Macquarie and Oxford Dictionary list “brekky” and “brekkie” as the officially recognised forms. Q: So no “breaky”? A: Nope. After all, “breakfast” is the only word that makes that particular sound on a combination of “-eak”.
No, it's not some kind of traditional Australian dish, its just their word for breakfast. Australians, of course, use a lot of the same words as British folks, but they tend to shorten words a lot. Sometimes, after they shorten them, they stick an -ee sound on the end. Brekkie for breakfast is one of these words.
that Australians use for food. You will hear this word used a lot in more in country towns compared to the city. “I'm really hungry, I can't wait to get some tucker.”
dinger (Australian slang) franger (Australian slang)
Tips for pronouncing and listening to Aussie Slang
It is common for Australian's to pronounce the –er at the end of a word as –a. For example, you may have heard Australians pronounce the word dinner as dinna. Keep this in mind when listening to Australians, especially the locals that have strong accents.
Certainly if you're in the US, your mother is your “mom” – short for “mommy” and in the UK, Australia and New Zealand it's “mum” – shortened from “mummy”.
Hooroo = Goodbye
The Australian slang for goodbye is Hooroo and sometimes they even Cheerio like British people.
Ta. 'Ta' means 'thank you'.
5. brekkie – breakfast. Although it sounds like breakfast for kids, brekkie is the Australian meal everyone has in the morning.
/ (ˈbrɛkɪ) / Save This Word! noun. a slang word for breakfast.
Breakfast: This is also called brekkie by some but not common. Breakfast is usually the same everywhere though the contents of breakfast will vary hugely. Both Britain and Ireland are famous for their cooked breakfast which is known as "full" or "cooked" breakfast.
Adjective. Indicative of breaking; easily broken.
Following in the grand footsteps of similarly abbreviated words such as Chrimbo (for Christmas) and ciggies (for cigarettes), brekkie is merely a shortened version of breakfast.
Aussie Slang Words For Women:
Chick. Woman. Lady. Bird.
2. sheila – woman or female.
While some Australian speakers would pronounce “no” as a diphthong, starting on “oh” as in dog and ending on “oo” as in put, others begin with an unstressed “a” (the sound at the end of the word “sofa”), then move to the “oh” and then “oo”.
McDonald's research found that 55 per cent of Australians called the company Macca's and they have submitted the word to the Macquarie Dictionary for consideration. It's an Australian habit to abbreviate names. So Barry becomes Bazza, Warren becomes Waz and anyone whose surname begins with Mc is likely to become Macca.
15. Australia. Language: English. Grandma: Grandma, Nanna, Nana.
Save this question. Show activity on this post. From another question I found out that Australians and New Zealanders call lunch and snacks crib.