      @sim0an 3 года назад +10

      Right? Also, what the fuck is "mornos".. its bloody smoko, not mornos lol

  • @phuongloanle3754
    @phuongloanle3754 5 лет назад +104

    Im Lauren from Vietnam. Im tour guide here but when two Aussies talk to each other, I feel like Im out of the conversation and Im deaf in English 😂😂

    • @lisamorice4701
      @lisamorice4701 5 лет назад +14

      Please accept our apologies Lauren. We don't mean to be rude but it's so easy to slip back into our way of speaking and we honestly forget that others don't follow.

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 4 года назад +7

      @@lisamorice4701 true. Also it's just so much quicker. My friend tells a story about how she was traveling with a friend and they hooked up with a couple of Canadians and they were talking about their plans for the day and after a couple of minutes the Aussies were done talking but it took the Canadians another 5mins to say exactly what they had said and they just waited for them to wind down before saying that, yeah, they'd just said exactly that but in far fewer words. Lol (and I'm not knocking Canadians - Aussies invariably bond with Canadians when o/s [altho nothing like we bond with each other - that can get a bit crazy if you haven't seen an Aussie for several months - it's like meeting a long lost brother or something])

    • @M-N00
      @M-N00 4 года назад +2

      @@susie9893 I'll be back as soon as I can. So impressive to see you all show the world how to deal with a virus. Well done Vietnam

    • @fritzkrieg2344
      @fritzkrieg2344 4 года назад +1

      devo!

    • @martinkuliza
      @martinkuliza 3 года назад

      CORRECTION :
      when 2 Aussies chat you like you're out of the convo
      SEE HOW IT'S MUCH SHORTER ?

  • @arvidanseven862
    @arvidanseven862 6 лет назад +618

    Aussie sounds like more laid back english. I kinda like it.

    • @lynchie2073
      @lynchie2073 5 лет назад +26

      tbh when people try hard to speak formally a lot of people unknowingly put on a british accent

    • @robenkhoury7079
      @robenkhoury7079 5 лет назад +3

      @@lynchie2073 Ikr! It just sounds fancy

    • @jeffjo6522
      @jeffjo6522 5 лет назад

      YOU BETTER LIKE IT xd

    • @hayleywhiting2843
      @hayleywhiting2843 5 лет назад +3

      We were all comvicts. Waddaya expect

    • @akoisha
      @akoisha 5 лет назад

      @@hayleywhiting2843 I'm not a convict but I was born in aus 😐

  • @lanibarr7577
    @lanibarr7577 7 лет назад +1131

    As an Aussie I can confirm this is 97% slang we actually use on a daily basis or that Ive heard anyway lol

    • @Rose-wn7tn
      @Rose-wn7tn 6 лет назад

      Lani Barr Aussie toooo hahahaha

    • @EatFrozenPlastic
      @EatFrozenPlastic 5 лет назад +1

      also an aussie

    • @Morgazmz
      @Morgazmz 5 лет назад

      sames

    • @monoshroom2562
      @monoshroom2562 5 лет назад

      Same though haha

    • @lanibarr7577
      @lanibarr7577 4 года назад +1

      cold tater tot Hiii 😁 you know Joongki? Don’t know if you could tell but I watched DOTS 3 yrs ago and it became my prof pic for everything

  • @lynchie2073
    @lynchie2073 5 лет назад +374

    you mean.... other people dont say smoko? or salvos? or sickie? or rego? VINNIES ISNT THE FULL NAME???

    • @KyrstOak
      @KyrstOak 5 лет назад +11

      XD IKR? I was surprised. I think one time I mentioned Vinnies to someone, they asked "Vinnies?" I said "oh, sorry, 'saint Vinnies'." She was taken aback for some reason. Lol

    • @aussiehendo5453
      @aussiehendo5453 5 лет назад +5

      Saint Vincent’s de Pauls to be exact 😉

    • @rubywakefield6309
      @rubywakefield6309 4 года назад +7

      I thought it was the full name as well!

    • @Simone-bi5fc
      @Simone-bi5fc 4 года назад

      sorry your comment is funny. I hit 'dislike' by accident

    • @spaceynasa
      @spaceynasa 4 года назад

      We don't, my boyfriend is Australian and I'm trying to get on track with the slang 😅

  • @JETFOURLITRE
    @JETFOURLITRE 5 лет назад +405

    Wait till you dive into Aussie nick names. What a mine field.

    • @BB210200
      @BB210200 5 лет назад +5

      Examples of people I know: johno Brezza pisspaul netty Asha lezzlo the list goes on

    • @jasonschultz7964
      @jasonschultz7964 4 года назад +15

      Lol Sco Mo

    • @dylansimpson1830
      @dylansimpson1830 4 года назад +2

      Yeah my nickname is Simmo

    • @spaceynasa
      @spaceynasa 4 года назад

      Oh no I'm worried now

    • @robynmurray7421
      @robynmurray7421 3 года назад

      @@jasonschultz7964 doesn't count if you give yourself a nickname even if you are PM.

