[General] How to speak like Australian

[summerheart32]

How to speak like Australian.
If someone say G'Day to me, how to answer?
Should I say G'Day too?

 

[teechar]

How can I learn to speak like an Australian?
If someone says G'Day to me, how [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] should I answer?
Should I say G'Day too?

Yes, you can. Alternatively, you can say hi or hello.

 

[andrewg927]

Do you know what a "cuppa" means? I learned it on a TV show with an Australian guest.

 

[emsr2d2]

"Cuppa" isn't exclusive to AusE. It's used all across the UK.

 

[andrewg927]

Oh, really. I remember the Aussie guest said "I'm gonna test you on Australia English. Do you know what a cuppa means?" I have seen a few British shows but never heard a cuppa before so I thought it was uniquely Australian.

 

[Skrej]

'Cuppa' is used even here in the US, although of course usually in reference to coffee instead of tea.

As you can see, 'Cuppa Joe' is a fairly common coffeehouse name all across the US.

 

[GoesStation]

We Americans sometimes use cuppa as an adjective. We hardly ever use it as a noun like our British and Australian cousins.

 

[andrewg927]

As you can see, 'Cuppa Joe' is a fairly common coffeehouse name all across the US.

That's a good one.