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Losing Our Aussie Language
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It is not just our famous food icons we are losing - it’s our language. I am personally very concerned about the loss of our local words. Especially one that particularly worries me is that “bloke” is now called “guy” as they do in America, and “rubbish” is called “trash”. Worse still, “chips” are called “fries”. I think we should start a move back to unique Australian words. I’m thinking of awarding a yearly prize for the Aussie who’s most Australian in accent and speech.

Australian American
“my shout” my turn to pay
25 cents Quarter
4 wheel drive SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle)
Aeroplane Airplane
Barrack / cheer Root
Bathers or cossie Swim trunks/bathing suit
Bench Counter
Biscuits Cookies
Blackout Power outage
Bloke Guy
Blowie Blow fly
Bonnet Hood
Booking Reservation
Boot Trunk
Bum Butt
Cactus Dead
Capsicum Green/red/yellow pepper
Chemist Drugstore
Chips Fries
Copha Vegetable shortening
Cutlery Silverware
Doona Duvet/comforter
Esky Cooler
Fairy floss Cotton candy
Footpath Sidewalk
Flats Apartments
Fringe Bangs
Garage sale Yard sale
Gardening Yard work
Give Way Yield
G-string Thong
Hash (#) Pound (#)
Holidays Vacations
Ice block Popsicle
Jam Jelly
Jelly  Jello
Joggers Gym shoes
Jumper Sweater
Kindergarten Pre-school
Letter box Mail box
Lift Elevator
Light globe Light bulb
Lollies Candy
Lounge room Living room
Main course Entrée
Maths Math
Mince Ground beef
Mobile phone Cellular phone/Wireless phone
Mozzie Mosquito
Nappy Diaper
Number plate License plate
Parkas Coats
Petrol Gas
Prang Accident
Primary school Elementary school
Queue Line
Return fare Round trip fare
Ring Call
Rockmelon  Cantelope
Roundabout Turning circle
Route pronounced “root” Route pronounced “rout”
Rubbish Bin Trash can
Rubber Eraser
Rubbish Trash
Runners Gym shoes
Sanger Sandwich
Scone Biscuit
Serviette Napkin
Single fare One way fare
Skivvy Turtle neck
Snags Sausages
Soft drink Soda or pop
Sprinkles Non-parels
State border State line
(Supermarket) trolley Shopping cart
Tap Faucet
Thongs Flip flops / sandals
Tick Check
Toilets Bathroom / restroom
Tomato sauce Ketchup
Torch Flashlight
Tuckshop Cafeteria
Ute (utility) Pickup
Wheel brace Lug nut wrench
Windscreen Windshield
Z Zee

Statements/Sayings  
Back of Bourke  
Big smoke  
Booze bus  
Brass razoo (he hasn’t got) NO
Dinkie-di  
Down under  
Fair dinkum EQUIVALENTS
Fair crack of the whip  
Few sandwiches short of a picnic  
Good Bloke THEY’RE
Hard yakka  
Mates Rates  
No Worries AMERICANS
She'll be apples  
Spit the dummy  
Right as rain  
Ridgy Didge  
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