![]() It shows that something you have done, eaten or achieved is very, very, very good. As the miners, chaps from the cattle stations or oil rigs come to town to relax you may hear it a bit stronger. So, this phrase literally means very good. Language Australia - Old fashion outback local slang and lingo There is some unconventional English in our local dialect around Darwin. A pig’s ear is rhyming slang for beer but I’ve never heard anyone use that word. Young Australians like to replace the word very with heaps. Beer is also known as liquid amber, amber nectar or liquid gold. Tea as a meal is associated with the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and some Commonwealth countries.Īustralians enjoy having a few beers or a bevvie (short for beverage), a frostie, a coldie or a couple of cold ones. Teatime is the time at which this meal is usually eaten, which is mid-afternoon to early evening. This eventually evolved into the lower classes calling their midday meal “dinner” and their evening meal “tea”, while the upper classes called their midday meal “lunch” and referred to the evening meal as “dinner”. It combined snacks and a hearty meal and was usually served at about 6pm. For example, your Australian friend might ask you, “Wanna come around for tea at 6?” Your friend isn’t inviting you over to his place just to drink a cup of tea, he means dinner. ![]() ![]() Shortening words is a skill that many Australian’s possess and you will hear this skill used a lot while you are in Australia. The other is used in the context of don’t. The first is used to mean don’t present an idea to me that is underdone or not thought out. This page features translation of the word 'dinner' to over 100 other languages. See also Is it OK to cook chicken that smells a little? What do Australians call cauliflower?Īustralian’s are very busy people and no one has time to pronounce long words like cauliflower. Q From Peter Butler: There are two Australian phrases which I understand but have no idea how they came about: don’t come the raw prawn with me and don’t piss in my pocket. Please find below many ways to say dinner in different languages. ![]()
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