123whisperOPMelbourne, Victoria Australia2,116 posts
What's meaning of the word COBBER ??? Is it right to speak slang language to person which English is a second language ? I understand most of slang wordings but not all and some times feel frustrated when missing to understand that ONE slang word that could make all differences between someone being nice or cheeky or what ever else...
123whisper: What's meaning of the word COBBER ??? Is it right to speak slang language to person which English is a second language ? I understand most of slang wordings but not all and some times feel frustrated when missing to understand that ONE slang word that could make all differences between someone being nice or cheeky or what ever else...
123whisper: What's meaning of the word COBBER ??? Is it right to speak slang language to person which English is a second language ? I understand most of slang wordings but not all and some times feel frustrated when missing to understand that ONE slang word that could make all differences between someone being nice or cheeky or what ever else...
. Got it!, it's more religion, stringhead and sophie will be pleased.
Australian colloquialism meaning "mate" or "friend", but not necessarily in the literal term. Can be used to address a stranger in leiu of "Hey, you there!" or "Hey ...
Australian colloquialism meaning "mate" or "friend", but not necessarily in the literal term. Can be used to address a stranger in leiu of "Hey, you there!" or "Hey ...
123whisper: What's meaning of the word COBBER ??? Is it right to speak slang language to person which English is a second language ? I understand most of slang wordings but not all and some times feel frustrated when missing to understand that ONE slang word that could make all differences between someone being nice or cheeky or what ever else...
Haven't you been living in Oz for many years, and still don't know the word Cobber?
123whisperOPMelbourne, Victoria Australia2,116 posts
mollybaby: Haven't you been living in Oz for many years, and still don't know the word Cobber?
I even know that and have never lived there
Your forgetting that your English is first language and even slang can't be too fare off from Ozzie's... Yes I have been living longer in Oz then oversease but I don't mix with Bogans who speak slang most of the time ...because slang giving me headaches and sickness if used all the time...loll I prefer fluent English.
tomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK17,106 posts
123whisper: Your forgetting that your English is first language and even slang can't be too fare off from Ozzie's... Yes I have been living longer in Oz then oversease but I don't mix with Bogans who speak slang most of the time ...because slang giving me headaches and sickness if used all the time...loll I prefer fluent English.
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Is it right to speak slang language to person which English is a second language ?
I understand most of slang wordings but not all and some times feel frustrated when missing to understand that ONE slang word that could make all differences between someone being nice or cheeky or what ever else...