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This sign has been up in the Harajuku district of Tokyo for a long time. This is a tourist area, so it comes as a bit of a surprise.
Betcha it won’t be around in 2020.

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  • Tinned Food

    Tinned food is the Strine for food, or tucker, in a can. Like most forms of English that derive from British English, Strine prefers using tin over can, but both words are understood to mean the same thing. Tinned food は、ストラインで“缶入りの食べ物”、つまり“タッカー（食べ物）”を指す言い方です。イギリス英語の影響を受けた多くの英語と同じく、ストラインでは can より tin を好んで使いますが、どちらの語も同じ意味として理解されています。

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    Australian Ambassador Urges Japanese TPP Involvement

    Australian Ambassador to Japan Bruce Miller has implored Japan to actively engage in negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Miller, during an interview with a Japanese newspaper during the week, called the relationship between the two countries a “win-win” one, then went on to urge Japan to grow, saying that Asia could not grow without Japan. Miller spoke to the newspaper about the recently released white paper, “Australia in the Asian Century,” in which Japan was named as an important partner for Australia. Miller said that Australia can contribute to Asia in many ways, helping with economic growth through the stable supply of natural resources and contributing to regional security….

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    「やばいリンガル」 Sport

    　オーストラリアはスポーツ大国に間違いない。sportも典型的なオージー英語として使われる言葉だが、他の英語圏での意味と全く違う。どのように違うか見てみよう。 Australia is undoubtedly a sporting power, but sport in Strine, or Australian English, has a completely different meaning compared to when the word is used in other forms of English. Read on to find out how.

  • Queen/女王様

    Queen Australian English The Queen, referring to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Australia became an independent country in 1901, but remains in the Commonwealth and Queen Elizabeth II is officially the country’s head of state. 日本語 女王様。厳密にいえば、イギリスのエリザベス２世のこと。オーストラリアは、元々イギリスのいくつかの植民地だった（今の州）が、１９０１年にこれらが連邦国となり、独立した。とはいえ、まだ英国連邦に加盟し、正式な国家元首が女王様だ（というか、イギリスで統治している国王がそうだけど、今はまだ女王だ）。 Plain English Queen Elizabeth Strine Dictionary

  • Not Getting Work

    Work has trickled off. I am applying for jobs, but nobody is interested in me with my reputation. School is keeping me busy. I need this. I am cooking for the girls. They hate my cooking, but are being brave and eating it without complaint through kindness for me.

  • Chunder/反吐

    chunder Australian English To vomit, throw up, regurgitate. Also called a “technicolor yawn,” or “driving the porcelain bus.” 日本語 反吐する。げろする。また、同意味としてtechnicolor yawn 「直訳：テクニカラーあくび」とdriving the porcelain bus「直：磁器製バスを運転する」使うこともある。 Plain English Throw up, heave. Strine Dictionary