Aussie English

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie English Podcast! This is no drill, Victorians, we are on Lockdown #5 😑I took this chance to give you guys an update on how my family has been trying to cope with lockdowns, viruses, and the occassional tantrums. Well, more than occassional, actually. But we'll be getting a cat! I wonder what I'd name it. Improve you...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie English Podcast! This is one of the most common errors that English learners (and English speakers) tend to make. In today's episode, I am going to teach you how to say /ɪ/ versus /i:/!Learn the difference between the words like "bin" and "bean" - or "bitch" and "beach"!First, we go...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian! I am going to teach you the Aussie slang phrase "bathers".Yes, you'll be hearing a lot of Aussies say this slang word especially during the summer season! Can you now figure out what it means? Learn what it means and how...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in each of these episodes of the Aussie English podcast! Here's another epic chin-wag episode for you mob! Meet Kyrin Down from Brisbane, Australia! Kyrin studied mining engineering at an Australian university. He then went on to work for Rio Tinto, a giant mining company. And all of a sudden, he threw all that away and chose to travel around the glob...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this weekly episode of the Aussie English podcast! I will teach you all about the English expression "have a bone to pick with someone".No, you don't have to be holding a bone in your hand when you say this expression. With this English expression lesson, I will also be telling you about Australia's own dinosaur! Improve your listeni...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in each of these episodes of the Aussie English podcast! When speaking, native English speakers tend to shorten or contract words. In this case, the auxiliary verbs AM, IS, and ARE can be contracted with pronouns without changing their meaning. Mastering these contractions will make you sound more natural. You will also gain a better understanding of what...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian! I am going to teach you the Aussie slang phrase "a basket case".You may have heard of this before. In a song? Yes, that metal-heady song perfectly describes the slang term "a basket case"!Learn what it means and how...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast. These episodes aim to teach you common English expressions as well as give you a fair dinkum true-blue dose of Aussie culture, history, and news and current affairs. In today's episode, I am going to teach you all about the English expression "have balls".You and your funny brain are...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in each of these episodes of the Aussie English podcast! Here are 11 awesome, fair-dinkum, true blue Australian English phrases that you can use in your everyday conversations! For each phrase that I will talk about, I will explain the meaning of each phrase so that you have a true understanding of what it means. Also, I will be giving you situations where...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian! In this episode, I am going to teach you the Aussie slang phrase "give it a bash".Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations. Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this epis...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen for you to learn more about Australian culture, news, and current affairs. In today's episode, We are going to talk about two naked Aussies who got caught naked in the bushes! Yes, two buck-naked men recently got lost in the Royal National Park. SES (State Em...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this Expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast. These episodes aim to teach you common English expressions as well as give you a fair dinkum true-blue dose of Aussie culture, history, and news and current affairs. I am going to teach you about the English expression "in the belly of the beast"!Do you remember the children's story a...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen for you to learn more about Australian culture, news, and current affairs. We are going to talk about dad's choice of a dead Aussie to be invited to dinner. My dad Ian, my talking buddy here in The Goss series, wants Admiral Arthur Phillip with him on the din...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this Expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast. In today's episode, I am going to teach you how to say /e/ versus /æ/!Learn the difference between the words like "set" and "sat" or "merry" and "marry".First, we go over the correct pronunciation of /e/ and /æ/.Then, we compare the sounds when used in wo...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian! In this episode, I am going to teach you the Aussie slang phrase "banged up".Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations. Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode -...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this English Expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast. These are weekly episodes where I teach you how to use English expressions like a fair dinkum Australian! I am going to teach you 6 English expressions that you can use in your daily conversations! Here are some English expressions guaranteed to level up your English:A hard nut to crackChasi...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian! In this episode, I am going to teach you the Aussie slang phrase "go bananas".No, we don't need bananas on hand while saying this expression. Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations. Improve...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this Expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast. These episodes aim to teach you common English expressions as well as give you a fair dinkum true-blue dose of Aussie culture, history, and news and current affairs. In today's episode, I teach you all about the English expression "scaredy cat".Listen in and watch as I tell you the or...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie English podcast! I am going to reveal to you my results from the Australia Talks survey! It's nice to know that a majority of Australians, despite the Covid pandemic going on, feel better about their lives. Also, a lot of Aussies would want lying politicians should resign - I think any citizen of any country would want th...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian! In this episode, I am going to teach you the Aussie slang phrase "out the back of bourke". Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations. Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen for you to learn more about Australian culture, news, and current affairs. In this episode, we get to talk about cattle farmers in Botswana who have been drawing 'eyes' on the bums of their cows to prevent lion attacks - and it's working! In a proje...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in each of these episodes of the Aussie English Podcast. I had a great time chin-wagging with these two adorable mates from Melbourne, Australia! Meet Bec and Penny, the content creators of Language Lovers Australia and the Language Chats podcast. They initially got me on their podcast to talk about Aussie English. We now turn the tables as I got to interv...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this special episode of the Aussie English podcast! The Australian news network ABC Australia recently surveyed 60,000 Australians on various topics. I thought it'd be nice for me to take the actual survey and let you guys know what the buzz is all about. The 2021 Australia Talks national survey aims to find out 'where you fit as...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian! In this episode, I teach you the Aussie slang phrase "bad news". Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations. Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start s...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen for you to learn more about Australian culture, news, and current affairs. In this episode, we talk about the hard physical contact sport that is Australian football - or footy! This is the kind of sport that, if things go really wrong on any given moment, will gi...