Aussie English
Pete Smissen
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!
Episodes
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Nov 20, 2016 • 9min
Pronunciation: Contracting HAS onto NOUNS & INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
Send us a textIn this Pronunciation episode of Aussie English I show you how contracting HAS onto NOUNS and INDEFINITE PRONOUNS is easy!
Nov 20, 2016 • 17min
Pronunciation: Contracting HAS & HAVE onto THIS, THAT, THESE & THOSE
Send us a textIn this Pronunciation episode of Aussie English I show you how contracting HAS & HAVE onto THIS, THAT, THESE & THOSE is easy!
Nov 19, 2016 • 13min
Pronunciation: Contracting HAS onto HE, SHE & IT
Send us a textIn this Pronunciation episode of Aussie English I teach you how natives contract HAS onto HE, SHE and IT.
Nov 19, 2016 • 15min
Pronunciation: Contracting HAVE onto I, YOU, WE & THEY
Send us a textIn this Pronunciation episode of Aussie English I show you guys how to contract the word HAVE onto the pronouns I, YOU, WE and THEY.
Nov 17, 2016 • 10min
Walking With Pete: Plans for an Aussie English membership page
Send us a textIn this Aussie English episode of Walking With Pete I tell you guys about what I've been up to recently as well as my recent plans to develop an online membership page for Aussie English.
Nov 14, 2016 • 10min
Australia's Emu Wars
Send us a textIn 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 13, 2016 • 7min
Using The Rain Radar
Send us a textIn 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 12, 2016 • 14min
Like A Native: A fair call / Fair call!
Send us a textIn 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 6, 2016 • 11min
Expression: To have a crack at something
Send us a textIn 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 5, 2016 • 16min
Expression: To cotton on to something
Send us a textIn this episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to use the expression "To cotton on to something".
