Aussie Slang + Pronunciation 1

***NOTE2: Some have asked about a sequel. Well, I'd love to, so whenever I get my hands on a decent camera I'll record it. Hopefully with better audio and less awkwardness. Cheers***

**NOTE: 'Heaps Good' is an iconic South Australian phrase, not necessarily an Australian-in-general phrase as I accidentally say within the video. Which is sad because I am South Australian.**

Hey all,
This is my first proper youtube video, uploading as slow as a snail due to damn dial-up speeds atm, but basically it's to help introduce the innocent the ways of Aussie slang :P
Words covered:
- Bloody (Intensifier)
- Bloke (Chap, fellow, man)
- Heaps Good (excellent, awesome, great or 'excellentey ameegoe')
- Stoby Pole (Telegraph pole - if you're from SA you know what I'm on about :D)
- and I'm sure there was something else but I forgot...
Also some pronunciation tips:
t can become a glottal stop, e.g. 'butter' = 'budder' or 'bu'er'
(it can also become a "d", probably more often too)
n can be softened (rarely)
nether/three could be never/free

Sorry about the quality, first youtube vid and I did it on my eyetoy :D

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Australian English
• slang
• pronunciation
• south australia
• heaps good
• stoby pole
• first video

[Weaselwoman56]

i dont think ive ever heard of a stopey pole though... then again im in melbourne so...

also i dont turn my th's into f's. might be some sort of SA thing but yeah.

[chrissomerry]

@Weaselwoman56 This video is pretty damn terrible and not too correct now that I look back (erm... only a year ago ;)). But you're right, things like th's into f's aren't in perfect distribution across AU, and people who do it (like moi) don't even do it all the time. Works well though if you want to come across as stereotypical australian though or aren't used to it ;)

(Yeah, Stobey poles are SA only)

[Moocman]

Why does everyone salivate over the Australian accent? Ok. Lets get this straight. The words we say are probably the same. We don't wack a million mates in between every sentence, nor do we do the same with G'Day. Try and replicate the Australian accent AND YOU WILL FAIL.

[chrissomerry]

I rarely hear "friend"/"buddy" instead of "mate" when the two are interchangeable (champ, bro and man though do exist alongside it though, but that's really just masculine-talk, dunno what chicks use), and is there actually anything else we use for that sort of greeting other than the basic "hello"/"g'day" and whatnot (other than just skipping the greeting)? :)

Perhaps a subcultural thing.

Anyway, others copying AU accent/colloquialisms is better than AU kids trying to copy US accents.

[predatorrules1]

are you part kiwi

[chrissomerry]

@predatorrules1

Nah not at all, but I think I may have been listening to Jango Fett/Jengo Fitt in Star Wars too much ;)

[atiksful]

i'm studying speech pathology(sent by my government to OZ)..n terribly having hard time. OZs slang is not a joke,seriously. thx 4 the vid nway,.

[IIoWoII]

rooty tooty point 'n shooty - gun

[ERAUPRCWA]

@Weaselwoman56 I wanna go back to Oz...

[ianfleminga]

Why so many accents?

[Weaselwoman56]

im australian! whoot! go australia!!! i never realised how hard the australian accent is to copy.... its kinda half english half american and a little bit of... something else.... YAAAY I LOVE AUSTRALIA!! hahahaha!!!! i wanna go to america.