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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539535" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Australian Slanguage</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">"Tis the everyday Australian<br> Has a language of his own,<br>Has a language, or a slanguage,<br> Which can simply stand alone.<br>And a "dickon pitch to kid us"<br> Is a synonym for "lie",<br>And to "nark it" means to stop it,<br> And to "nit it" means to fly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And a bosom friend's a "cobber,"<br> And a horse a "prad" or "moke,"<br>While a casual acquaintance<br> Is a "joker" or a "bloke."<br>And his lady-love's his "donah"<br> or his "clinah" or his "tart"<br>Or his "little bit o' muslin,"<br> As it used to be his "bart."</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And his naming of the coinage<br> Is a mystery to some,<br>With his "quid" and "half-a-caser"<br> And his "deener" and his "scrum".<br>And a "tin-back" is a party<br> Who's remarkable for luck,<br>And his food is called his "tucker"<br> Or his "panem" or his "chuck".</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A policeman is a "johnny"<br> Or a "copman" or a "trap",<br>And a thing obtained on credit<br> Is invariably "strap".<br>A conviction"s known as "trouble",<br> And a gaol is called a "jug",<br>And a sharper is a "spieler"<br> And a simpleton's a "tug".</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If he hits a man in fighting<br> That is what he calls a "plug",<br>If he borrows money from you<br> He will say he "bit your lug."<br>And to "shake it" is to steal it,<br> And to "strike it" is to beg;<br>And a jest is "poking borac",<br> And a jester "pulls your leg".</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Things are "cronk" when they go wrongly<br> In the language of the "push",<br>But when things go as he wants 'em<br> He declares it is "all cush".<br>When he's bright he's got a "napper",<br> And he's "ratty" when he's daft,<br>And when looking for employment<br> He is "out o' blooming graft".</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And his clothes he calls his "clobber"<br> Or his "togs", but what of that<br>When a "castor" or a "kady"<br> Is the name he gives his hat!<br>And our undiluted English<br> Is a fad to which we cling,<br>But the great Australian slanguage<br> Is a truly awful thing!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Thomas+Goodge">William Thomas Goodge</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539535" data-title="The Australian Slanguage de William Thomas Goodge" data-description=""Tis the everyday Australian Has a language of his own, Has a language, or a slanguage, Which can simply stand alone. And a "dickon pitch to kid us" Is a synonym for "lie", And to "nark it" means to stop it, ..."></div> </div> </div>
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