Snag (sausage)
Chucked a sickie (played hookie)
Bird table (bird bath)
Wind screen (wind shield)
"Eighdeen" (18 - no sharp "t"s pronounced in the teens)
Been in hospital (not in the hospital)
Plaster (cast)
On special (sale)
En Suite (master bath)
Pumpkin (all squash: "butternut pumpkin")
Rocket (lettuce)
In a bit of a flap (rushed)
Straightaway (quickly/soon)
Billet (host or receipt)
Till (cash register)
Paddock (meadow/field)
Pinch (steal)
Spitting (drizzling rain)
Parcel (package)
Makes me smile to hear these coming out of my kids' mouths.
I think these are my favorites. I live in Seattle--I'm gonna start using "spitting" rain. We get it a alot. lol :)
ReplyDeleteShane leaned over during gospel doctrine the other week and said "Are those real Australian terms she's using?!"
ReplyDeleteI love that you document these!
So funny, what terms did she use?? Got 'in a bit of a flap' from you the morning you dropped off the clothes :)
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