define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);{"id":640,"date":"2005-01-26T20:03:34","date_gmt":"2005-01-26T09:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/?p=640"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T13:00:00","slug":"a-lesson-in-the-australian-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/640\/","title":{"rendered":"a lesson in the australian language"},"content":{"rendered":"

in the spirit of australia day, i thought it would be appropriate to give a quick lesson on duplicating the aussie accent. the authentic aussie accent. <\/p>\n

with the help of various ‘strine’ (that’s ‘australian’ in .. australian) guides – try these in your best aussie strine.. <\/p>\n

1. “Jareedna piper wairtsed abat the bushfires?”<\/p>\n

“Eiche nardly bleevit.”<\/i><\/p>\n

2. “Jeer that noise? Wodger reckna itiz? Scettin lairder.”<\/i><\/p>\n

click here for translations<\/a><\/p>\n

after learning about ‘strine’ and reading through the many written sentences – i’ve definately allocated myself as a strine speaker. my aussie accent was very noticable over in america last year, and i was actually amused with myself \ud83d\ude1b maybe one day i’ll make a sound clip or post a video of me and my crazy australian accent<\/p>\n

while i’m at it, there is a lot of aussie slang that Regan is still getting used to.. for example <\/p>\n

arvo.<\/b> Afternoon.
\nmate.<\/b> Friend, pal, colleague.
\nshout.<\/b> pay for a round (of drinks). <\/p>\n

is there any aussie slang<\/a> you’ve never heard of before?
\n<\/p>\n

translations <\/b><\/p>\n

1. Did you read in the paper where it said about the bushfires?<\/p>\n

I can hardly believe it!<\/i><\/p>\n

2. Did you hear that noise? What do you reckon it is? It’s getting louder.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"