How to speak Australian

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Paul Whybrow

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Jun 20, 2015
Cornwall, UK
My friend in New Zealand wrote to me recently, saying that she was looking forward to doing something in the 'arvo.' I had no idea what she meant, briefly wondering in an arvo was a make of car that I hadn't heard of before.
She's lived and worked in Australia a lot, so I've become used to hearing of 'barbies' for barbeques, and arvo turned out to mean afternoon. One of the funniest Australian abbreviations, to my mind anyway, is that their outlaw biker gang members are known as 'bikies' - which make them sound like cuddly toys.
If any of you are thinking of creating an Australian character, you could get some good tips from this video :

http://www.lostateminor.com/2015/07/16/how-to-speak-australian-just-abbreviate-everything/
 
I thought everyone knew arvo meant afternoon? Crikey mate, hasn't the internet educated everyone? Next you'll tell me you don't know what Macca is? Struth, someone must have been lost back of Burke ;)
 
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