Think you know Australian slang?

[thewayne]

"If a larrikin bashed a tall poppy from the big end of town and his mate dobbed him in, he might tell the police the identity was a shonky operator. The identity, no doubt, would try to hose it down as a furphy."

This is the opening paragraph from an article on Australian slang, kinda cool, and it can be viewed here, mate.

Comments

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

My Aussie goes as far as "Tie me kangaroo down, sport", "waltzing matilda" (and I know what that phrase represents), and accurate memory of Monty Python's Philosophy Department sketch. I'm not quite as good at Australian Fighting Wines, but I like it nonetheless.

And then there's "Ace." My brother particularly liked it so as to be able to insult people while throwing darts without them knowing it. :-)

I used to do quite a good Aussie accent, I'm rather out of practice now. All of my accents have deteriorated as I'm in a rural area with lots of Texans, my accent keeps shifting.