G'day, guys! Welcome to this episode of Aussie English. I am Pete your host, and today I want to teach
you 18 words that will confuse Americans, if you're an Aussie in America, or will confuse
Australians, if you're an American in Australia. Let's go. Number one is "Barbie", right. "A barbie". I wonder if you guys know this word. See if in Australia you said to someone, I
would love to have a barbie, they're going to think you want to have a barbecue. Now, that could be the implement, or the machine
itself, I guess, it's not really a machine. The device. The device. That's what I'm thinking. The device. We're going to think device. Barbecue device in Australia. But in America, if you said, I want a barbie,
they're going to think you're talking about that little doll that children play with. Although, to be honest in Australia, we still
call those barbies as well. Number two, and this is a good one, although
in Australia, there are dozens of words I would say for this thing. "Bathers". "Bathers". If you said to someone in Australia, mate,
have you seen my bathers? Have you seen my bathers? They're going to think swim suit, right. It could be a woman's bikini, it could be
a one piece, it could be a man's speedos or budgie smugglers. Just take it easy Tony Abbott. In America, 'bathers" would refer to the people
bathing. So, they would refer to it as... I don't even know. I guess, they would say "swimsuit", right,
or "speedo". And then when they put that on and jump in
the water they are now bathers. Although, we would say in Australia, the bathers
are wearing bathers. Number three, guys. "Billy". "Billy". In Australia, "Billy" is what you use when
camping to heat up the water. "A billy", right. And some people may also refer to a bong,
right, people who smoke bongs will also refer to that as "a billy" sometimes too. In America, they use this as a name for someone
usually called William, which can be shortened to Bill or Billy. Billy. Number four. "Blue". "Blue", "Blue". In America, this is blue. In Australia, this is also "blue". However in Australia, you can have a blue
with someone, which is to say you can have a fight with a person. So, me and my missus, we had a bit of a blue
the other day, but it's okay we kissed and made up. We're on good terms now, but we had a bit
of a blue. We'd also use the expression "to come out
of the blue", which is referring to the sky, meaning to come out of nowhere. Woah! Dude, you came out of the blue. I didn't even see you there. "Blue". Number five. "Cactus". "Cactus". Now, if I told you guys, I went to the gym,
I worked out really hard, but no I'm cactus, what would you think I meant? Maybe I was driving my car home from the gym,
it broke down, and now the car is cactus. "Cactus" can mean tired. I'm cactus. Woah! I'm wrecked. I'm so tired. I'm cactus. But it can also mean broken or not working. The car broke down and it's cactus. However, in America, this will only refer
to the plant, a cactus, that you will find in the desert, right. So, the cactus over there is cactus. Number six, guys. Number six. "Chewie". "Chewie". In Australia if you say to someone, mate,
have you got any chewie? I really want to eat some chewie. You're talking about chewing gum. Chewing gum. Have you got any chewie? You'll see that in Australian English a lot. Barb-IE, right. We put a -IE or -Y on the ends of words. "Chewie". Whereas, in America "Chewie" refers to a certain
character from Star Wars. Chewie, right. Chewie. Chewbacca. Number seven. Number seven, guys. "Doodle", "doodle". Now, this might get you in a bit of a bind
in Australia, this might make you get a bit embarrassed if you come here and say, I'd
love to do a bit of a doodle. Although, we would know what you meant, "doodle"
is quite often used by young people in Australia, especially little kids, to refer to their
penis. Okay, their "doodle", right? "Doodle". Whereas, in America, "doodle", to do a doodle
or to have a doodle or to doodle, is to draw, right, to draw something small and just play
around with a blank piece of paper, then just doodle around. "Doodle". Number eight. Number eight, guys. "Hottie" or "Hottie" if you want to say like
an Aussie. Use that T-flap. "Hottie". "Hottie". We often use this for hot water bottle, right,
hot water bottle. So, if I'm cold, it's winter, and I want to
hit the sack, but I want to take my hot water bottle, I want my hottie. Have you seen my hottie anyway? Have you seen my hoddie? Americans will use this to refer to someone
who is incredibly attractive. That guy over there, he's a bit of a hottie. And that girl, she's a hottie as well. Australians, we use that as well, although,
that is an American influence in Australia. Number nine. Number nine, guys. "Knock", right, in America, "to knock" is
to do this. "To knock". You knock on the door. We use that the same way in Australia. But if you knock something, although, that
could mean that, you know, you've bumped into it, in Australia, it means to put something
