Australian Slang

Queensland Transport and My Missing Rego

24 July 2009 Australia vs UK
QLD Transport

Once again, the weekend is approaching and once again I’ll be up to something. But this weekend that something is pretty weird, I can assure you. I know it sounds crazy to ask you to try and guess what that is, but I am going to ask anyway. Here goes. Can you guess what it [...]

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An Australian Story By A. Whacka

18 February 2009 Australian Climate
rego

I recently mentioned the Australians’ penchant for shortening words and ending them with “o”. You probably think this is laziness and slang. Here are some more examples in a short story. Perhaps you and a relo (relative) decide to go to the bottle-o (liquor shop, off license). But when you get there you realise you [...]

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