American and Australian English

Howdy and G’Day!An introduction toAmerican and Australian English

Some things we have in common:
Lots of land (Australia 7.7 million sq km; USA 9.1 million sq km)
Settled first by indigenous peoples, then by the English
The English language

And some things that set us apart:
Systems of government – Australia is a constitutional monarchy, while the U.S. is a federal republic
Population (Australia 21 million; U.S. 304 million)
The English language!

PronunciationVocabularyExpressions/Phrases

In Australia you have a coffee, and go to hospital.
In the U.S. you have coffee, and go to the hospital.

In Australia you may hear…fair dinkummozziearvobillabongDon’t come the raw prawn

In the U.S. you may hear…fugettabouditbuddyin the ballparktailgateto get thrown under the bus

Oi! Hey!Thanks for listening!

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American and Australian English

by Irina K on Oct 23, 2009

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