オーストラリア以外の英語圏では、making stridesをいうと「大きく前に進む」という意味になるが、オージー英語では同様の意味がある上に同じ表現が「ズボンを作る」との意味になる。Strideは「大きな一歩」という意味。当然、一歩をとるのが足なので、足がズボンの中に入れるからおそらくこれがオージー英語の「strides＝ズボン」の由来だろう。ズボンはdaksという独特のオージー英語の言い方もある。
 | 豪 | 英・米語 | 日本語 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strides | 1) Trousers 2) A large step | 1) ズボン 2) 大きな一歩 |
典型的なオージー英語を一言で言うならG’dayは「これだ！」という感じだ。G’dayほど有名なオージー英語はない。ちなみに、ニュージーランド英語でもG’dayも使う。G’dayはgood dayという古い英語の省略であり、スペルもguddayやgiddayなどさまざまあるが、辞書などで調べるとG’dayが正しいのだ。
Shinzo Abe addresseｄ the Australian Parliament at Parliament House, Canberra, on July 8, 2014. He was the first Japanese prime minister to address both house of parliament. He gave a joint news conference with Australian Prime MInister Tony Abbott following the address.
「ファースト・オーストラリアンズ」（英語）は、2008年作のドキュメンタリー。先住民の視野からオーストラリアの歴史を記録する。必見だ！ 今日は3作目5部中4部目。
Japan is one of the many forgotten contributors to ANZAC Day, a day that has assumed legendary status in Australia and New Zealand. ANZAC Day commemorates the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915. Thousands of young men would be cut down in their prime during the vain campaign…
Four kangaroos escaped from a farm in the Chiba Prefecture town of Tomisato, east of Tokyo, on Friday, hopping wild on the roads for a few hours before being captured unharmed, police said. The kangaroos were being bred by a Tomisato-based trading company. A keeper apparently forgot to lock the roos’ cage on Thursday night…
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