England and America have been called "two countries separated by a common language", but if the befuddled looks I get sometimes are anything to go by the same can be said of Australia and America. I've dropped most of these abbreviations from my speech (because of the aforementioned befuddlement), but I was still surprised just how many there are:
Surprisingly the video doesn't include the most famous Australian contraction of all: the word "selfie" was coined by an Australian.
That's all for this week! Avagoodweekend, and we'll see you back here on Mond'y. Cheers!
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