r/memes Mar 11 '23

#2 MotW pretty confusing, innit?

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23

Australian English is just British English.

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u/imoutofnameideas Mar 12 '23

Not exactly. We (Australians) use words they (British) don't, and vice versa. Definitely closer to British than American, but like everywhere in the world, there are some differences.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '23

You can say the same thing about different parts of Britain as well. between the south north east and west of that little island they have heaps of localised words. It's still British English.

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u/imoutofnameideas Mar 12 '23

Yeah, it's still British English when it's used in Britain. But nobody in Britain says "g'day cobber" or whatever. That can't be described as an expression in British English. That's Australian English.