As we have seen in the past, between British and American English, there are differences in pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary. The same is true between British and Australian English!
Original Australian words come from Aboriginal words and from British convicts who were transported to Australia in the eighteenth century.
Test your knowledge of Australian vocabular with the quiz below.
Australian British/American
1 | barbie |
| a | Australia |
2 | billabong |
| b | baby kangaroo |
3 | billy |
| c | barbecue |
4 | bloke |
| d | cheap wine |
5 | bush |
| e | food |
6 | dinkum |
| f | genuine, true |
7 | Down Under |
| g | goodbye |
8 | grog |
| h | liqour, beer |
9 | hooroo |
| i | man |
10 | joey |
| j | rancher |
11 | jumbuck |
| k | remote area |
12 | outback |
| l | saucepan |
13 | plonk |
| m | sheep |
14 | sheila |
| n | stream |
15 | squatter |
| o | vagabond |
16 | swagman |
| p | wilderness |
17 | tucker |
| q | woman |
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The answers are in the comments below.
Check out the entries It's the Same Language, Isn't It? (part 1 and part 2)
1 comment:
Answers: 1.c, 2.n, 3.l, 4.i, 5.p, 6.f, 7.a, 8.h, 9.g, 10.b, 11.m, 12.k, 13.d, 14.q, 15.j, 16.o, 17.e
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