Aussie English From The Sticks

LISTEN TO THIS EPISODEG'day! Welcome back Are you a subscriber to my podcast? Did you realise there is a full transcript for you to read along with? Just visit my blog at aus-eng.blogspot.comI'd really like to read your comments too, so please leave them on the blog.Before we get started I should explain the title of this podcast. Aussie English from the sticks! I guess you already know what Aussie English is - that's what I'm speaking now. What does From the Sticks mean? Well in Aussie English, "the sticks" is a term referring to a remote or rural part of Australia. If I say "I live out in the sticks", it means I live in the country side.So, next question. What do you call those nasty little insects that suck your blood in the summer time? Mosquitos!In Australia, we like to shorten words and make them, you know, kind of cute. So you'll hear us call these insects Mozzies. E.g. "Far out! There's flippin mozzies everywhere!"You see, Australians become AussiesMosquitos become MozziesMen in motorcycle gangs