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Is that English? I know that what we call a run in the nylons, they call a ladder. But what do they call a ladder?

Okay, let's start with eskie: it's a portable cooler you take out with you to keep drinks and meats cool, you pack it with ice and all the necessary things you'll need while you're out. An eskie is especially useful when going to a barbie or a picnic because it also doubles as a seat.

A chook is a chicken, any variety, cooked or alive.

A sanger is what a lot of Aussies call sandwiches, but I've also heard sambo.

I have no idea why we call most of these things the way we do, but Aussies tend to shorten everything as well. That's why we'll talk about the tellie, pressies at Christmas (some will even call it Chrissie), taking the dog for a walkie and other silly stuff like that. Such as place names. Why go to all the trouble of saying the word Fremantle, when everyone will know what you mean when you say Freo, and so on.

I guess we're basically lazy, or perhaps we're just so laid back we can't be bothered speaking with the correct English. Esky was a brand name, as far as I know, of a cooler. Hope this helps. ;-)

Unhand me Yankee!!! Okay here goes an oik is an unpleasant uneducated person.

Tickety boo is Scottish slang it's just a phrase that means everything is going well, I think it might have originated from the phrase everything's ticking over nicely.

Artex is a brand name for a paint effect, all it is, is a pattern made in plaster used on ceilings or walls (it's a very 80's thing and ugly beyond belief.)

Chery Squishee- is an american thing it's a drink made out of syrup and crushed ice. We call them Slush puppies over here but I was just borrowing it as a reference to the TV show the Simpsons. The Indian clerk in the Simpsons always asks people if they would like a squishee...

Wanky- derived from a swear word, wank itself is a slang word for masturbation but most of the time over here we don't use it in this sense; if someone is a wanker he is annoying and we strongly dislike them. If it's an inanimate object we dislike; it's wank, which leads us to wanky which I use all the time to express my displeasure, in much the same way that people might say something is sh!t.

Sorry to profane in your diary, but you did ask! So are you going to teach us some American words?

Rachel off to wash her mouth out

As a fellow yank, I have determined that we don't speak English, we speak American ;) There is enough difference to create a barrier.