The Australian Vernacular... Mate

[waitingman]

Here's an article about Australian slang words, tacked onto a story about an ex-pat USA citizen grappling with what looks & sounds to be the base 'ocker' accent - the one we really wish people wouldn't try to imitate, as listening to the kind of Australians who genuinely have that accent is painful enough for the rest of us. Hello to any

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[whswhs]

I think I remember "thongs" from the 1950s or 1960s in southern California.

[arashinoookami]

I've never heard anyone call a laptop a 'lappy'. It's definitely not used anywhere I've lived in NSW.

[maju01]

I've heard "lappy" for laptop but not very often.

I've never heard "shark biscuit", but I don't mix with people who surf so maybe that's why.

I'm now living in the US but I still can't bring myself to call my thongs "flip flops".