Some Words We Lost Down the Back of the Couch
If I could give one thing to America, it would be a gift basket of words it has forgotten it ever had.
Tag: Australian English
As You Grow, Some Old Shoots Must Wither
Bushwalk is such a gloriously Aussie word. While Americans vigorously hike and the English ramble or roam, Australians, mate, we just go for a walk, you know, in the bush.
Scarfing the Chips on Our Shoulders
There is a strong reflection of the Australian character in the words we use to describe taking and eating food. We pilfer, snaffle or filch; and then scarf it down before anyone notices.
English, across the zees
Oh, that hurt. I have Americanized my website, swapping esses for zees, swapping licence for license and removing that all-important letter u from color.
English’s tiny, moving parts
You would think English would throw up a shorter word than smidgen to mean something small or insignificant.