Tuesday, September 4, 2012

New Words/Phrases, Differences, and Spellings #4

Words/Phrases
Good Onya or Good On You = Good for you, Well done, Smart move
A Cracker Of = Something really good (ex. A cracker of a book or a cracker of a collection)
Spot On = Just right (ex. His impersonation was spot on)
Full On = A lot of a particular quality (ex. If someone is talking about losing a pet, one might respond with, "man, that is full on")
Far Out = Cool
To Hospital = To the hospital, they just drop the "the"
Move House = Their way of saying helping someone move out of their house into another one. (ex. My family helped me move house.)
Aggro = Aggressive
Keen = Very interested, used in the same way as in the US, just used regularly
Reckon = To think/assume, used in the same way as in the US, just used more often and by everyone
Tea = Morning and afternoon snack between main meals
Supper = Snack a couple hours after dinner time
Entree = Appetizer
Cheese Toastie = Grilled cheese

Differences
- Their movie theaters are carpeted and their seats are huge and cushiony
- There is always a bakery and/or cafe within 3 minutes of you (if not several of both and a shorter distance)

Spelling
- Cos or Coz = abbreviation for because
- Baptise
- Colour
- Theatre
- Metre
- Tyre
- Pyjama

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