Tray Trees Make Bonzer Bonsai
Reluctantly dragged out of my comfort zone, I was rewarded with a bonzer trip around the Japanese Bonsai Garden inside Showa Kinen Park to see the autumnal trees in trays, lit up as part of the Autumnal Night Stroll.
Cop A Gander At These Rippers Too...
Aussie Jobs オージーの職種 Part III
オージー英語には、職業の独特な呼び方もある。米・英語の普通の名詞に～y/ie音や～o音を付け加えたり、及び省略することによってユニークなオージー職業名も出来上がった。 ～その他の職業名詞例
「やばいリンガル」 Bathers (水着)
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、水着の誤解について見てみます。
Fair go/機会
fair go Australian English A chance or opportunity. Also occasionally used as a complaint from somebody seeking just treatment. 日本語 １） 機会。チャンス。 ２） 公平な扱いを求めること。 Plain English 1) Chance. 2) Plea for just treatment. Strine Dictionary
Japan-Australia Friendship Festival Fires Up Steaming Summer
Our grueling summer got a shot in the arm from a Japan-Australia friendship festival held in Tokyo’s Ueno Park, but we’re too busy to do a detailed update. Summer is typically busy, as it is every year, but instead of relying almost solely on outsourcers, we are doing more of the work as our business is clearly slowing down.
豪キャブラリー： Stir
人をからかったり、ジャリあったり、いじめったりするとオージー英語ではstir（かき混ぜる）という。
Lady of the Lake and More Lucky Rides
Not much has happened, certainly nothing to really write about, but I have been very fortunate to get some amazing skies that make tremendous backdrops for bicycle photos, including these shots of La Cangura beside a little pond near the Tama River, which evoked an image of the Lady of the Lake from the Arthurian legend (at least for me). Futile attempts to revive the fertilizer-burned lawn have caused greater frustration. And so has taking care of the bird, which is going through a hormonal stage. Of course, my boss at work is somewhat similar, so I never know which person I am going to have to deal with on…
