Pete Smissen

Aussie English

Education EN ↓ 1371 episodes

G’day and welcome to the Aussie English podcast. I’m Pete Smissen and my objective here is to teach you guys the English spoken down under. Whether you plan to travel, to work or to live in Australia or you just have an interest in our culture, history and spoken dialect of English. You have come to the right place. And whether you aim to speak English like a true blue Aussie or you just want to be able to understand “what the flippin’ hell we’re on about when we’re havin’ a yarn”. You have come to the right place. If you listen to this podcast you will learn: •A ton of Aussie slang and vocabu...

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Pete Smissen

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APA: How do I pronounce these sounds in words like orgaNIsation, constiTUent and aMUse? 10.10.2016 5:21

Send us Fan Mail In this Ask Pete Anything episode of Aussie English I answer our listener Julia's question "How do I pronounce these sounds in words like orgaNIsation, constiTUent and aMUse?"

Walking With Pete: Melbourne Weather 09.10.2016 4:09

Send us Fan Mail Check out the video of this episode here - https://youtu.be/u5E2-kV5klE

TIL: Why Saber-toothed Cats Had Such Long Canine Teeth 05.10.2016 5:40

Send us Fan Mail TIL: Why Saber-toothed Cats Had Such Long Canine Teeth

Pronunciation: Had Not Have = Hadn't Have - Hadn't've - Hadn'ah 04.10.2016 14:05

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode I teach you how to contract "Had not have" into the forms "Hadn't have", "Hadn't've" and "Hadn'ah".

Pronunciation: Will Not Have = Won't Have - Won't've - Won'ah 04.10.2016 13:07

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode I teach you how to contract "Will not have" into the forms "Won't have", "Won't've" and "Won'ah".

Expression: To Scrape By 03.10.2016 10:08

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to use the expression "To scrape by".

Expression: To Go Into Something 03.10.2016 11:52

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to use the expression "To go into something".

Expression: In A Nutshell 28.09.2016 8:11

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I teach you how to use the expression "In a nutshell".

Expression: First In, Best Dressed 28.09.2016 8:38

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I teach you how to use the expression "First in, best dressed".

Walking With Pete: What I've Been Up To Recently 27.09.2016 16:19

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I chat to you guys about what I've been up to recently.

Pronunciation: Should not have = Shouldn't have - Shouldn't've - Shouldn'ah 21.09.2016 13:46

Send us Fan Mail In this pronunciation episode of Aussie English I teach you the contracted forms of "Should not have", which are "Shouldn't have", "Shouldn't've" and "Shouldn'ah".

Pronunciation: Could Not Have = Couldn't Have - Couldn't've - Couldn'ah 18.09.2016 13:02

Send us Fan Mail In this pronunciation episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to pronounce the contracted forms of "Could Not Have".

Ask Pete Anything: Can You Explain The Slang Terms Used In The Aussie English Intro? 17.09.2016 5:54

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Ask Pete Anything I explain all of the expressions and slang terms used in the introduction to The Aussie English Podcast.

Expression: To Hit The Hay/Sack 15.09.2016 9:56

Send us Fan Mail In this expression episode of Aussie English I teach you guys the meaning of the expressions "To hit the hay" and "To hit the sack" and how to use them. Check out the Aussie Chinwags: To hit the hay/sack episode where Ian and Jo discuss what the expression means to them and how they'd use it here - https://youtu.be/LyjjUATR_oc

Ask Pete Anything: How Do I Make More Aussie Friends? 13.09.2016 9:31

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Ask Pete Anything I answer Ali's questions, "How do I make more Aussie friends?".

Like A Native: Will Do! 11.09.2016 5:22

Send us Fan Mail In this Like A Native episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to use the phrase "Will do!" to respond to requests or demands.

Walking With Pete: Learn YOUR Most Common Phrases In The Language You're Learning 11.09.2016 7:24

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Walking With Pete I chat to you guys about the importance of learning YOUR most commonly used phrases in the language you're learning.

TIL: The Cute & Cuddly Platypus Is Venomous 07.09.2016 5:36

Send us Fan Mail Today I learned that the cute and cuddly platypus is venomous!

Walking With Pete: Ride It Into The Ground 03.09.2016 6:44

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode of Walking With Pete I talk to you guys about the importance of using up, finishing, completing, etc. your resources for whatever skill you're trying to master before upgrading to the next set of resources. For instance, with regards to me and skateboarding at the moment I aim to ride my new board into the ground, that is ride it until it's ruined...

Ep074: Expression - To Wait And See 03.09.2016 7:46

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I teach you guys how to use the expression "To wait and see".

Ep073: Pronunciation - Would Not Have = Wouldn't Have, Wouldn't've, Wouldn'ah 03.09.2016 13:06

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I teach you how to pronounce "Would Not Have" in its different contraction forms, "Wouldn't have", "Wouldn't've" and "Wouldn'ah".Note: "Wouldn't've" and "Wouldn'ah" are never written in English. When said they're still written as "Wouldn't have".

Walking With Pete: Look For Reasons To Say Yes Instead Of Excuses To Say No 01.09.2016 16:31

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I chat to you guys about changing your attitude when trying to do well in any given field. I argue that the best attitude to have is to look for reasons to say yes instead of excuses to say no.

TIL: Men Used To Fight Kangaroos For Entertainment 31.08.2016 9:38

Send us Fan Mail TIL that men used to fight kangaroos for entertainment from 1891 all through the early and mid 1900s.

Ask Pete Anything: Why Are Red Kangaroos So Ripped? 28.08.2016 17:08

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Ask Pete Anything I answer Estefania's question, "Why are red kangaroos so ripped?".Youtube video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX93bFmb9MMThe Aussie English PodcastWebsite - https://www.theaussieenglishpodcast.com/Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/theaussieenglishpodcastFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/theaussieeng...If you like wha...

Aussie English Survey Results 27.08.2016 12:09

Send us Fan Mail Here are the results from the recent survey I asked you guys to fill out! Once again thank you to every who had time to do so. I really appreciate it and hope to bring you a bigger and better Aussie English Podcast now! The Aussie English PodcastWebsite - https://www.theaussieenglishpodcast.com/Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/theaussieengli...Facebook - https://www.facebook.co...