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Hello everyone another hot and sticky day for me and a day for some Aussie slang.
Spit the dummy: To get mad or upset over something and go off ones head a bit over it
Sprung: To get caught doing something one shouldn't be doing
Squizz: To have a look at something
Station: A large farming type property
Straya: Australia
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Yes indeed. We still use those expressions "properly" and not as slang :) Except for Straya - I have never heard that.
ReplyDeleteBugger I didn't notice that typo and I am shaking too much to go and fix it
DeleteNever heard of any of these! :)
ReplyDeleteNow you have
DeleteAre these old slang or do people today still use them?
ReplyDeleteThey are all still used by people I know
DeleteThe best I liked is Straya :-)
ReplyDeleteYeah and it is a pretty new one
DeleteHave used these slang words once in awhile Jo-Anne.
ReplyDeleteSame here more then once in a while though
DeleteNever heard of any of these until now, Jo-Anne. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMany I expect haven't
DeleteINTERESTING. I am watching When Calls the Heart - the lead man has from Australia but no accent at all.
ReplyDeleteYeah actors learn to speak without an accent
DeleteI know I've said this before but these always surprise me!!!
ReplyDeleteSpit the dummy, lol!
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