We had friends from Australia in town for a few days, and we picked up some excellent Aussie slang.
“Mackers” for McDonald’s
“Dunny” for Toilet (originally an outdoor one)
“No Wuckas” for No Worries
“Onya” for Well Done, or Good on You
“Whinge” for Complain or Whine
And the same week, the Scripps National Spelling Bee is on prime time television! Nerds like me* are in heaven this evening.
* I want to tell you that I was the spelling bee champ for my school in the 7th grade. I made it to the county bee, where I lost in the third round. (Oddly, I don’t remember the word I misspelled.)
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The kids these days use special texting language. And when I say the kids, I mean my friends. I think a grammar-freak like me isn’t meant to text.
I stumbled upon this article today, and it just proves to me that I shouldn’t try to talk my friends into using “tonight” when they would rather use “tonite” or even (shuddering) “2nite.” Never mind that I’ve posted about this before.
What’s your favorite texting abbreviaton? I promise not to judge you.
(By the way, I’m impressed that I allow myself to use “text” as a verb. That’s coming a long way.)