  • @jia9420
    @jia9420 6 лет назад +1364

    Not an abbreviation but i recently found out the word 'reckon' is Australian, as in the rest of the world apparently dont use it

    • @em.1433
      @em.1433 6 лет назад +34

      It’s sometimes used in England :)

    • @gergs988
      @gergs988 6 лет назад +95

      Same with “far out” apparently, but I’m not 100% certain if this is true or not

    • @jia9420
      @jia9420 6 лет назад +14

      WaterSpriite if so im *mindblown* again

    • @badm.d
      @badm.d 6 лет назад +48

      ya reckon? i SPOSE maybe

    • @mostunique5941
      @mostunique5941 6 лет назад +8

      Blackpink Isn't in my area wait, other countrys dont use it!?!?

  • @jia9420
    @jia9420 6 лет назад +884

    Wait..... Vinnies isn't the full name...?

    • @julialathbury8715
      @julialathbury8715 6 лет назад +9

      hahahaha! i thought that too!

    • @miabrotherson-moffitt5844
      @miabrotherson-moffitt5844 5 лет назад +10

      Thats what I thought
      ...

    • @zyawillis8040
      @zyawillis8040 5 лет назад +10

      No it's Saint Vincent or something it's just quicker so we say "Vinnie's"

    • @Mav_F
      @Mav_F 5 лет назад +10

      Its actually St Vincent de Paul Society (originally called Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) - As an Aussie - when I do slang, I try to remember what the original word or name is because someone will always ask you. And there is so many slang words out there now for the samething or even the same slang for various things, it all depends on how you use it in a sentence. Eg Pissed or Crook. I dont think I need to tell you the different meanings for them?

    • @thankspete7447
      @thankspete7447 5 лет назад +3

      Blackpink Isn't in my area i know when i sad that i visibly gasped

  • @jackie4771
    @jackie4771 5 лет назад +521

    I honestly thought that this video would be an over exaggeration. But instead it was an eye opener...
    None of us Aussie’s can judge each other because regardless of whether you go for Blues or Maroons in the State of Origin, walk around in a button up shirt and chinos or thongs, singlet and footy shorts, drive a Ford or a Holden...
    We’re all one in the same, a bunch of lazy buggers who butcher the English language.

  • @emiyanap6060
    @emiyanap6060 5 лет назад +189

    I live in Bali for a year and many Australian tourists here. For me, it was hard to understand what they say if they use their accent. so sometimes when they talk to me I just smile to pretend that I understand their words. LOL sorry. I am learning more Australian accent so I can understand more.

    • @KyrstOak
      @KyrstOak 5 лет назад +26

      Just to make things more difficult for you, there're different accents per region.

    • @lifesong8484
      @lifesong8484 5 лет назад +5

      @Juan Rivas stop being ridiculous.

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 4 года назад +2

      @Juan Rivas doubt it. Most Aussies don't bother with that stuff. Plus we have a hugely multicultural society. Aussies tend not to really care what you look like but what they do judge you by is how well you can do your job (so yeah, not really a criteria on holidays)

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 4 года назад

      @Chris Russell 😏 I flip in and out of speaking Ocker or 'English' depending on context (who I'm hanging out with, where I am etc - my mum was really strict about slang when I was growing up 🙄)

    • @Twowheeleddevil
      @Twowheeleddevil 3 года назад

      @@KyrstOak yeah There is but we can still understand what each other are saying

  • @andressas.5980
    @andressas.5980 7 лет назад +207

    HAHA SO TRUE! I am Italian, and when I first came to Australia I struggled to understand these short words, now I am used to it. This is my country. I love Australia!!

    • @anthonygadaleta3427
      @anthonygadaleta3427 5 лет назад +4

      Hey Patricia - You'd be flat out like a lizard drinking in finding an Australian of Italian origin who didn't love Australia :)

    • @rachaelcroton693
      @rachaelcroton693 5 лет назад

      Patricia Ortiz “this is my country” u sure about that? Ur Italian lmao it’s not really ur country

    • @treestump6534
      @treestump6534 5 лет назад +12

      Rachael Croton calm down...

    • @CFITOMAHAWK
      @CFITOMAHAWK 5 лет назад +1

      ORTIZ is not Italian, ORTIZ is Spanish. I lived in South America for 10 years.

    • @ladyluck4308
      @ladyluck4308 5 лет назад

      @@anthonygadaleta3427 You just found one.... I hate it and this so called language, I absoluteley HATE the Australian accent!!! It is the UGLIEST in the world!!!!

  • @rozharris6834
    @rozharris6834 8 лет назад +619

    "Chuck a uey." - Australian proverb. :P

  • @lynchie2073
    @lynchie2073 5 лет назад +67

    i had a japanese exchange student come over a couple of years ago and although shes practically fluent she couldnt follow our conversations because we butcher and drawl it so much and they only get taught american english.....

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 4 года назад +8

      Yeah at our uni we used to run conversational English classes for o/s students and they were always packed cos ppl just wanted to know what Aussies were actually saying

  • @fardowsaahmed9188
    @fardowsaahmed9188 5 лет назад +31

    I have been here for 5 years and I still struggle to understand but what I love about Australia is they are genuine people and friendly

    • @connie6616
      @connie6616 3 года назад

      me too, took me 20 years to get used to it :P

  • @davcaefasdf
    @davcaefasdf 9 лет назад +1153

    Missing "onya" for good on ya.

