The term 'ute' is simply Aussie slang. However, there are some distinct historical differences between the two; the ute is basically a two-wheel-drive, traditional passenger vehicle with an integrated passenger tray to the body of the vehicle.
For instance, Australians will usually say 'soccer' instead of 'football' and 'overalls' instead of 'dungarees'. A 'lorry' is referred to as a 'truck' and the word 'pants' is used in place of 'trousers'.
The term road train is used in Australia. In contrast with a more common semi-trailer towing one trailer or semi-trailer, the prime mover of a road train hauls two or more trailers or semi-trailers.
Historically, the term "ute" (short for 'utility vehicle') has been used to describe a 2-door vehicle based on a passenger car chassis, such as the Holden Commodore, Australian Ford Falcon, Chevrolet El Camino and Subaru BRAT.
Utility four-wheelers, which Australians often call quad bikes, became the center of a national safety debate in the last year.
Boot: the trunk of a car. Booze bus: how Australians refer to mobile breath testing units. You might spot these big vans on the side of the road where police are conducting random breath tests of motorists.
In British English, a lorry is a large vehicle used for transporting goods by road. The lorries were carrying 42 tonnes of sand. In American English, and increasingly in British English, a vehicle like this is called a truck.
Ute is an abbreviation for ' utility vehicle'. [Australian, informal]
Depends entirely on how one defines "useful." Ute is defined by Wikipedia as: "synonymous with "coupe utility" or "utility." In Australia and New Zealand, the word "ute" is used to describe vehicles with a tray in the back of the cabin ".
In the world of utes (or car-trucks, or caminos, or crucks) there exist models both wonderful and awful, vehicles that balance the scales of good and bad taste across a line that is admittedly quite fine.
Hooroo = Goodbye
The Australian slang for goodbye is Hooroo and sometimes they even Cheerio like British people.
In British English, a lorry is a large vehicle used for transporting goods by road. The lorries were carrying 42 tonnes of sand. In American English, and increasingly in British English, a vehicle like this is called a truck.
"Lorry" has a more uncertain origin, but probably has its roots in the rail transport industry, where the word is known to have been used in 1838 to refer to a type of truck (a goods wagon as in British usage, not a bogie as in the American), specifically a large flat wagon.
Where British writers use lorry, North Americans use the clunky tractor trailer or the plain truck. It would be nice to introduce the British word into American and Canadian English, but lorry so far has not gained traction here.
A roundabout (British English), merry-go-round (American English), or carousel (Australian English) is piece of playground equipment, a flat disk, frequently about 2 to 3 metres (6 ft 7 in to 9 ft 10 in) in diameter, with bars on it that act as both hand-holds and something to lean against while riding.
A: While Britain still heavily favours “lift”, in Australia you'll find both words used interchangeably.
What do Australians call the hood of a car? The same as the rest of the English speaking world: the “bonnet”. 323.
Rig—a trucking term used for big trucks and tractor trailer units.
truck, also called lorry, any motor vehicle designed to carry freight or goods or to perform special services such as fire fighting.
noun plural -ries. a large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, esp one with a flat platformUS and Canadian name: truck See also articulated vehicle. off the back of a lorry British informal a phrase used humorously to imply that something has been dishonestly acquiredit fell off the back of a lorry.
Diaper is what they use in North America, and Nappy is the word used in the UK & Ireland, Australia, NZ and many other Commonwealth countries.
What Is a Lorry? Lorry is the British word used to refer to a truck or a large vehicle meant to transport cargo.
2. sheila – woman or female.
Grog is a general term for beer and spirits (but not wine). Australians enjoy having a few beers or a bevvie (short for beverage), a frostie, a coldie or a couple of cold ones. Beer is also known as liquid amber, amber nectar or liquid gold.