豪キャブラリー： Packed
考えてみれば、今日の豪キャブラリー「packed」はそれほど常識はずれの意味ではない。オージー英語では「混んでいる」ことを示すが、直訳すれば「詰めている」という意味がある。そう考えれば理解できなくないよね。しかし、他の英語圏ではpackedはこの使い方をしない。
 | 豪 | 英・米語 | 日本語 |
| Packed | Crowded, jammed | 混んでいる、すし詰め状態 |
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豪キャブラリー： G’day
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。
豪キャブラリー：Crook
Crookは英語圏のほかの国では泥棒や悪者という意味だけど、オージー英語では同じ意味がある上に「病気」「具合が悪い」や「気持ち悪い」という意味もある。 なぜこういう意味になったのかが不明だがおそらく悪者の悪と気持ち悪いの悪いが由来ではないだろうか。
「やばいリンガル」 Tea
Teaは英語圏、特にイギリスでは毎日の習慣であるが、オージー英語では若干形が異なる。どのように異なるのか見てみよう。 Drinking tea is a custom throughout the English-speaking world, particularly in Britain, but Strine gives it a slightly different taste compared to other countries, especially because tea is eaten. Keep reading to find out more.
Back To The Basics To Take The Strain Out Of Strine
Kangaeroo.com originally started as a bit of a joke site focused on Strine–the word to describe Australian English that is a play on the word “Australian” as pronounced in a broad Aussie accent. In the earliest years of the site, language played a central role in content. I created categories like やばいリンガル, which was loosely for words that were a little bit on the naughtier side, or yabai, in both English and Japanese. Then we had 豪cabulary that honed in on individual words that are distinctly Australian with the category being a portmanteau of go (豪), the kanji abbreviation used in Japanese for the now virtually archaic name for Australia…
フチューで「ナイス・タ－・ミッチュー」
There’s McDonald’s in just about every town in Japan, but in Fuchu at the moment, there’s a couple of MacDonalds with a very special story, indeed. 日本全国どこへ行ってもマクドナルドはある。でも今、東京・府中にある“マクドナルド”はちょっとワケが違う。 Connor and Callum MacDonald are brothers from Brisbane, and both professional sports people whose games took them to different sides of the world….except for now. ブリスベン出身の兄弟、コナー・マクドナルドとカラム・マクドナルド。ともにプロアスリートとして世界を股にかけて戦ってきた2人のキャリアが、いま再び交差している。 Connor MacDonald is in Fuchu as part of the Australian team taking part in the Japan leg of the World Baseball Classic, which will be held in Tokyo in March. The Aussies are based in Fuchu, which they have made their home away from home for the third time, and join a long list of Australian sporting teams to…
Why Do Aussies Say “Fair Enough”?
なぜオージーは「Fair enough」と言うの？ “Fair enough.” You’ll hear Australians say it dozens of times a day. Someone explains why they’re late. “Missed the train.” “Fair enough.” Someone says they’re too tired to go out. “Fair enough.” It isn’t enthusiastic agreement. It isn’t even saying the other person is right. It’s simply a friendly way of saying: “I understand.”“That seems reasonable.” Australians like avoiding unnecessary arguments. Rather than debating every little point, “fair enough” acknowledges the other person’s explanation and lets the conversation move on. Unlike the more Australian expression fair dinkum, which questions honesty or sincerity, fair enough simply accepts what has been said. Vocabulary ExpressionFair enough Pronunciation/feə(r) ɪˈnʌf/ MeaningI understand. That…
