I suppose you may be wondering what the hell STRINE is? Its actually the official language of Australians. You thought we all spoke English eh? Well you could be forgiven for thinking that. But most people who have come to visit us know that it isn't really English that we speak. We talk Auspeak. Or Strine !! (say Australian over and over and over again really quickly… see what you come up with!!)

Otherwise here are a few of my favourites.

Arvo: afternoon "you coming over this arvo?"

Bloke: male Aussie "He's a great bloke"

Bludger: A derogative term for a lazy person. "Ya stupid bludger"

Bonza: Great, wonderful "That's bonza"

Dag: this is an Aussie term of endearment. It really means the flyblown sac, hanging of a sheep's butt. "You silly dag" … "Gawd you're a dag"

Drongo: Idiot, fool, silly person. "You're a real drongo"

Dunny: toilet. "Just going to the dunny"

Galah: Idiot, fool, silly person. "Don't be a galah"

G'Day: hello, hi, howdy, Good day

Grouse: Excellent. "wow.. that’s grouse"

Mozzie: mosquitoes "Geez, the mozzies are bad"

Mug: Idiot, fool, silly person. "what a mug" (comes from mugwump).

Sheila: What Ausmales name us females. Sometimes they call each other this too. "Where's ya sheila?"… "You're acting like a real sheila, mate"

Skite: someone who brags heaps or boasts. "What a skite!"

Straya: Where Stralians live

Some strine sayings.

Sticky beak: have a look at.. or someone who is nosy

Fair dinkum: for real

Dead set: really and truly.

Come in spinner: Exclamation to someone you have just fooled.

She'll be right: Everything will be okay.

China plate: mate

Trouble and strife: wife

Hard Yakka: hard work

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