Name: Australian vs British SLANG | English Vocabulary and phrases with Lucy!
Uploaded: 2016-12-16T01:54:50.000Z
Duration: 5 min 26 s
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Hi everyone! Welcome to another mmmEnglish video.

Adverbs of degree

they'll be very excited to see us together!

Yeah, surprise! So some of you might have

It was OK, but... [You were pretty good actually!]  Really? [Yeah!]

Well, right now in this video I'm going to be

I'm holidaying in London and Lucy's from London, but I'm

[I'm looking forward to it! Let's get started!]  OK, let's get going!

I've got my list here! So, the first one that I'm

'arvo', 'arvo', 'arvo'. Is it like avocado?

example? "I'll see you this arvo!" Afternoon!

Yes! It's really common "I'll see you this arvo."

God! I would have no idea is someone said that to me!

OK, let's go another one! Let's talk about

Just add an 'O' to everything in Australia!  'Servo'...

'bottle-o' ['arvo', 'avo']. OK, is a 'bottle-o' a bottle? Of wine?

It's a bottle shop. So, if you're going to

go to the 'bottle-o', you would get wine!

OK, so a 'bottle-o' is the bottle shop...

Yeah... You guys call it an off-licence, don't you? [Off-licence, yes.]

No, it's a service station. Like a petrol station

Yes! 'Servo' [My Lord!]  Add an 'O' to everything!

OK, 'servo'! Service Station! [Hot tip!] Yeah, it makes sense! It makes sense!

OK, what's next? We have... Oh, I think you'll know this one, this one's easy!

A mate.  It's a friend! We actually use that the same.

And we also like to imitate Australians by saying 'G'day mate!'

'G'day mate!'  If you were going to imitate an Australian,

you'd be like, 'maaaaaate'!  That's perfect!

Next one is... What if i said i was going

bush?  Are you going out? To the countryside?

Australian people say "we're going bush"!  There's no preposition or anything! You're just going

bush! I think you probably know this one. It's quite

Yes. So, what do you call thongs (the underware ones)?

Ummm... G-strings. Oh yeah! G-strings! I remember I

No, no it's not.   [Not just a curry, a durry!] a delicious curry!

Not quite as good as a delicious curry! I'm going to have a 'durry'... Is that a poo?

No! But it sounds like it should be! No idea!

It's also... It could be a 'dart'. [A rush?] No! These are

word for a cigarette.  You'd call a cigarette a 'durry'? We'd call it a

Or a... [umm] the ones that you roll: 'rollies'!

So, basically to speak Australian, you have to

end everything in either 'O' or 'E'  Yeah, or 'A'.

If I said I'm going to grab a 'sanga'...  Sandwich!

I didn't do too badly, did I?  No, not at all! You actually did

so well done! So, that was Australian slang.

Thank you, Lucy for helping me out that one!

check out the video on Lucy's channel that

my skills with British slang, so... She's pretty good!

[Hmm]... but the link to Lucy's channel is

just underneath this video in the description

pronunciation and conversation training courses.

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