For instance, Australians would pronounce “good day” as “g'day” or “sandwich” like “sanga” and use “footie” as the short form of “football”, although they'll be referring to rugby. Most native English speakers will pronounce all the syllables in “Australia,” but Aussies say “straya” instead.
Americans say these words with an /ɑ/ vowel, the same vowel as in words like “call” and “father”, whereas Canadians say these words with more of an /æ/ vowel, like “cat” and “sad”. As a result, what Americans say as “pɑsta” becomes “pæsta”, and “sɑlsa” becomes “sælsa”.
Although “ pom” (especially whinging pom) originally only applied to Englishmen who had newly emigrated to Australia, it's now used to refer to Britons in general. Australians can be called Aussies, Ozzies or more formally antipodeans. The term “wild colonial boys” (after the eponymous ballad) has fallen into disuse.
This makes the /l/ sound like /ʊ/. The tendency for some /l/ sounds to become vowels is more common in South Australian English than that of other states. Milk, for example, in South Australia has a vocalised /l/, leading to the pronunciation [mɪʊ̯k], whereas in other states the /l/ is pronounced as a consonant.
That being said, let's start with something most of us will probably have sitting in the fridge or pantry: ketchup. Ketchup is underrated. We call it tomato sauce in Australia. Or just “sauce”.
Australians, however, invariably use the word prawn rather than shrimp. Because the commercial was commissioned for broadcast in the United States, the change was made to limit audience confusion.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “Pom” and “Pommy” were first used in the 1910s to refer to English/British people. The most likely derivation is by rhyming slang, from “immigrant” via “pomegranate”. So, while 100 years ago most Australians had British ancestry, a Pom was a recent immigrant from Britain.
Mate. “Mate” is a popular word for friend. And while it's used in other English-speaking countries around the world, it has a special connection to Australia. In the past, mate has been used to address men, but it can be gender-neutral.
The settlers who arrived in Australia were mainly from London or Ireland, therefore, as you will notice, both British and Australian English are quite similar in spelling. However, the same cannot be said about pronunciation and vocabulary.
Americans do not generally call spaghetti noodles, they are more apt to call the noodles by their particular type. Penne, spaghetti, angel hair, rotini, or generally even more popular; Pasta, etc. On the other hand, True American Italians call the sauce, gravy, and pasta is usually referred to as macaroni....
