The Different Lingo

This weekend was great. My Aussie Friend Mike picked me up from Bondi and we went to his house with an awesome view of the bay. We hung out with some of mikes good Aussie friends and discussed cultural differences in a collegiate manner. Over a brew or 6. I have begun to pick on most of the lingo/slang they use here. At first I felt like it was almost a second language. I have made a little list of words that are different here than in America.

WORDS:

Drunk = Pissed

Watch your step = Mind The Gap

Had a meal = Had a feed

Sketchy = Dodgy

Pharmacy = Chemist

Cooler - Esky

Flashlight = Torch

Right? - Ehhy?

Beer = Brew

Friends = Mates

Most of the words I have picked up casually in conversations. Some I have to stop and say "WHAT???"

THIS IS MY STORY USING ALL MY LINGO: I was pissed at the pub last night and didn't mind the gap to the train. I had just had a feed with my mates. We got onto a dodgey train. My friend Mike, a Chemest luckily brought his torch because the lights on the train went out. Luckily my mates were all there. I don't know what I would have done if I were solo.