So people at work have been trying to teach me "English". Apparently my Australian English is too posh. Haha! Here's an example:
Whilst we would say: "I will have an entree, followed by a main then a dessert."
The English would say: "I will have a starter, followed by a main then afters/ pudding." And no, pudding does not mean only "pudding". It means all types of dessert eg. "I will have an apple crumble for pudding."
And apparently "entree" is really posh...and some of them hadn't heard of it before!
Here are some other "English" words:
Candy floss (fairy floss)
Sweets (lollies)
Lollies (lolly pops)
Dust bin (rubbish bin)
Motorway (highway)
Hoover (vacuum cleaner)
Post-its (sticky notes)
Prickstick (glue stick)
Crisps (chips)
You alright then? (how are you?)
My love (love)
Lemon (nong)
Football (soccer)
And words that are pronounced differently:
Vitamins (Vee-ta-mins)
Yoghurt (Yor-gert)
Bottle (Bo-erl) (basically all T's aren't pronounced)
Garage (Gair-ridge)
And words they have not heard of:
Fairy bread
Milo
Milo
Caramello Koalas
Summer (just kidding!)
These are by no means exhaustive lists. There's all these other slang words which I just can't even remember the pronounciation for. Lol.
2 comments:
In 200 years time, our languages will have diverged so much that we won't be able to understand each other anymore. HAHA
yor-gert indeed.
the 'my love' bit sounds a bit creepy though...
i can just imagine it:
english lady: "yesss..... you just sit there and rest your eyes my love..." then she goes off and gets a huge carving knife out and.. well you get the picture... *shivers*
yessss....tracie....my love! muahahahahah!
is it st swiven's day already?
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