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Sinopse
Gday and welcome to the Aussie English podcast.Im 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 were on about when were 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!
Episódios
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![AE 800 - Interview: Why How Pete Smissen Changed Careers Later in Life with Martin Ruffo from InspiringEd]()
AE 800 - Interview: Why & How Pete Smissen Changed Careers Later in Life with Martin Ruffo from InspiringEd
02/01/2021 Duração: 19minLearn Australian English by listening to my first interview for the year 2021! Meet Martin Ruffo from Argentina who migrated here to Australia. He is currently the Product Manager for www.InspiringED.com - an online learning hub for anyone who wants to take courses on a variety of topics. In this interview, I got asked interesting questions mainly focused on how I shifted careers. Because it’s a long and bumpy way between science and teaching ESL. If you want to know why I started Aussie English, this interview episode is for you! Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!
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![AE 799 - The Goss: Recapping Australias 2020 + New Australian English Words from 2020]()
AE 799 - The Goss: Recapping Australia's 2020 + New Australian English Words from 2020
31/12/2020 Duração: 32minLearn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen so that you get to know more about what Australians talk about in and around the country.
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![AE 798 - The Goss: Gladys Sydneys Northern Beaches Stuff Up]()
AE 798 - The Goss: Gladys & Sydney's Northern Beaches Stuff Up
29/12/2020 Duração: 12minLearn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen so that you get to know more about what Australians talk about in and around the country.
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![AE 797 - Christmas Episode: Pete Ian Talk about Christmas, Mullets, Covid, and Consumerism!]()
AE 797 - Christmas Episode: Pete & Ian Talk about Christmas, Mullets, Covid, and Consumerism!
25/12/2020 Duração: 51minLearn Australian English by listening to this special episode with me and dad Ian Smissen!
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![AE 796 - The Goss: How the 2020 AFL Season Has Been Turned Upside Down!]()
AE 796 - The Goss: How the 2020 AFL Season Has Been Turned Upside Down!
24/12/2020 Duração: 31minLearn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen so that you get to know more about what Australians talk about in and around the country.
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![AE 795 - The Goss: Aussie Boutique Breweries and Pubs in the Old Days]()
AE 795 - The Goss: Aussie Boutique Breweries and Pubs in the Old Days
22/12/2020 Duração: 28minLearn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen so that you get to know more about what Australians talk about in and around the country.
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![AE 794 - Expression: Turn A Blind Eye To Something]()
AE 794 - Expression: Turn A Blind Eye To Something
20/12/2020 Duração: 24minLearn Australian English by listening to this weekly episode where I teach you all about English expressions.
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![AE 793 - Minisode: Do Snakes Just Want To Kill You?]()
AE 793 - Minisode: Do Snakes Just Want To Kill You?
18/12/2020 Duração: 09minLearn Australian English by listening as I interview Australia’s awesome reptile photographer Ross McGibbon! In this episode, we talk about if snakes do really want to kill you all the time - because they actually don’t.
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![AE 792: 10 Aussie Animals How to Pronounce Them]()
AE 792: 10 Aussie Animals & How to Pronounce Them
17/12/2020 Duração: 16minImprove your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!
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![AE 791: The Goss: What Would Happen If All Diseases Were Cured?]()
AE 791: The Goss: What Would Happen If All Diseases Were Cured?
16/12/2020 Duração: 26minLearn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen so that you get to know more about what Australians talk about in and around the country.
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![AE 790 - Minisode: Aussie Slang According To Bird Photographer Sean Dooley]()
AE 790 - Minisode: Aussie Slang According To Bird Photographer Sean Dooley
14/12/2020 Duração: 10minLearn Australian English by listening as I interview Australia’s bird expert Sean Dooley! He is the author of The Big Twitch, the best-selling book recounting his journey to break Australia’s record for photographing birds in Australia. In this mini episode, he talked about ‘bird idioms’ or ‘bird slang’ - word and phrases commonly used by bird enthusiasts in and out of Australia.
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![AE 789: How To Say GDay The Aussie Way]()
AE 789: How To Say "G'Day" The Aussie Way
12/12/2020 Duração: 11minLearn Australian English as I teach you today the Aussie way to say “G’day!”. Know how to pronounce it like a native English speaker, and also when and where to say it. Practice well, mates!
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![AE 788 - Interview: Nadia Mofrads Journey from Iran to Uni Life in Australia]()
AE 788 - Interview: Nadia Mofrad's Journey from Iran to Uni Life in Australia
11/12/2020 Duração: 49minLearn Australian English by listening as I interview Nadia Mofrad from Iran about her journey in an Australian university.
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![AE 787: Noisy Aussie Cicadas!]()
AE 787: Noisy Aussie Cicadas!
10/12/2020 Duração: 15minLearn Australian English as I give you a breakdown of an online article written about cicada season in Australia.
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![AE 786: The Goss: West Gate Tragedy History of The Yarra River]()
AE 786: The Goss: West Gate Tragedy & History of The Yarra River
09/12/2020 Duração: 14minLearn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen and today we talk about Australian politics!
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![AE 785 - Minisode: One Key Advice In Learning English]()
AE 785 - Minisode: One Key Advice In Learning English
07/12/2020 Duração: 12minLearn Australian English by listening as I interview Lamont of Days of French N Swedish, who learns Swedish without having to leave Australia. In this episode, we talk about Lamont’s advice to people learning English as a second language.
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![AE 784 - Minisode: How The Death Adder Got Its Name]()
AE 784 - Minisode: How The Death Adder Got Its Name
06/12/2020 Duração: 08minLearn Australian English by listening as I interview Australia’s awesome reptile photographer Ross McGibbon! In this episode, we talk about how the death adder snake got its name.
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![AE 783 - Interview: Getting to Know the Real Lucy from English with Lucy]()
AE 783 - Interview: Getting to Know the Real Lucy from English with Lucy
04/12/2020 Duração: 01h03minLearn Australian English as I interview Lucy Earl of English With Lucy! We talk about her love for teaching & life as a YouTube star.
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![AE 782 - The Goss: Lying Pollies and Idiots of the Week]()
AE 782 - The Goss: Lying Pollies and Idiots of the Week
02/12/2020 Duração: 18minLearn Australian English in The Goss where we talk about lying politicians, the idiot of the week, and meet FriendlyJordies of YouTube.
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![AE 781 - Minisode: How Migration Affects Language]()
AE 781 - Minisode: How Migration Affects Language
30/11/2020 Duração: 22minLearn Australian English by listening as I interview Simon Roper, a British polyglot with a fascination for Old English languages. In this episode, we talk about how migration affects language. Listen to examples of loan words, words adopted from a foreign language with little or no modification, and how they evolved into the English words we know today!
