I don’t.
Yes, it’s the same language; they speak English down there.
But Aussies are famous for their slang.
And when you hang out with one, you soon realize, you may need an Australian-to-English dictionary.
Learning Australian
Hello again from Prague!
I just got home after attending a Vig Village meetup in Malta.
That’s when members of my online speaking community meet offline for more speaking and more fun.
Before the meetup began, the native speakers met for dinner.
Native speaker Amy is from Australia.
During the 1940s, her grandparents left Malta for better opportunities in Australia.
Now she’s back.
“Would you like a beer?” she asked when I arrived at her home.
“Yes, please,” I replied.
“Do you want a stubbie with it?”
“What’s that?” I asked.
You see, a stubbie is the thing you put your beer inside when you don’t want your hands to get cold or wet from the beer.
Americans from my part of America call it a beer cozy.
Learn And Remember New Words In Two Steps
I will never forget the word “stubbie.”
Not because I have an amazing memory.
But because I did two things to remember it.
The first thing I did was, I asked the question, “What does that mean?”
Simple.
But how many times do you hear a new word and you don’t ask what it means?
The second thing I did was use The Echo Technique.
More on that tomorrow.