  • @Beatboxerskills
    @Beatboxerskills 8 лет назад +785

    drug addict = druggo

    • @Beatboxerskills
      @Beatboxerskills 8 лет назад +7

      most commonly as a joke tho

    • @taylaw8059
      @taylaw8059 8 лет назад +24

      +ExtaSe most of the people i know mainly say druggie

    • @LiquidRush
      @LiquidRush 8 лет назад +12

      ecstasy = eccies

    • @joesterrey3370
      @joesterrey3370 8 лет назад +29

      pills= farkin pingaas

    • @faithfirstfitness
      @faithfirstfitness 7 лет назад +10

      FATAHMORGANAH Legit true or we call them junkies

  • @rosehill9537
    @rosehill9537 5 лет назад +111

    Watching this I realise how much we abbreviate words. Just the norms round here.

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 4 года назад +2

      Up my part of the world we abbreviate almost ALL the country towns ('Byron' didn't use to be a yuppie term for Byron Bay, that was just locals abbreviating - Mullimbimy=Mullim, Murwillumbah=Mbah, Evans Head=Evans etc)

  • @play_riz
    @play_riz 5 лет назад +143

    Avocado = Avo
    Have an avocado = Avanavo
    Nice 😂

  • @lindatongia82
    @lindatongia82 8 лет назад +132

    I just realised how lazy we are at pronouncing the full word HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA love it

    • @lero3412
      @lero3412 8 лет назад +9

      That's pretty much why we're so good at pulling off other accents... we don't have to relearn tongue placements because we basically have none lol

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary 2 года назад

      It’s not laziness, it’s saving time to use for important stuff :p

  • @ilfanbudiraja1896
    @ilfanbudiraja1896 8 лет назад +287

    Dude, you forgot one word "BBQ = Barbie"
    Cheers!

    • @NicoLReino
      @NicoLReino 8 лет назад +5

      +Ilfan Budiraja "I'll put some extra shrimp on the barbie" Although they call them prawns actually hahha

    • @trashqueen213
      @trashqueen213 8 лет назад +7

      +Néstor Majnó Also we don't really put prawns on the barbie

    • @NicoLReino
      @NicoLReino 8 лет назад

      Aubrey Fitzwilliam I know mate.

    • @mrgoldfish7452
      @mrgoldfish7452 6 лет назад +2

      "Put another shrimp on the barbie" we don't call the "shrimp", we call them "prawns" and who puts them on a barbeque.

    • @ameliacrisp8482
      @ameliacrisp8482 6 лет назад

      oh my god this is like the most important word😂😂

  • @Kirra-Oz
    @Kirra-Oz 5 лет назад +11

    We also call people who live on the street, ‘Dero’. Some words are not abbreviated but extended. Australians tend to end altered words with an O, or an A, or are Y. We also tend to alter peoples names; e.g Sharon = Shaza. David = Dayvo etc.

    • @FE-Rat-Rod
      @FE-Rat-Rod 5 лет назад +1

      Yes, dero is short for derelict

    • @AdstarAPAD
      @AdstarAPAD 4 года назад

      A dero is a person who lives on the street and is a heavy alcohol drinker..

  • @imnotcreativeenoughforacoo9835
    @imnotcreativeenoughforacoo9835 5 лет назад +144

    I’m from Australia and I can confirm this is 100% true! sometimes I tell my friends I’m chucking a sickie and they look at me like I’m a lunatic😂

    • @joannedyson1768
      @joannedyson1768 5 лет назад +3

      That's because you're saying it wrong! You gotta say "Chukun' a sikie." lol It must be fun though... hope you have some Aussie friends you can really talk with...

  • @imakethings9892
    @imakethings9892 8 лет назад +591

    So you basically make everything sound adorable. :3

    • @simoncantley665
      @simoncantley665 8 лет назад +39

      Cheers mate. You're a bloody legend

    • @imakethings9892
      @imakethings9892 8 лет назад +8

      Simon Cantley
      Was that supposed to be directed at me? xD

    • @simoncantley665
      @simoncantley665 8 лет назад +24

      Bloody oath :)

    • @imakethings9892
      @imakethings9892 8 лет назад +10

      Simon Cantley
      Heh, I'm not sure I understand that.

    • @MSFishingAu
      @MSFishingAu 8 лет назад +13

      +IMakeThings Its a good thing

  • @midgetwars1
    @midgetwars1 8 лет назад +63

    Rego's even legitimised by the government (at least in NSW). Maccas by McDonalds as well.

  • @julieschofield4594
    @julieschofield4594 4 года назад +14

    Even though I am a fellow Aussie, hearing all the slang in one video was so funny. Made my day. Chookas

  • @rmaordoalecbar4228
    @rmaordoalecbar4228 5 лет назад +9

    I really love Australian accent. I've been to Australia since oct. 2018 up to July 2019 and I've been to Brissy as well

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 4 года назад +1

      Yeah and we SOO can't understand that! Don't get it at all. And what I really hate (and maybe this is an Aussie thing) is how, especially if you're traveling in North America - ppl will go out of their way to get you to talk just so they can listen to your accent. I started to feel like a zoo exhibit.