down, to say that something is horrible. Like, hopefully, you guys won't knock this
video. Hopefully, you don't think this video is horrible. Hopefully, you won't knock it in the comments
down below. "To knock something". To pay it out, to make fun of it, to say it's
horrible. "To knock it". Alright, guys, number ten. "Mate". "Mate". Now, most people will know what "mate" means. I've got a mate and his name is Billy. I'll see you later, mate. This is what we used to either refer to someone
who is a friend or as a pronoun to say friend, buddy, "mate". In America, this will mainly be used, as far
as I'm aware, to talk about reproduction. Two animals that have sex, they mate right. They may mate for life. They may just mate one time. "Mate". Number eleven. "Oldies". "The oldies". Now, in Australia, if I talk about "my oldies",
I'm talking about my folks, I'm talking about my parents. Have you met my oldies? "Oldies". Whereas, in America, if I were to say that,
it would mean the old music, right. Have you guys heard those oldies from the
70s and 80s? Are you a fan of the oldies? Do you like that kind of music? I loved the oldies. Number twelve. Now, this will come as an obvious one. "Oz". "Oz". And Americans always say this incorrectly. They always say "Ossy" and not "Ozzy". Okay. Aussie. Aussie or Oz. If you are from the land of Oz, you are from
Australia. In American English, they think of the Wizard
of Oz the film. The Wizard of Oz. That's the film with Dorothy. She clicks her heels together. She gets lost in the tornado. I think she's got a dog called Toto. That's OZ. In Australia, Oz is almost AUS-tralia, okay. Number thirteen. "Rage". "Rage". If you... if something is all the rage, it's
amazing, it's awesome. This new band is all the rage. We may also use this verb to mean that we're
going to go party. We're going to go to this band and we're going
to rage. But, we will also use this to mean to get
incredibly angry. So, this guy, I raged at him. I lost my cool, I got really angry, and I
raged at this guy. However, in America, "rage" is just the emotion
frustration, anger, "rage". Number fourteen. Now, this is one's a bit of a rude one. In America, if you were to say "root", they're
talking about the part of a tree that is underground, right, or at least usually mostly underground. Sometimes you see them. "A root", right. In Australia you said, I want a root, you're
talking about sex. I would like to have sex. I want a root. Or you could use this as a verb, I'm going
to root someone. Okay. So, don't confuse those. It does still mean the part of the plant,
but it also means to have sex as slang in Australia. Number fiften. "Scratchie". "Scratchie". Now, we use this as a noun in Australia to
mean a ticket that you can buy, that's usually for gambling, right, like the lottery, and
you scratch the ticket to see if you've won, right. You get a few things in a row. Oh! I won ten bucks! "A scratchie". "A scratchie". Whereas in American English this is just scratchy,
right. I've got an itch and I'm a bit scratchy. Maybe I've got a sore throat and my throat
is a bit scratchy. Number sixteen is "stuffed". "Stuffed". Man, we have a lot of different ways of using
this in Australia, right. So, if you get a chicken for Christmas, or
turkey for Christmas, and you put stuffing inside that chicken or turkey, you have stuffed
it. Americans would use it the same way. However, we will use "I am staffed" to mean
I am tired. We can also use this for to be in a lot of
trouble, right. Oh, man you are stuffed! You are stuffed! And we can also use it as a polite form of
the word "fuck". We can say, "Get stuffed!", right. "Get stuffed!". But in America, they’ll say, I am stuffed,
to mean they are full. They have eaten a lot of food. Oh, I'm stuffed. "Stuffed.". Number Seventeen. "Tea". In Australia, now, "tea" can be the drink,
right. "Tea". The Brits drink tea, the Americans, I'm sure
they drink tea, in Australia, we often drink tea, but in Australia, we may drink tea at
tea. We use "tea" to talk about dinner. Do you guys want to come over for tea? I'm having some tea tonight. Did you want to come over and have some tea,
and then after dinner we can have some tea. "Tea". In America, this would just refer to the drink. "Tea". All right, number eighteen, and this is a
pearler, this is a keeper, this is a funny one, this is a stereotypical one. "Thongs", okay, "thongs". In Australia, are flip flops. You put them on your feet, you go to the beach,
maybe you go to a barbie, but thongs are the things that go on your feet. And they probably are called that because
they look like what Americans call thongs, which we call G-strings, which is the kind
of underwear that women wear that.... you know the on the underwear. "Thongs". Okay, so there's a point of difference here
in Australia. \. All right, guys, thanks for joining me. I hope you enjoyed that episode. I know you're not going to use that on any
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