As you can imagine we have already learned a few new words while down here. I thought I would keep a running list as we go and share them with you!
While on the airplane I asked one of the stewards to throw away my trash and he corrected me right away- it is rubbish not trash. Coop has been walking up and down the streets pointing at litter on the ground saying, "Rubbish. Rubbish."
- It is rubbish, not trash.
- It is a lift, not an elevator.
- You go to the toilets, not a restroom.
- You hop on and hop off the train.
- You mind your head/step instead of watch your head or watch your step.
- They are sunnies not sunglasses.
- It is brekky and breakfast.
- Tucker rides in a pram, not a stroller.
- The pound sign on the phone is a hash.
- Takeout is takeaway.
- It is a nappy, not a diaper.
- The bus sets you down, it does not drop you off.
- Store hours are trading hours.
- A reservation is a booking.
- Lollipops and other hard candies are lollies. You visit a lollishop.
- Little ones are bubs.
- You do not buy a round trip ticket, you buy one ticket and a return ticket.
- You do not have refills of a prescription at the pharmacy, you have repeats.
- Apartments/homes are not for rent, they are for let.
- You do not yeild when driving, you give way.
- You post a letter, not mail it.
- You do not get off the bus or train, you alight it.
- You hire removalists, not movers.
- A latte is a flat white in AU and NZ.
- A sweatshirt/sweater is a jumper.
- Thanks for waiting on, not holding on.
- They are 100s and 1000s, not sprinkles.
- You have a go instead of taking a turn.
- Cornstarch here is cornflour.
- Tic-Tac-Toe is called Noughts and Crosses.
- Bangs are called, a fringe
- A sidewalk is a footpath.
- Rainboots are gumboots or wellies
- Good on you means good for you.
- You eat capiscum, not red/green pepper.
- Cotton candy is fairy floss.
- You use a trolley in the grocery store, not a shopping cart.
- A flashlight is a torch.
- You wear thongs, not flip-flops.
- You wee and poo- no need to explain more.
- Mosquitoes are mozzies.
- Plasters are band-aids.
- Drink driving is drunk driving.
- You touch wood not knock on wood.
- Christmas lights are fairy lights.
- A cubby hole is a pigeon hole.
- We went to college, here they go to uni.