  • @cassette92
    @cassette92 9 лет назад +108

    The only thing I've never used is 'Teno' other than that... I use every...single...one haha great video!
    Next up: The explanation of "Yeahnah"

    • @gergs988
      @gergs988 6 лет назад +7

      And the difference between “nah yeah” and “yeah nah”

  • @YangSing1
    @YangSing1 7 лет назад +241

    I'm English and this was pretty funny.

  • @rahmanhi
    @rahmanhi 4 года назад +21

    Lol literally few hours ago my oz colleague said "tradies" and I had to ask what does it mean. Didn't know there're so much more abbreviations :))

  • @hunkarun
    @hunkarun 5 лет назад +4

    Omg this is so true. Been living more than 10 years in Oz now, and subconsciously I have been using these words.

  • @HartyBiker
    @HartyBiker 8 лет назад +88

    Oi cobbas you forgot the one thing that's guaranteed to confuse everyone who isn't strayan. "Yeah nah"
    I mean it can mean literally opposing things depending on how you use it XD

    • @mrsilikeeggs
      @mrsilikeeggs 8 лет назад +7

      Nah yeah as well.

    • @HartyBiker
      @HartyBiker 8 лет назад +6

      Aww yeah nah yeah mate

    • @warrenharrison5052
      @warrenharrison5052 7 лет назад +7

      We also have a habit of using a negative to describe a positive eg. how far is it to the pub? aussie answers "Not far" instead of saying "its close. How are you? "Not bad" = I'm good etc

    • @hazelschofield9161
      @hazelschofield9161 6 лет назад

      We say something similar in ontario; yaaah-no. Meaning I HEARD you and that shit is NOT happening under my watch.

    • @judithleexD
      @judithleexD 6 лет назад

      warren harrison isnt that normal?

  • @JsuispascontentTV
    @JsuispascontentTV 8 лет назад +226

    U guys R absolutely AMAZING.
    Epic shit !
    from France.

    • @leanneray3084
      @leanneray3084 6 лет назад +3

      J'suis pas content TV ye cheers m8 enjoy your baguette or whatever they r those long fucking sandwiches lmao

    • @shivakumar499
      @shivakumar499 6 лет назад +2

      Oui

    • @Marissa82P
      @Marissa82P 6 лет назад +1

      Guys stop sayong badwords

    • @FairyCRat
      @FairyCRat 5 лет назад

      @@Marissa82P I'm pretty sure cunt isn't that much of a bad word in Australia.

    • @JohnSmith-nz4bn
      @JohnSmith-nz4bn 5 лет назад

      @@FairyCRat accurate. Still, pick your demographic just to be safe. I don't use it with my family, but my mates and colleagues I do.

  • @Romie15
    @Romie15 5 лет назад +63

    OMG six years living in the county and I’m still struggling to understand Australians 😭😭😭

    • @Zalamandar
      @Zalamandar 5 лет назад +18

      Just add an "-o" or an "-y" to the end of any word and you've got it.

    • @Portal100kgJJ
      @Portal100kgJJ 5 лет назад

      Omg I'm here 3 years and still struggle to understand them...

    • @mary_rose4413
      @mary_rose4413 5 лет назад

      Same here

    • @lifesong8484
      @lifesong8484 5 лет назад +4

      I've lived in Australia my whole life (37 years) & haven't heard some of them. I've learned a few only thanks to videos such as these 😅

    • @PerthViking
      @PerthViking 5 лет назад +1

      Well you know you’ve gotta learn the language. There’s three I speak, English, Aussie and Bad.

  • @jodiemiller6873
    @jodiemiller6873 5 лет назад +2

    I actually use all of these except Tenno ( tennis ball) and din dins in normal convos ( though I do say din dins to the dogs when it’s food time). I think it all comes down to wether you are raised old school or new school. My dad is old school Aussie and uses a lot of Aussie slang that has basically disappeared from our language now. My bf is from new school and literally had no idea what we were talking about at family gatherings. After 9 years hes caught up with it all but made me realise how our parents language shapes ours. I wouldn’t change my slang for the world and have passed it onto my nieces and nephew ..

  • @emilybell9395
    @emilybell9395 7 лет назад +41

    Never seen anything so accurate

  • @kerensabirch5214
    @kerensabirch5214 8 лет назад +40

    Could someone please tell the American film and TV industry that this is how to sound Australian? We don't use slang phrases about wallabies, goannas and other Aussie wildlife with every sentence. Oh, and most of us don't say 'Crikey' and sound like Steve Irwin either.

    • @mrsilikeeggs
      @mrsilikeeggs 8 лет назад +2

      G'day mate, let's go Croc wrestling. Crikey! Watch out for those Drop Bears!

    • @kerensabirch5214
      @kerensabirch5214 8 лет назад +1

      mrsilikeeggs
      Strewth! You're right, cobber!

    • @blacksheep9772
      @blacksheep9772 6 лет назад +2

      Nor do we say "Chuck a shrimp on the barbie" ☺

    • @HighwayRamos
      @HighwayRamos 5 лет назад

      Flat out like a lizard drinking.

