Aussie English

  AFL team names and their pronunciation: AFL team name Nick name Full name Adelaide The Crows The Adelaide Crows Brisbane The Lions The Brisbane Lions Carlton The Blues The Carlton Blues Collingwood The Magpies The Collingwood Magpies Essendon The Bombers The Essendon Bombers Fremantle The Dockers The Fremantle Dockers …

This episode goes over how the pronunciation of the verb “to do” in the forms “did” and “do” when combined with the pronoun “you” can change their pronunciation when spoken quickly by Aussies. Did + You = Jah examples phrases: How are you? How are ya? Who are you? Who …

In today’s episode I go over a pretty common Aussie expression, to be “flat out like a lizard drinking”, which means to do something at top speed or to be extremely busy. Expression: Flat Out Like A Lizard Drinking We’re flat out like a lizard drinking trying to meet our …

In this episode I run you guys through a bunch of different Aussie animals that have names originating from aboriginal words and how to pronounce them! Aboriginal Animal Names: Click on any of the names to see a photo of each animal. Barramundi Bilby Bogong Moth Boobook Bunyip Currawong Dingo …

In this episode I go over the different capital cities of each of Australia’s states and territories and how to pronounce them like an Aussie. Pronunciation of Australian capital cities Australian Capital Territory (ACT) – Canberra Tasmania (Tas) – Hobart Victoria (Vic) – Melbourne New South Wales (NSW) – Sydney Queensland (Qld) – Brisbane South …

In this episode I’m going to teach you the names of the different Australian states and territories, mention where they are located in Australia, as well as how to pronounce them in both standard well annunciation English and Aussie English In Australia we have six states and two main territories. They …

In this pronunciation episode of Aussie English I go over how the pronunciation of “it’s” often gets reduced to just “‘t’s” or even “s’”. Pronunciation of “it’s” = “‘ts” = “‘s” It’s gonna be a great weekend ‘t’s gonna be a great weekend s’gonna be a great weekend It’s all …

In this episode of Walking With Pete I chat a little bit about what I got up to over the Easter holidays long weekend here in Australia and how we as Australians tend to celebrate Easter.