September 5, 2013

8 Reasons Why Britain and Australia are different

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Published: 5 September 2013 

Britain vs Australia

Ben saw a tweet by John Doherty of Distilled NY about British & US Words via Twitter...

Here in Australia, a lot of our vocabulary is made up of words relevant only to ourselves. Also known as "slang," here are 8 examples of why British folk (we have a few at Matter Solutions) may look confused during a conversation with a true blue Aussie!

1. Football

Football

2. Long Neck

Long Neck

3. Nippers

Nippers

4. Pants

Pants

5. Piss

Beer

6. Ace

Ace

7. Root

Root

8. Barbie

Barbie

Do you know of any other hilarious comparisons?

Britain vs Australia

Ben saw a tweet by John Doherty of Distilled NY about British & US Words via Twitter...

Here in Australia, a lot of our vocabulary is made up of words relevant only to ourselves. Also known as "slang," here are 8 examples of why British folk (we have a few at Matter Solutions) may look confused during a conversation with a true blue Aussie!

1. Football

Football

2. Long Neck

Long Neck

3. Nippers

Nippers

4. Pants

Pants

5. Piss

Beer

6. Ace

Ace

7. Root

Root

8. Barbie

Barbie

Do you know of any other hilarious comparisons?

Ben Maden

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