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 4 года назад

      And yet they force our Aussie actors to sounds American, go figure

  • @islayoung6200
    @islayoung6200 4 года назад +11

    I'm Australian and these words are basically part of my everyday life

  • @sophiemichelle3688
    @sophiemichelle3688 4 года назад +15

    My Canadian friend lived here for two years, in the car my Mum said “oh it looks like a prang!” Friend said “What’s a prang?”, Mum said “A ding-dong.” Didn’t clear you anything! 😂

    • @martinkuliza
      @martinkuliza 3 года назад +1

      LOL
      a Prang, a Ding dong, A Stack, A Fender Bender
      is that any clearer ?

  • @echolacation4173
    @echolacation4173 7 лет назад +11

    Oh my god I didn't realise we did this to so many words... it's ingrained in all our minds from the day we are born

  • @taramaria5936
    @taramaria5936 9 лет назад +19

    You forgot 'Woop Woop' for some very far away place in the middle of nowhere!
    "You live in woop woop"

    • @SomethinSik
      @SomethinSik 6 лет назад +3

      In the sticks or bumfuck no where are terms I've heard

    • @ednahemming4208
      @ednahemming4208 6 лет назад +1

      Beyond the the Black Stump is what we always say

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 4 года назад

      'Out bush' too

  • @mandawardani2232
    @mandawardani2232 4 года назад +1

    Omg, i am so glad finding this video, cuz, everytime i get text or material in Australian English, it is really diffucult to find the slang. Maybe Australian people find it natural, daily vocab, but us find it difficult slang. Thanks for the video

  • @markp8438
    @markp8438 5 лет назад +35

    This is awesome, some others I don’t remember hearing:
    Sandwich = Sanga
    Bottle of Beer = Stubby
    Biker that’s a member of a club = Bikie

  • @ellankane1548
    @ellankane1548 8 лет назад +29

    i could listen tou you talk all day i love the aussie accent xxx

  • @Itsrebaby22
    @Itsrebaby22 8 лет назад +221

    Is that British?
    *lifts fake tea*
    We are British.

    • @rajamkrishnamurthy9618
      @rajamkrishnamurthy9618 6 лет назад +3

      Reanna Clopein British convicts to be precise.

    • @sovereignspirit7640
      @sovereignspirit7640 6 лет назад +4

      Rajam krishnamurthy Between 35,000 to 50,000 British people have immigrated to Aus every year since WW2

    • @TheTynell1
      @TheTynell1 6 лет назад +4

      Rajam krishnamurthy WRONG my family were settlers NOT convicts and most of my friends are descendants of either settlers, aborigines or recent immigrants from all over the world in fact only an extremely small portion of Australians were or are descendants of convicts

    • @ameliacrisp8482
      @ameliacrisp8482 6 лет назад +1

      this is the one time we actually try and do a "Bri-ish" to try to imitate a British accent while we do it

    • @dantedante839
      @dantedante839 6 лет назад

      You've got a very British accent in Australia becase you used to be convicts, and you "reduce" every single word because those convicts had no education and you "inherited" that. Recent immigration means nothing since those immigrants have not changed/influenced your accent.

  • @aanjafreedom7781
    @aanjafreedom7781 4 года назад +39

    And remember, even if you don't smoke, a smoko also means to take a short break. Ie coffee break, lunch, afternoon break.

  • @kyeisnothere2084
    @kyeisnothere2084 5 лет назад +30

    when they said undies.. oh my god... i thought it was normal in every part of the world to say undies lmao

    • @Sim-gf4ss
      @Sim-gf4ss 5 лет назад +1

      Me too

    • @aidanknoll1019
      @aidanknoll1019 4 года назад +2

      I mean, I'm not from Australia and that's a pretty familiar term to me too.

    • @benjwilliams5104
      @benjwilliams5104 4 года назад +2

      It's common in the USA, not sure about other English-speaking places

    • @alexandernikitin2448
      @alexandernikitin2448 4 года назад

      Jesus. I'm Russian and I say undies. Some Aussie ancestors, maybe?

    • @michaelellams9105
      @michaelellams9105 4 года назад

      Undies are reg grundies, pie with sause is dogs eye with dead horse, need to take a leak is shake hands with the unemployed or syphon the python, term for a loose women is she bangs like a dunny door in a dust storm, some of the slang I learnt growing up.

  • @emjyce1330
    @emjyce1330 8 лет назад +38

    That sad moment when you realise you use 99% of these.

  • @jareddietrich4844
    @jareddietrich4844 8 лет назад +159

    Good job on Australia's got talent

  • @user-wq2ep1jl8k
    @user-wq2ep1jl8k 5 лет назад

    Thank you so much, I am a student who is studying English in Australia, it’s so useful for me to study local Australia English!

