Learning Australian

Before I came to Australia, I would confuse Pirate-speak with Australia-speak.  Turns out they rarely say, “Arrrrr, matey!” here.  But I am getting some basics down:

American                  Australian

No problem                     No worries

Ketchup                           Tomato sauce

Have a good day            G’day! (though they don’t do this nearly as much as you’d think!)

Wash cloth                      Face washer

Sweater                           Jumper
Dress                               Frock

Flip-flops                        Thongs (you want to get this one straight)
Breakfast                        Brekky

Lemon-lime soda         Lemonade

French fries                   Chips

Cookie                            Biscuit / bikky

Cotton candy                 Fairy floss

Swim suit                       Bathers / bathing costume

Friend                             Mate

Poor career choice if you ask me

This morning as I was enjoying my morning coffee and the kids were watching TV, I saw this guy out of the corner of my eye, floating right outside our window:

He was dangling over this:

Yet another job I would totally never ever in a million years want to do!