BS: Calling Ozzies for Dictionary

Subject: BS: Calling Ozzies for Dictionary
From: GUEST,Tj
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 03:25 PM

Hello Austrailia!
I listen to quite a bit of austrailia's musical outpouring (no i don't mean the theme music to neighbours!) and am constantly hit with words or expressions unique to your land. This is VERY pronounced in a certain little polite singer of your's known as Kevin Bloody wilson.
(thud!)
I'm eventually getting your dictionary compiled in my head, and have the basic obvious ones, but as a matter of interest, i ask you to post here.
And to throw in a second question, Is Dilligaf a word in popular use down under (Yes i know what THAT ONE Means)

Subject: RE: BS: Calling Ozzies for Dictionary
From: freda underhill
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 05:31 PM

here, in our very own Mudcat, is the Aussie Glossary

You can find it as Quick Links at the top of the page. ore

However, you may also like to try let stalk strine for some analsis of the more complex forms of Australian, with practise samples and translations to assist.

and here's some href="http://www.geocities.com/jendi2_2000/strine1.html">more strine

slonga sewe reeliza, snow use might, yaw NEVER gonna sownlykn aussie.

I'll calm bear klyter to avva squiz - onya mate navva go


fred

Subject: RE: BS: Calling Ozzies for Dictionary
From: Mr Red
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 07:22 PM

more strine

Subject: RE: BS: Calling Ozzies for Dictionary
From: GUEST,Tj
Date: 06 Mar 05 - 05:35 AM

Nice one people

Subject: RE: BS: Calling Ozzies for Dictionary
From: Mr Red
Date: 06 Mar 05 - 05:40 AM

Fair bozna eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Calling Ozzies for Dictionary
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 06 Mar 05 - 05:44 AM

As in bozna hertzagovina Mr Red ¦¬]
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Calling Ozzies for Dictionary
From: Bugsy
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 04:00 AM

I've lived here in Australia for 33 years and I don't think I've ever heard the word "Bonza" used in normal conversation. It's one of those words that gets used in jokes and on film when someone who's non Aussie wants to sound Aussie.

If you get my drift?

Bonza!!

Bugsy

Subject: RE: BS: Calling Ozzies for Dictionary
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 05:38 AM

Used in TV ads - especially in the USA to entice tourists - or for about the last 30 years in Australia - as a self parody of 'the fair dinkum aussie'.

Subject: RE: BS: Calling Ozzies for Dictionary
From: freda underhill
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 06:30 AM

bonza is an anachronism - it was used in the first third of last century, I think, and any usage after that is in parody.