  • @meanmaori00
    @meanmaori00 5 лет назад +2

    Been living in OZ for near 15 years. I understand everything he says and understood that little paragraph at the end perfectly. Funny

  • @popogfryh734
    @popogfryh734 8 лет назад +19

    I live in Queensland in Australia and smoko means morning tea

  • @jigglypuff2.066
    @jigglypuff2.066 6 лет назад +3

    Lovin this! I cant believe I actually used some of these abbreviations/slang words till now. We Aussies are some hell of a people ^ ^

  • @SahanTheMighty
    @SahanTheMighty 5 лет назад +4

    OMG that was epic. I was at the gym watching this and I didn’t even care I was half hiding my laugh. 😂😂😂👏🏽👏🏽

  • @nsbhater
    @nsbhater 5 лет назад +17

    I laughed so hard! From abroad, but have lived in Oz for four years. Loved it, mate!
    P.S. missed the bathers and thongs 😃

    • @martinkuliza
      @martinkuliza 3 года назад

      LOL
      the fucking thongs huh ?
      Cozzies, not Bather's

    • @irongloves89
      @irongloves89 2 года назад

      Bathers? You mean Dt's (D!ck togs) or bikini?

  • @litavays4087
    @litavays4087 8 лет назад +170

    HAHAHA I bloody enjoy watching this, thank you!

    • @hijosh
      @hijosh  8 лет назад +1

      No worries!

    • @litavays4087
      @litavays4087 8 лет назад +3

      Could you please do accent challenge?
      Like Australian accents in different states?
      Warm regards :)

    • @callianis
      @callianis 8 лет назад

      That would be interesting ;)

  • @DaintyDaisy
    @DaintyDaisy 9 лет назад +50

    I learned the word povvo from Ja'mie King.

  • @cassandradabling2431
    @cassandradabling2431 5 лет назад +2

    I'm from the US and I found this thoroughly awesome and I'm going to pick some of these up 😂👌👍

  • @timwiesner5941
    @timwiesner5941 5 лет назад +16

    Electrician - Sparky xD the funniest thing I heard in Aussie

  • @judithleexD
    @judithleexD 8 лет назад +8

    honestly we use majority of these, if not, we at least understand them. ive never been overseas and when i was young, i would think this is completely normal, but of course informal, and i would think everone knew them..
    the first time i heard that other countries don't say Macca's, I was shocked

  • @HoD999x
    @HoD999x 8 лет назад +192

    but coppa is longer than cop

    • @Tommyblueeyes
      @Tommyblueeyes 8 лет назад +5

      and acadaca is the same syllables as acdc lol

    • @mcscrouge1205
      @mcscrouge1205 8 лет назад +37

      easier to say

    • @HoD999x
      @HoD999x 8 лет назад +1

      Scourge Productions how is adding an "a" to a word making it easier? you're making it more complex

    • @mcscrouge1205
      @mcscrouge1205 8 лет назад +1

      You just say it out you don't have to say it out loud. its like R. I . P and just saying rip

    • @notrickxi1597
      @notrickxi1597 7 лет назад +11

      listen its just the way we speak right
      \

  • @carlatenthorey9774
    @carlatenthorey9774 5 лет назад +1

    Im aussie and i use about half of those... But you guys are honestly the funniest guys on RUclips. Laughing my head off!!😂😂😂

  • @elliekhalili7529
    @elliekhalili7529 5 лет назад +1

    OMG I luuuuuv this video, I’ve watched it like a hundred times!!

  • @strutnswagger2327
    @strutnswagger2327 8 лет назад +158

    Sorry lads, never heard of Morno's or tenno, everything else is legit!

    • @brooklynthesunflower2863
      @brooklynthesunflower2863 7 лет назад +19

      i use "tenna" like as in ten bucks lol

    • @originalotto7126
      @originalotto7126 6 лет назад +1

      Strut'n'Swagger Yeah, they bunged a few suss expressions in there, but reading the comments and the boys seem to have gone over okay with their audience.

    • @cassidygray3835
      @cassidygray3835 6 лет назад

      Tenno we use that as the spot club so where going to the Tenno

    • @AllenRodriguesMusic
      @AllenRodriguesMusic 6 лет назад +4

      Tenno is legit. Can confirm daily use back in the high school days when I was handball king

    • @rusty3315
      @rusty3315 6 лет назад

      Service decency. Yew!

  • @bobthetrainskid
    @bobthetrainskid 6 лет назад +92

    Cigarette = durrie

  • @ericaonline3739
    @ericaonline3739 5 лет назад +1

    THANK YOU for posting this, I'm an American expat and when I try to explain to my American friends how hard it actually is to have a fluent conversation they don't get it because "They speak English, right?" Oh my, the dialects!!! On top of the abbreviations, Australians have the tendency to change the active speaking voice into passive voice, making the verb an object. For example, "Let's have a chat" instead of "Let's chat", or "I need to have a lie down" instead of "I need to lie down". Now add to the mix the propensity to leave out articles in front of locations (i.e., "I'm going hospital" instead of "I'm going to the hospital" and I find I have to work really attentively at actively understanding "convos"!

