With my roommate Felicity I discussed some vocabulary differences between our two countries:
Food
a cuppa - cup of tea
brew - cup of tea
chips - french fries
sarnie - sandwich
butty - sandwich
fry-up - typical English breakfast
lollies - hard candy
pudding - dessert
pub - bar, but more homey
Cockney ... invented by gangsters who used rhyme to fool the authorities
Up the apples and pears - up stairs
Ruby marie - curry
Whistle and flute - suit
You won´t adam and eve it - you won´t believe it
Get a butcher´s hook - get a look
Random
I´m a bit parky - I´m cold
away with the fairies - on cloud nine
dodgy - sketchy
skanky - dirty
trousers - pants
scalawag - naughty
australian lingo
Pass the hairy horse - tomato sauce
Doona - blanket
Cordial - koolaid
Shall we take the jadin leskie - esky, which is ice box ... this saying is hillbilly-ish, because of the missing lad jadin leskie from a hillbilly area known for having ice boxes, eskies, full of beer. case never solved.
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