豪キャブラリー： Veggie maths
Veggie mathsのveggieが「植物人間」の植物（ベジタブル）という意味、現在使用すべきでない言葉となっているが、学校生活は厳しいので、いけないながら（いけないからこそ？）未だに広く使われているのが事実だ。
 | 豪 | 英・米語 | 日本語 |
| Veggie maths | Remedial mathematics class | 療養学校で教える数学及び数学の補習授業 |
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Strine Gives Two Chances: Buckley’s And None
Buckley’s chance (or hope) is Strine for almost no chance. It means very unlikely or hopeless. Usually, Buckley’s alone is enough to convey the message. 日本語の意味 Buckley’s chance は「ほぼ可能性ゼロ」という意味です。 Explanation It comes from Australian history and folklore. It emphasizes extreme improbability. 日本語での解説 非常に低い確率を表す表現です。歴史由来の言い回しです。 Example “You’ve got Buckley’s chance of winning.”「勝てる可能性はほぼないよ。」 Strine Culcha Strine uses historical names for expressive exaggeration. The origin of Buckley’s as a saying is obscure. Some say it derived from the amazing story of William Buckley, a convict who went missing and was declared dead in the early 18th century only to emerge decades later having lived with indigenous peoples. Or it could have been Buckley &…
Tets-J Doing a Dinkum Bewdy of a Job Spreading Indigenous Aussie Culture in Japan
Tets-J is one of the great unsung heroes promoting Australian culture in Japan, and he’s even more remarkable for advancing indigenous Aussie culture. Tets-J learned about the didgeridoo while staying in Melbourne, taught himself how to play, then returned to Australia’s Arnhem Land and studied under Djalu Gurruwiwi, a master didgeridoo player and member of the Yolngu people. He has devoted his life to spreading indigenous Australian culture throughout Japan, which he does through his performances, his store, Dinkum Japan, classes, lectures, workshops and live performances he gives across the country, as he is currently doing on weekends in Tokyo. Aboriginal Cultural Week Vol. 2, the collection of lectures, workshops…
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Canny Kate Raises Tokyo Comedy Bar
Acerbic Aussie comedian Kate Hanley Corley‘s razor sharp wit got a cosmopolitan crowd (including superfans who traveled to Japan just to see her) at the Tokyo Comedy Club guffawing loudly. The comedian on a whirlwind tour of Japan put on a rapid-fire display of comedy focused on love, marriage, life and motherhood, using flawless delivery to tap into French, German and Swedish influences at times and touch a nerve with a multicultural crowd including Neddie* from Norwich, Chie* from Chofu, Patty* from Paris and Dorothy* from Kansas, enrupturing all comers. And commas**. She really had her finger on the pulse–and more–with an unbelievably clever and catch tune about an intimate…
豪キャブラリー： Shiela
Shielaというのは、オージー英語の象徴的な言葉。由来は不明だが、「女性」という意味。しかし、時代と共に言葉の受け取り方が変わり、現在では女性を軽蔑する言葉としてみなされるので、使用しないように。感覚としては、日本語の「スケ」に近いかもしれない。
「やばいリンガル」Lob (投げる)
テニスをやる人は、lobの意味が良く分かっていると思うが、オージー英語では誰かがlobすると大きな迷惑になる場合がある。 Lobbing is an art form in tennis, and can be something similar in Strine, but with a much greater nuisance factor.
The First Class First Nations Film Festival
For a measly 1,000 yen I got to get a totally unexpected and delightfully amazing full day’s entertainment, a couple of souvenirs and an all-round wonderful time at the 2024 First Nations Film Festival held by the Australian Embassy in Tokyo at EUROSPACE. I’ve always been sympathetic to the cause of Indigenous Australians as I’ve understood it, but in recent years I’ve developed a bit of empathy fatigue, or even borderline antipathy, as the blame for society’s shortcomings are increasingly laid at the feet of all white men. So when Mrs. Kangaeroo expressed an interest in going to the festival after seeing an ad on Facebook, I wasn’t overly keen,…