    • @ericaonline3739
      @ericaonline3739 5 лет назад

      Please, please do another video on Aussie dialect with the other speech patterns I mentioned! :-)

    • @tessacyclone6329
      @tessacyclone6329 3 года назад +1

      I'm going hospital?? We say I'm going TO hospital because it's a PLACE. And there are obviously several hospitals. (If in a small town you can say the hospital as there's only one hospital ) It's like saying I'm going to bed. You don't say I'm going to THE bed. And I'm having a shower, a lie down, a bath, a swim, a drink. Take a shower sounds weird

  • @ruby_rouge_muaakakellyann9174
    @ruby_rouge_muaakakellyann9174 6 лет назад +5

    I’m a full blown Aussie and this is awesome, abbrevo’s is exactly how most aussies talk 😝🤘🏻🇦🇺

  • @andreaavalos4938
    @andreaavalos4938 8 лет назад +69

    And I just realize that I wouldn't survive in Australia xD
    even though I know English

    • @chelseapaige8278
      @chelseapaige8278 8 лет назад +3

      +Andrea Jonas Lol xD You'd probably pick it up after a while... or just stand there not knowing a word while other people talk around you : P

    • @angieryan2680
      @angieryan2680 8 лет назад

      +Andrea Jonas I moved to Australia 12 years ago from the US. It was a learning curve, but not impossible :D

    • @andreaavalos4938
      @andreaavalos4938 8 лет назад

      Chelsea Paige Haha it would took a looong time xD a big challenge

    • @andreaavalos4938
      @andreaavalos4938 8 лет назад

      Angie Ryan I can imagine! Bet it was a challenge wasn't it?

    • @andreaavalos4938
      @andreaavalos4938 8 лет назад

      Alice C :o seriously!?

  • @faithfirstfitness
    @faithfirstfitness 7 лет назад +68

    Maybe it's just me. But I'm so used to my fam saying talking like this in Australia that I forget what things are actually called when I'm talking to friends from other countries 😂💯

  • @sallymalawit2720
    @sallymalawit2720 4 года назад +8

    That's brilliant! I will be flying to australia soon, hope to learn all these. 😊😉

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 4 года назад

      You might not encounter that much slang if you mostly hang around Sydney. It's more prevalent in rural areas

  • @brooke6714
    @brooke6714 4 года назад +3

    I love just reading the feedback on this. I am Australian I have never said some of these words lol. I did like witching lol.

  • @izyhelmich2009
    @izyhelmich2009 8 лет назад +17

    This is actually so accurate its hilarious

  • @sarahandava2719
    @sarahandava2719 6 лет назад +30

    A friend I have told me to watch a video like this (I’m Canadian) and told me not to talk to her until I’ve learned Australian Slang....this helped.. sorry but I laughed my head off the whole time!

    • @mostunique5941
      @mostunique5941 6 лет назад +2

      Sarah And Ava You just to hang around aussies for a while. They will just use the words and then you can be like ‘what does that mean’
      Then they will get really pissed off at you but will still be nice enough to explain😂

    • @sarahandava2719
      @sarahandava2719 6 лет назад +7

      Most Unique yeah true lol I had about 4 Aussie friends but only one that I know of had an accent and she sent me a video “ello mate” and I laughed and said oh yea you have an accent lol she said “I left a sanga in the Ute and it’s gone festy” and I was like what?? 😂😂😂 “I left a sandwich in the car and it’s gone gross” lol

    • @sarahandava2719
      @sarahandava2719 6 лет назад +1

      Warren552011 lmao niceeeee 😂

    • @sarahandava2719
      @sarahandava2719 6 лет назад +1

      Warren552011 WHAT?? NOOOOO NOT THE KANGAROOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THATS HORRIBLE 😱😱😱😱😱

    • @sarahandava2719
      @sarahandava2719 6 лет назад +1

      Warren552011 cool and that sucks. I wanna try it a bit. I won’t like it lmao

  • @Lillyluvsanime
    @Lillyluvsanime 4 года назад

    Some of these we also use in the States, just probably not quite as frequently, and not all in a string of an abbreviated sentence... but I use quite a bit of those abbreviations, especially towards the end.

  • @anita9193
    @anita9193 5 лет назад

    Super funny to watch mates!

  • @InfiniteWonderz2
    @InfiniteWonderz2 9 лет назад +263

    hey mate, you might want to go around to report everyone uploading your video, ive seen it on about 6 different channels, cheers mate have a good one, from a fellow aussie

    • @hijosh
      @hijosh  9 лет назад +30

      InfiniteWonderz appreciate it mate... most of them have contacted me and they've linked to the facebook video rather than this one (hence the small viewing number here!)

    • @slackjaw2008
      @slackjaw2008 9 лет назад +3

      InfiniteWonderz fuckin nark. who gives a shit?

    • @brianderbyshire2292
      @brianderbyshire2292 9 лет назад +23

      slackjaw2008 Because I assume he makes money off of this so it's essentially stealing.

    • @VGamFVG
      @VGamFVG 9 лет назад +12

      Brian Derbyshire Yeah, it's actually a big problem for content creators on RUclips who rely on ad revenue from their videos here. A lot of traffic gets diverted from the main upload to people stealing it and putting it on Facebook - what's worse is that the person who stole it can get ad revenue for the content they didn't make.

    • @WaitDer
      @WaitDer 9 лет назад +6

      InfiniteWonderz Nothing wrong with a few cheeky linkos mate

  • @CupCake23411
    @CupCake23411 5 лет назад +12

    Wow I didn’t realise how many words we actually shorten or the fact that this is mostly an Australian thing😂

  • @emrxldlive2509
    @emrxldlive2509 5 лет назад +2

    I agree with all of these. these are so accurate.

