Strine

Strine is how Aussies pronounce Australian, and gives its name to the country’s unique brand of English.
「ストライン」とは、オーストラリア人が「 Australian 」を発音したときの響きで、そこから同国独特の英語を指す名前として使われるようになりました

  • It Would be Roo-d Not to Include…

    Having looked at the emu, one of the stars of the Australian coat of arms in our previous post, it would be rude not to look at the other half of the emblem, the kangaroo. Roos are also the national animal of Australia. And here’s a gallery of greys to help make your day. (Of course, we shouldn’t forget that kangaroos are also the inspiration for this site, kangaeroo, the thinking kangaroo.

  • We Are Not Emus-ed

    Emus are huge, flightless birds endemic to Australia. They’re also featured on the country’s coat of arms, together with the kangaroo, with both creatures selected because they are physically incapable of taking a step backward, meaning they can only advance. Emus are one of Australia’s myriad glorious birds and trail only the ostrich as the world’s largest birds. They’re also capable of running up to 50 km/h! The link with dinosaurs also becomes pretty obvious just by looking at these creatures. Emus are also known to have controlled the late British comedian Rod Hull.

  • You Know You’re Australian If…

    A decade or so ago, Sydney comedian Richard Glover wrote a fairly comprehensive list of typical Australian behaviors that is usually reprinted around this time of year, heading into Australia Day on January 26. Kangaeroo joints the throng of reprinters by adding the list here. You know you’re Australian if: You know the meaning of the word “girt”. You believe that stubbies can be either drunk or worn. You understand that, should an Australian prime minister attempt to invent a nickname for himself, the nation would respond by choosing its own moniker, somewhat less flattering. You believe the best-looking people in the world are those wearing the uniform of the…

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    No Wonder the Wallabies Were Wallies in RWC2019

    Australia’s rugby team, the Wallabies, were ignominiously dumped from the 2019 Rugby World Cup that Japan is currently hosting (and being lauded for both its organization skills and the rousing performance of its unfancied team). The Wallabies lost badly to England in a quarter final, mostly because they were not good enough as a team. But Kangaeroo.com has also discovered another reason for the Wallabies’ woes. Gorgeous Jindaiji Temple, which supported the Wallabies’ woeful World Cup, is situated in the Tokyo suburb of Chofu, location of the Aussies’ group stage loss against Wales on September 29 that effectively derailed their campaign on the field. Jindaiji had proudly displayed Wallabies jerseys…

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    RIP to a Ripper Bloke, Bob Hawke

    Australia’s last man of the people to become prime minister is no longer. Robert James Lee “Bob” Hawke died earlier this week, just two days before his beloved Australian Labor Party is expected to re-take office in the May 18 federal election following six years of misrule by an incompetent Liberal–National Party coalition government. Hawke was 89. He was a popular prime minister whose time in office went from 1983 to 1991. He remains the longest-serving Labor prime minister in Australian history. Hawkey didn’t really have much to do with Japan during his time in office. Perhaps the closest project involving Japan was the disastrous Multifunction Polis proposal that sparked…

  • 世界最高ＥＶがKangarooだ！

    イタリアのデザイン事務所が手掛けたGFG Style社は、この度世界で最も格好いいＥＶお披露目した。 同社は、今進行中のジェネバ国際モーターショーにてKangarooという超いきている電気自動車 （ＥＶ）を展示している。 Kangaroo車が最速時速が250キロであり、1回分の充電で走行距離が約450キロとされています。 やっぱ、kangarooがどんな形でもかっこいいよね。

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    Thwack! Roo Taking No Nonsense From Paraglider

    An Aussie paraglider copped a shellacking from the national symbol recently, going global with a video showing a kangaroo attacking him as he landed near Canberra. The paraglider offered a warm welcome to the ‘roo only for the mean marsupial to pounce at the intruder and let loose with a couple of decent whacks. The kangaroo bounded off, leaving the paraglider unharmed except for a case of hurt pride and footage that has not gone viral.

  • Kangaroos Played a Part in Germans Being Big in South America BEFORE World War II

    Postwar South America became somewhat notorious as a haven for Germans fleeing the defeat of the Third Reich in World War II, but some Teutonic types had already made it big in Argentina before the Nazis…and kangaroos had something to do with it, albeit an extremely minor role. Kangaroos served as an advertising figure for Sarrasani, a world-famous German circus between the wars. Sarrasani was formed in the German city of Dresden in 1901 by Hans Stosch, a clown with the stage name Giovanni Sarrasani. The circus was best-known for its elephants, but also employed lots of “exotic” peoples such as Japanese, Javanese and Sioux Native Americans, as well as…

  • 豪干ばつで「ゾンビ・カンガルー」が表れた！

    　オーストラリアニューサウスウェールズ州全体が干ばつ状態と州政府が宣告した。 　非常事態となっている。 　干ばつそのもの記録的に悪い。 　農業などが苦しんでいる。 　家畜をはじめ、動物続々と飢えている。 　そのうち、ニューサウスウェールズ州西部には立ったままのカンガルーの骸骨が見つけられた。 　まるでゾンビ・カンガルーに見えている。 　国政府が地球温暖化に消極的な姿勢を示しているので、農家に助成金を大量にばらまいてものの、環境対策が不十分と批判の声が多い。