English Survival Guide for Australia

[boing]

hi Australienanna,

sry, but the correct form ist somebody.
"I have to ask you or somebody else" is just a positve sentence.

But hey, practice makes perfect.

In reference to the other words, you may better use http://dict.leo.org/ and check their translation. I think this will help you a lot.

After that, if you still have some questions please feel free to ask.


so long
boing

PS: I read some texts on the net to make sure I am right with this any/some stuff. And I saw a lot of English texts which were wrong. But the grammar says I told you the truth. [/b]

[Eva26]

Hi everyone!
Good way to learn all the prases, stupid words no normal person would teach you,... is the little Kauderwelsch book "Australian slang" from Reise know-how. For more serious english the "English for Australia" one. Available in (almost) every good bookstore in Germany!

[xanatos]

Never heard anyone in England saying Ta. Thought it was Australian!
How's it going is better than How it's going (well never heard that actually too)

[badsin89]

How do you pronounce "ta"?

How to order sth. to eat?
At school you lern " could I have sth. to eat please".
I guess that's to polite...I would use this phrase when I am inviteted by the queen, but not at McDonald's.

My suggestion: I take/get the chicken.

Is this correct?

[Cathi]

People pronounce "ta" like in the German word "Tafel".

Ordering:
I used to say:
- Can I get sth please
- I go for sth (in a restaurant, when I choose from a menu)

Cathi

[Yassakka]

How do you pronounce "ta"?

"Ta" is very polite British English (and I heard it a lot over there in the UK, especially by the elderly) and it is pronounced "Tah" with a long "a".

How to order sth. to eat?
At school you lern " could I have sth. to eat please".
I guess that's to polite...I would use this phrase when I am inviteted by the queen, but not at McDonald's.

My suggestion: I take/get the chicken.

Is this correct?

"I take/get the xxx." should be fine. Or "May I have/get the xxx?" also works very well.

Hope this helps.

[muffinbrösel]

hey schaut euch mal diese Vokabel Trainer Seite an:

www.vokabel.org

da könnt ihr euch eigene vokabel listen erstellen, die das system euch dann abfragt, oder ihr lernt das englische basiswissen, den Grundwortschatz auch Redewendungen sind da zu finden
also ich finde die Seite super, hab mich auch gleich angemeldet. so kann man ganz gechillt und ohne großen Buch/Papier/Stift-Aufwand englisch lernen!

[duenner]

@Yassaka:
I hated when customers would say "ta" when I brought them their orders. It didn't sound very polite then...

[Quintus]

f<i>***</i> you, you fucken f<i>***</i>,
hörte ich öfter bei der Arbeit auf ner abgelegenen Farm im NT.

Ist wohl Nord Australischer Slang für, du macht ein guten Job.

[Yassakka]

@Yassaka:
I hated when customers would say "ta" when I brought them their orders. It didn't sound very polite then...

Well, let me tell you: I just found out, it actually is informal.

f<i>***(zensiert)</i> you, you fucken f<i>***(zensiert)</i>,
hörte ich öfter bei der Arbeit auf ner abgelegenen Farm im NT.

Ist wohl Nord Australischer Slang für, du macht ein guten Job.

Great Translation
(Although it might be right - depending on the emphasis someone uses to say it. )

[turin]

I hated when customers would say "ta" when I brought them their orders. It didn't sound very polite then...

Same here...probably one of the most deceiving usages of english slang I ever encountered. I always thought, it sounded somewhat obnoxious and dismissive. Yet it is considered informal/casual/polite.

[Verena2411]

ein super wichtiger Ausdruck ist auch:

SLIP SLAP SLOP-
australien slang- bedeutet soviel wie Sonnencreme auftragen/ eincremen!

[Yassakka]

Oh, I loved these public announcements in radio and TV to always "slip, slop and slap".

Hence: Always Slip on a shirt, slop on some sunscreen and slap on a hat".

I love public announcements

Although I think, slip, slap slop sounds better than slip, slop, slap...

[turin]

Thats funny...I am completely unfamiliar with that term. Even though I listen to radio a lot over here, I never picked it up. The only thing I instantly associate with skin cancer awareness is the Cancer Council ads depicting dying people.

[Yassakka]

The other one I hear all the time in my Australian Webradio (Perth's 96FM) is:

To escape a rip, swim parallel to the beach. To escape a rip, swim parallel to the beach. To escape a rip, swim parallel to the beach.