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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Only a resident of Oz could get away with a word like "sunnies". Maybe it's the rough and rugged Crocodile Hunter factor, or the adventuresome Crocodile Dundee factor that gives you folks a pass, but in the mouth of anyone but an Aussie, such words sound absurd. Which is why we Yanks don't say Crikey or Blimey. We could never pull it off! 
Too bad, too. Crikey's fun to say! |
Ahhh...
Sunnies, boardies, toasty, brickie, sparky, pollie, bluey, barbie, brekkie, Brizzie, bushie, telly, chewie, choccie, Chrissie, cockie, coldie, cozzie, divvy van, dunny, durry, exy, footy, grundies, undies, lippie, middy, oldies, pokies, postie, pozzy, prezzie, rellie, rollie, scratchy, sickie, sticky, surfie, tallie, tinny, tinny, trackies, uggies, uni, Vinnie's, yewy
Then there's the stuff we end in '-o'...