Cheers! So the other day a few of us were talking about how awesome Australia is, I was showing off pictures of my trip there a few years back, and then we decided to teach ourselves to talk with an Australian accent. In my opinion, this is hard. I was there for a month and I barely attempt it. We did find a few websites with tips though: http://www.ehow.com/how_2073832_talk-australian-accent.html And a video (I can't listen to the sound at my desk so I don't even know if the video is any good, let me know!): Also, here are some Aussie phrases and slang for your enjoyment. Though on a sidenote: you know the phrase "throw some shrimp on the barbie?" Well Australians don't use the word shrimp for shrimp. They call them prawns! And they say it prawwwwns. A few things I learned while I was there: Cheers- they use in both the usual sense of the word, but also to agree with something, or even to say good bye smoko- used to be short for smoke break, but now it just mean
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