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!
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Aug 14, 2016 • 7min
Embarrassing English Errors Ep17: Turd & Third
Send us a textIn this episode of Embarrassing English Errors I teach you the difference in pronunciation between the words "Turd" and "Third". Here's a video on how to make the TH sound - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUAYmTnWaCY
Aug 14, 2016 • 7min
Embarrassing English Errors Ep16: Think & Sink
Send us a textIn today's episode of Embarrassing English Errors I teach you how to pronounce the difference between the words "Think" and "Sink".
Aug 13, 2016 • 9min
Ep069: Like A Native - Pete's Place = Pete's
Send us a textIn this episode of Like A Native I teach you guys how native speakers of English often drop words like, place, home, house after a possessive noun or name + 's.
Aug 13, 2016 • 9min
Ep068: Expression - To Head + Direction
Send us a textIn this episode of Aussie English I teach you guys how to use the expression "To head + direction", such as "to head to", "to head north", "to head out", "to head down", etc.
Aug 11, 2016 • 10min
Learning Vocab - YouTube Video
Send us a textIn this video I chat to you about how I like to learn vocabulary once I reach an advanced level in a language I'm learning.
Aug 7, 2016 • 20min
Walking With Pete: My Experiences With Dieting
Send us a textIn today's episode of Walking With Pete I chat to you guys a little about my experiences with dieting over the last few years.
Aug 7, 2016 • 12min
AEVB Ep04: Tasmanian Lobsters
Send us a textToday I break down some of the more complicated words and expressions used in this awesome clip by The Wilderness Society about the Tasmanian lobster.Download the full PDF transcript at www.TheAussieEnglishPodcast.comWatch the YouTube video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BBshiYZkfoSpecial thanks and mention to The Wilderness Society for allowing me to use their video.Check out their:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/wilderness.s...Webpage - https://www.wilderness.org.au/The Aussie English PodcastWebsite - https://www.theaussieenglishpodcast.com/Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/theaussieengli...Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theaussieeng...If you like what I'm doing and you want to support the podcast please considering donating a few bucks a month to my Patreon.Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3096151
Aug 6, 2016 • 2min
The Alphabet In An Australian Accent
Send us a textIn this episode you'll learn to pronounce the alphabet with an Aussie English accent. Check out the YouTube video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8oZHllvVZg
Aug 3, 2016 • 22min
Interview: Phoebe tells us about cute native mice & sex-crazed marsupials
Send us a textIn this interview episode of Aussie English I interview my good friend Phoebe who is a fellow PhD student at the museum with me. We both share the same supervisor, and like me Phoebe is studying some incredibly cute threatened native rodent species.
Aug 1, 2016 • 11min
Ep067: Pronunciation - Would + Have = 'd've
Send us a textIn today's pronunciation episode of Aussie English you're going to learn how to contract the Conditional Perfect tense, "Would have" into "'d've".
