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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Jun 19, 2021 • 21min
AE 946 - Pete Completes The Australia Talks Survey
Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English by listening to this special episode of the Aussie English podcast!The Australian news network ABC Australia recently surveyed 60,000 Australians on various topics.I thought it'd be nice for me to take the actual survey and let you guys know what the buzz is all about.The 2021 Australia Talks national survey aims to find out 'where you fit as an Australian' by asking you a bunch of questions - from your opinion about the Australian constitution, to awkward stuff like if you'd like to donate your body organs when you die.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!
Jun 18, 2021 • 3min
AE 944 - Aussie Slang: Bad News
Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian!In this episode, I teach you the Aussie slang phrase "bad news". Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!
Jun 16, 2021 • 37min
AE 942 - The Goss: Gladiators, Footy, and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen for you to learn more about Australian culture, news, and current affairs.In this episode, we talk about the hard physical contact sport that is Australian football - or footy! This is the kind of sport that, if things go really wrong on any given moment, will give you CTE. CTE stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a fatal brain disease found common in footy players. You can check out Will Smith's movie Concussion, it's about the chilling discovery of CTE.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!
Jun 13, 2021 • 20min
AE 941 - Expression: Make Your Skin Crawl
Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in this expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast.These episodes aim to teach you common English expressions as well as give you a fair dinkum true-blue dose of Aussie culture, history, and news and current affairs.In today's episode, I teach you how to use the expression "make your skin crawl", the origin of the expression, and what is funny about a bumblebee.We also talk about Angelina Jolie getting covered with bees for National Geographic. Lastly, I tell you what is a "myriapod".Improve your listening skills today – listen, play, & pause this episode – and start speaking like a native English speaker!
Jun 12, 2021 • 16min
AE 940 - 80+ Spoken Contractions In English
Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in each of these episodes of the Aussie English Podcast!In today's episode, I teach you 80+ commonly used Contractions in the English language.A contraction is 2 words that are combined to create a new word with a new meaning.These contractions are helpful when conversing to native English speakers.Learn what these contractions are so you can use them in your daily conversations.Improve your listening skills today – listen, play, & pause this episode – and start speaking like a native English speaker!
Jun 11, 2021 • 3min
AE 938 - Aussie Slang: Back of Beyond
Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian!In this episode, I teach you the Aussie slang phrase "back of beyond". Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!
Jun 9, 2021 • 21min
AE 936 - The Goss: The World's Most 'Instragrammable Bird' & Australia's Oldest-Ever Person
Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen for you to learn more about Australian culture, news, and current affairs.In this episode, we talk about the world's most Instagrammable bird -- the frog mouth bird! Tune in today and find out why this bird, once named as 'the most unfortunate-looking bird', now holds the title of Instagram's most popular bird.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!
Jun 6, 2021 • 24min
AE 935 - Expression: Rattle Your Dags
Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in this expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast.These episodes aim to teach you common English expressions as well as give you a fair dinkum true-blue dose of Aussie culture, history, and news and current affairs.In today’s episode…I teach you how to use the expression ‘rattle your dags’, the origin of the expression, and what the Aussie slang term ‘dag’ means.We also talk about Australia’s biggest sheep shearing competition and then cover the Trans-Tasman rivalry between New Zealand and Australia and why our jokes about one another often involve sheep.
Jun 5, 2021 • 1h 12min
AE 934 - Interview: Japanese vs Australian Culture & Growing Up a Global Citizen with David Rajaraman
Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie English podcast where I invite guests and interview them. Join us for about an hour of fun talking about what's going on in their life!Today is a special interview episode where I am interviewing my dear friend David Rajaraman. He is of Indian descent though he grew up in Brunei.David then came to Australia and studied aeronautics at university up in Queensland. With a turn of events, he ended up in Japan teaching English.This guy now speaks four languages and having an incredible life. And the guy's only in his mid 30s!Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!
Jun 4, 2021 • 3min
AE 932 - Aussie Slang: Ay
Send us Fan MailLearn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian!In this episode, we talk about the Aussie slang word "ay". Eh, nope, this is different from the word "aye" - careful, ay!Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!
