vernacular videos (6 videos)
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U is for
• ute Abbreviation of utility truck Vehicle with a two-door cab that looks like a sedan, and a tray area (with permanent sides) that is part of the body. Many towns have an annual gathering of utes for competitive display, called a ute muster, with prizes awarded in categories such as ‘best street ute’ and ‘best feral ute’. Ute [...]
S is for
• sickie Abbreviation: ‘a day’s sick leave’ ‘I’m not going to work tomorrow, I’m going to chuck a sickie’ • stubbie 375mL bottle of beer. *few stubbies short of a six-pack [mentally slow] Also [Darwin stubbie] Audio • sandgroper Resident of Western Australia Origin: Sand-burrowing desert insect • Sheila A girl or girlfriend, a woman. Origin: Shelah as anglicised spelling of the Irish Gaelic Sile, and it was probably the large [...]
Q is for
• quoll A brownish, cat-sized marsupial with distinctive white spots, a long tail and pointed snout. True Blue Quollity [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]
B is for
• back of Bourke Back of beyond, specifically inland [see woop woop] ‘The chopper will be a while yet, they’re coming from back o’ Bourke‘ • Barcoo spew Illness characterized by profuse vomiting attacks lasting days Term derived from the poor diet and living conditions in the outback (Barcoo River in western Queensland) • Bewdy To express a positive opinion for an event or object “She’s [...]
New Zealand Vernacular Interlude
‘Heaps Beached As Bro’ In preparation for the ‘medical vernacular down under’ series, it is necessary to become accustomed to some audio vernacular pertaining to everyday occurances [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] see also ‘Australian Vernacular Interlude‘
Australian Vernacular Interlude
Australian vernacular contextualized to the adolescent [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]