  • @marisagonzalez1543
    @marisagonzalez1543 3 года назад +4

    I just find this so funny. I love Aussies

  • @RenzoZambrano
    @RenzoZambrano 9 лет назад +3

    +hijosh How is it going mate? My name is Renzo and I am from Venezuela in South America. I just saw this video thanks to one of my mates from Australia and I´m a new subscriber, I love Australia and its people, you guys rock, it´s my biggest dreamto go Down Under and meet all my mates there. I think the Australian accent is the coolest ever and watching this video has make me have heaps of studying to do. Keep it up :)

  • @mrchigz8
    @mrchigz8 9 лет назад +264

    DEVASTATED*
    had to be said. haha
    cheers c*** ;)

  • @zyaravie911
    @zyaravie911 5 лет назад +5

    As an Aussie I'd say apart from the Monday-Sunday part (cos never heard anybody says the days like that), it's actually pretty accurate

    • @user-pj9ce5lb9q
      @user-pj9ce5lb9q 5 лет назад +1

      Zya Ravie hear it all the time. Almost everyday but just from certain people. Working class mostly

    • @whateveritis3103
      @whateveritis3103 5 лет назад

      Where do you live? That's the only way to say them.

    • @zyaravie911
      @zyaravie911 5 лет назад

      @@whateveritis3103 I grew up and live in Sydney (northern part) but I have traveled around Australia quite extensively and never heard anyone saying the days like that

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 4 года назад

      @@zyaravie911 well I've worked out west and that's exactly how they say em, also in QLD

  • @ericasenglish8613
    @ericasenglish8613 4 года назад

    This is brilliant. I love showing this to my students.

  • @Commenter26
    @Commenter26 3 года назад +8

    So this is how new languages are created

  • @aimeelau2376
    @aimeelau2376 5 лет назад +8

    I'm Aussie and I use almost all of this

  • @theofficialbigmood8180
    @theofficialbigmood8180 5 лет назад

    On spot. Been a while JOSHY, good to cya doing well

  • @stallionstallion5641
    @stallionstallion5641 5 лет назад

    Thank you guys ,this WAS very helpful I' am Australian Citizen been here 12 years and still I have strong accent and struggling to catch Aussie Accent LOL

  • @CotterTwins
    @CotterTwins 9 лет назад +8

    hahahaha I say at least 90% of these. It sounds funny when you put them all together :)

  • @kelleystewart9501
    @kelleystewart9501 4 года назад +5

    Sydneysider’s version of Aussie slang.
    In Melb we say bathers (not cozzie), kinder (not kindy). No one says Tenno, but tenner =$10.
    The rest are great.
    And Rhys - it’s defo Spag Bog or Bol. And mornos is a fair dinkum thing.

    • @michellie5929
      @michellie5929 4 года назад +1

      I'm realising the difference between nsw slang and Victorian slang since moving to Victoria last year. Down here no one knows what a scallop is cause it's a potato cake. 😊

    • @susie9893
      @susie9893 4 года назад +1

      @@michellie5929 yeah defo regional differences - even Newcastlians speak a different language to the rest us in NSW and where I come from (up near QLD border the accent is broader and the slang very surfer based)

    • @iamcows8828
      @iamcows8828 4 года назад +1

      @@michellie5929 i know right! But like it makes sense bc there is a food called scallop potato, if people call potato cakes scallops then you have two kinds of scallop potatos :P how confusing

  • @GraceMarieBarry
    @GraceMarieBarry 5 лет назад +1

    🤣 I moved to Australia from the UK a few months go and this is so accurate!

  • @supersuparan
    @supersuparan 4 года назад

    Love it! Thanks for the video 😀

  • @16xthedetail76
    @16xthedetail76 9 лет назад +53

    Tracksuit Pants > Trackies!.

    • @davcaefasdf
      @davcaefasdf 9 лет назад +2

      Creative Ziggy That's what I thought!

    • @aprilblenk
      @aprilblenk 9 лет назад +2

      Creative Ziggy I say both. Both are pretty accurate.

    • @Jess-dv7uz
      @Jess-dv7uz 9 лет назад

      +Creative Ziggy yea its both trackies or trackie dacks

    • @SwatZombie
      @SwatZombie 8 лет назад +5

      +Creative Ziggy
      I've always said tracky dacks

    • @Kersplat007
      @Kersplat007 8 лет назад

      +Buck Andrews same u from -'Aussie' I am

  • @2tube2
    @2tube2 9 лет назад +15

    This is amazing! Ya'll should have included totally and suspicious. My ex used to say totes sus all the time!

  • @devs2923
    @devs2923 5 лет назад +1

    Hey it was very helpful can we get list of all these words in videos so it can be more useful for beginners like me. Thanks great stuff mate.

  • @conandis5542
    @conandis5542 2 года назад +1

    I used to work in IT with a guy from Bangladesh. We taught him to say "flat out mate" meaning he was really busy doing his work! So funny 😂😂