Aussie English

Learn 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!

Learn 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!

Learn 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!

Learn 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!

Learn 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!

Learn 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!

Learn 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!

Learn 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.

Learn 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!

Learn 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!

Learn 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 Australian bird malleefowl, a species that lays its eggs in dome-shaped nest mounds. Another "mallee" can also be found in Australia - the mallee woodlands of Victoria. An abundant variety of eucalypts called mallee grows in this region of northwestern Victoria. We also talk about silo art popping around Australia. Artisans have painted over these old grain silos, giving them new life as creative outlets. There are so many beautifully painted artworks that there is a website so you can visit them all! Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Learn Australian English in this English Expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast. These are weekly episodes where I teach you how to use English expressions like a fair dinkum Australian! For this episode, we talk about the expression "a rising tide lifts all boats". Get a load of these excellent activities! Get this week's top story about a koala overpopulation in Cape Otway Listen to a koala calling out for a mate Share to you this week's funny joke (haha!) Breakdown the meaning of the words in this expression Discover what the expression means Know the origin of the expression Learn how to use the expression in context Go through a pronunciation exercise Take note of some pronunciation sounds to be careful about, and Tell you about Australia's famous "Shipwreck Coast" and the Loch Ard wreck Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Learn 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 "avo". Careful, this is different from another Australian slang word "abo". 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!

Learn 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 a plague of mice that is currently ravaging Australia! We are talking about millions of mice that are literally getting everywhere - eating grains across fields, invading homes and destroying stuff. It's really turning to a horror story where a mayor estimates losses to the tune of 40 million dollars! Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Learn Australian English by listening to this latest episode of the Aussie English podcast! Finally! It's been awhile since I actually "walked" while recording this new "Walking With Pete" episode. I got a rush of outdoors this day and tell you about these special lenses that I've been looking for. Have you checked the episodes with the new studio? Let me know what you think! Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Learn 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 phrase "Aussie salute". 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!

Learn 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 20 things you should NEVER do in Australia! Yes, because like any culture, there are some things we don't really appreciate. And here's a teaser for you: don't ank an Australian for the nearest Starbucks. Yeah, that popular coffee chain is not exactly all the rage here. Do so and you earn a nasty retort, mind you. Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Learn Australian English in this English Expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast. These are weekly episodes where I teach you how to use English expressions like a fair dinkum Australian! For this episode, we talk about the expression "chasing rainbows". Breakdown the meaning of the words in this expression, Discover what the expression means, Learn how to use the expression, Listen to real dialogue examples of the expression in use, Go through a pronunciation exercise, and I tell you about the Rainbow Serpent or Rainbow Snake - an Australian Aboriginal religious figure. Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Learn Australian English in this new series of interviews with my fitness buddy Marcus Kain! Hey there, you mob! Meet Marcus Kain, or Muzz as I know him, is a certified nutrition, strength & conditioning coach. He's been helping me with my work out and I got him here on the podcast to talk about health and fitness topics. In this third episode (of three), we talk about fake natties. Yep, sounds like patties, the food! But actually a fake natty (plural = fake natties) is short for "fake natural". This is a term for bodybuilders who don't tell other people that they use steroids or performance-enhancing drugs. I mean, that's fine if they're ashamed of doing so but they claim that they're clean, that they don't use steroids at all, so that's where we draw the line. Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Learn 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 "Aussie". 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!