Sunday, October 25, 2009

Venacular

I have been creating a list of all the different English terms used here and I now have enough for a post. Some of them I think are Australian and some from the UK. The first time I heard most of these it took me a minute to figure out what they were saying. They now seem normal. I have a feeling we will be adopting these terms and then have to adjust again when we get back to the states.

Gas = Petrol
Bangs = Fringe
Eggplant = Aubergine
Bell Peppers = Capsicums
To Go = Take Away
Band Aide = Plastic
Line = Que
Trash = Rubbish
Diet Coke = Coke Light
Mommy = Mummy
Miss = Auntie
Diaper = Nappie
Yell = Make Noise

I am sure there are more but this is all I got for now.


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