It's June! The month we have been waiting for. 10 days left in our countdown. Here's a little Aussie lingo, also called Strine, to get you ready to meet and greet your new Australian friends and so you won't be a complete drongo.
G'day (pronounced gidday) is an informal hello for a Mate. A Mate is a friend, usually male. More formally a greeting is Hullo, Good Morning, or Good Afternoon.
Goodbye is Goodbye or sometimes Hooroo (pronounced 'ooroo) to mean 'see you later'.
Onya means 'Well Done' and is a short form of Good On You, which brings us to a general trend in Strine, abbreviated phrases.
There is a tendancy to shorten names, words or phrases and add a vowel to the end. Thus you get a Cuppa for a cup of coffee or tea. Names become Lizzie or Johnno for example.
Well that should get you Blokes and Sheilas started.
Oh, what's a drongo? An inept or embarassing person. It's used like we would use dimwit or loser.
Hooroo.
