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「やばいリンガル」 Waffle
朝起きると米・英語圏では、waffleが朝食のメニューに入っている可能性が高いが、オージー英語では朝からwaffleすると嫌われるかもしれない。何でだろう? In other English-speaking countries, there’s a high likelihood waffles may appear on a breakfast menu, but if you began waffling from first thing in the morning in Strine, Australian English, you might find yourself becoming unpopular fairly quickly. Keep reading to find out why.
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…ah, so* have a Winfield: The Tiny Tale Of Aussie Durries In Japan
A long, long time ago, in a Straya far, far away, Australia briefly exported cigarettes to Japan.It wasn’t that long ago, actually.But for several months in 1994, Winfield cigarettes, one of Australia’s most famous brands (it marketed itself as “Australia’s No. 1 brand” in Japan, but it was actually only the second-biggest seller Down Under, behind Peter Jackson), was an unlikely competitor of mostly British and American Big Tobacco companies to tap into what was still then a thriving Japanese smokers’ market largely unregulated at the time.Winfield was on a downturn at the time in its home country.Cigarette advertising had been banned from TV and print media decades earlier, but…
Biz | Strine | Unknown NichigoNissan Bluebird Oozui: When Australia (Briefly) Exported Cars to Japan
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Australia’s disastrous foray into exporting cars to Japan. For a brief period from 1989 to 1992, fully imported Bluebird Aussie cars made in Australia went on sale in Japan. The Bluebird Aussie was apparently the result of Nissan Australia’s Matilda Project, which had aimed to make a solely Australian car for Australian conditions, but ended up being a modified bluebird. Australia was, at the time, at the peak of its powers in the enormously fickle Japanese market. Thousands of Japanese tourists were flocking Down Under and Australia was on the verge of overtaking Hawaii (albeit very briefly as it turned out) as the…
豪キャブラリー: Rip-snorter
Rip-snorterほど最高なことがない。Rip-snorterは直訳すると「破いて鼻を鳴らす」という意味だが、どうしてオージー英語では「最高」という使い方になったのか分かりません。今では、もう死語になりつつあるが、オージー英語の黄金時代の1950・1960年代頃では象徴的な言葉の一つだろう。
Gobful, give a・怒る
gobful, give a Australian English To get verbally abusive or angry at somebody. “Gob” means “mouth.” In informal situations, the two words are interchangeable in Australian English. 日本語 怒る。言いつける。叱る。Gobは、mouthと同意味。気楽で話せる場面なら、豪語ではどっちらを使っても構わない。 Plain English 1. To admonish. 2. To give somebody a mouthful. Strine Dictionary

