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Aussie English

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 vocabulary,•Heaps of terms and expressions, •And a bunch about Australian history and culture.So kick back, grab a cuppa and enjoy Aussie English!
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Episodes

Australia's Emu Wars

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I teach you a bit of Australian history by reading an article about the Australian Emu Wars from the Australian Geographic website.

Nov 14, 201610 minEp. 196

Using The Rain Radar

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I show you guys how to use the rain radar section of the Bureau of Meteorology's website (www.bom.gov.au) in order to check the local weather wherever you are in Australia.YouTube video here - https://youtu.be/50Bg0GXKQGM

Nov 13, 20167 minEp. 195

Like A Native: A fair call / Fair call!

Send us Fan Mail In this Aussie English episode of Like A Native I teach you guys how to use the phrases "A fair call" or just "Fair call!".

Nov 12, 201614 minEp. 194

Expression: To have a crack at something

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to use the expressions "To have a crack at something", "To give something a crack" and "To take a crack at something".

Nov 06, 201611 minEp. 193

Expression: To cotton on to something

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

Nov 05, 201616 minEp. 192

Uluru

Send us Fan Mail In this Aussie English episode I tell you about all the interesting facts I found out about Uluru whilst researching it over the past week! Enjoy!YouTube video with subtitles here - https://youtu.be/gU4nYjiSXIk

Nov 02, 201619 minEp. 191

Pronunciation: I am = I'm

Send us Fan Mail In this pronunciation episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to contract "I am" to "I'm" and its pronunciation.

Oct 25, 20166 minEp. 184

Embarrassing English Errors: Wonder & Wander

Send us Fan Mail In today's Embarrassing English Errors episode I teach you guys the slight difference in pronunciation between the words "Wonder" and Wander".

Oct 22, 20168 minEp. 182

Expression: (As) keen as mustard

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Aussie English I teach you guys what the expression "As keen as mustard" means as well as how and when to use it.

Oct 22, 201611 minEp. 181

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining!

Send us Fan Mail John F. Kennedy once said that "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining!". Here are my thoughts on how this applies to me and could apply to you as well!***Subtitles***Watch the video here - https://youtu.be/V8cw_klzc_k

Oct 16, 20166 minEp. 179

Walking With Pete: I need your advice!

Send us Fan Mail I need your advice guys. I want to make courses to sell on Aussie English in the future, but to give away free on the podcast first, and I want to know what you guys would most prefer I focused on!

Oct 16, 20169 minEp. 178

Embarrassing English Errors: Salary & Celery

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Embarrassing English Errors I teach you guys the subtle difference in pronounce between the words "Salary" and "Celery".

Oct 13, 20168 minEp. 174

Like A Native: Adjective + Enough for you?

Send us Fan Mail In this Like A Native episode I teach you guys how to use the phrase "Adjective + Enough for you?" when making a statement about unusual weather in order to strike up a conversation.

Oct 12, 20166 minEp. 173
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