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Trippy, the Ice Kangaroo
この頃、東京では大量な雪が降り続けている。あまりいいことがないが、その結果一つがTrippy, the Ice Kangarooの登場である。 日本初の氷カンガルーだろう!
豪キャブラリー: Bikkie
Bikkie Why cookie when you can bikkie?
Australia At Osaka Expos: From The Tower Of The Sun To Chasing The Sun
Australia is exhibiting at the recently opened Expo Osaka 2025, and it got me thinking about the difference between now and the last time Japan’s second city held the world’s fair in 1970. Back 55 years ago, Japan was keen on showing to the world its miraculous recovery from the devastation wrought on it in…
「やばいリンガル」 Barbie (バービー)
オージー英語って、多くの言葉がオーストラリア独特な使い方があって、ほかの国で話す英語と言葉が同じでも意味がまったく違うことがたまにある。ここでは、その例を数多く紹介します。今日は、Barbieの誤解について見てみます。
Lucky Country, the
lucky country, the Australian English Australia. The term was coined by historian Donald Horne in irony. He argued that Australia was lucky as it became a rich land only because of its natural resources instead of the cleverness or effort shown by other nations. Instead of being shocked by the term, Australians adopted “the Lucky…
Dag/ダサイ
dag Australian English 1) Dag can mean either a socially inept person, unfashionable; or, 2) It can be used in its original meaning to describe some dirty fleece dangling from the area around a sheep’s hind. 日本語 1) ダサイ、ファッション感覚が悪い人。 2) 羊のお尻辺りにぶら下げる汚い毛のこと。 Plain English 1) A goof, nerd, oddball. 2) Dirty, matted fleece around a sheep’s…

