Quote:
Originally Posted by Reyben
Interesting- Australian slang seems basically composed of taking a word and adding "ie/y" to the end of it.
|
If you go back to the original post, you'll see that it also mentions, as SneakySnake does, the penchant for adding "-o". However, the context that this arose from was merely extracting that "ie/y" aspect (which is not just addition, but also often a shortening of the initial word/phrase) of Strine. If you google some "Strine" you will find that although this aspect is a significant part it's not the all of it.
Also, when I originally posted the list, I excluded words I was unfamiliar with, or just would be ever unlikely to use. We've our own regional stuff going on too. Coincidentally, I just found a 35mm slide that my mother-in-law had labelled "kangas", as opposed to "roos".
Cheers,
Marc