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different and the day sounds like "dee." Australians also use words that other
English speakers do not. For example, the famous Australian greeting is
kinds of English. For example, the Australian "day” sounds like the " die" of
language of her country-Australian (Aussie) English. Aussie English has its
most British or American people. Days of the week, however, are often
Some Australian English vowels sound different from vowels of other
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Aussie English
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unique accent and vocabulary.
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ate." "G'day" (short for "good day") means "hello" and “mate"
means “friend."
1. The Australian "Sunday" sounds like "
(A) Sun-day
(B) Sun-die
(C) Sun-dee
2. The underlined phrase "G'day, mate" means
(A) Hi. How are you?
(B) Goodbye, my friend.
(C) Thank you, dear.
3. Gday, mate" is an example of words
A) that British people as well as Australian people use
(B) unique to Australian English
Gday, mate!
(C) that Australian people used to use
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