British, American and Australian English

​​In a Nutshell

Tal como o português de Portugal e o português do Brasil têm as suas diferenças, o inglês dos diferentes países também passa pelo mesmo processo. Neste resumo aprenderás as diferenças de vocabulário associadas ao inglês do reino unido, americano e australiano.

Examples:

I'm organising a party at my flat.

Did you bring your thongs?

I'll go to the grocery store to buy some food.

Info 1: Spelling

In British English and American English, there are words that are pronounced the same but differ in the way they are spelt, such as:

Examples:

I will be travelling to the US very soon.

I am American and my flight to London got canceled.

Info 2: Vocabulary

Examples:

There will be biscuits, sweets, an aubergine cake and drinks.

You can park your lorry in the car park.

This is a very calm neighbourhood, so you don't have to worry about the neighbours.

Info 3: Australian Slang

Here are some Australian slang words:

• Bottlo: bottle shop;
  
• Chook: chicken;
• Drongo: stupid person;
• Gander: to take a look at;
• Fair dinkum: honest;
• Muso: musician;
• Nick off: go away;
• Ranga: person with red hair;
• Sanga: sandwich;
• Servo: petrol station;
• Snags: sausages;
• Smoko: break from work;
• Woop Woop: middle of nowhere.

Examples:

You are a drongo.

Nick off! You're annoying me!

I'm going to eat some snags.