bawhair - a unit of measurement denoted by the thickness of a pubic hair.bawbag - scrotum, pejorative ("That guy's a bawbag.").batter - to beat up ("I'll batter ye! 'mon then, ya dick!").Also, rarely, a peculiar term of endearment ("Awright Ted, ya wee bastart.") barry - excellent / fantastic ("That's pure barry!").Barras - a market, started by Margaret McIver, joined for the initial use of wheel barrows/"barras" to sell things from, at the Barrowland in the east end of Glasgow.Also, an affectionate term for a younger person ( A wee barra.) Also, penis ("Away you 'n' chew mah banger(!)") banana boat - used in an expression of disbelief when told a tall story or blatant untruth ("Dae ye think Ah came up the Clyde on a banana boat(?)").baltic - freezing cold ("Christ man, put the heating oan, it's baltic in here!").bairn - baby ( jist a wee bairn!) or small child (Eastern Scottish dialect).baccy - tobacco ("Can you lend me some baccy?").("We went doon tae Largs for fish an' chips, and but.")
and but - suffix indicating that the speaker has now finished talking.( So the boss says tae me that Ah was lazy, an' Ah wiz like, "Naw, Ah am'nae!") Table of Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A It's worth noting that Scotland has 3 languages (English/Scots/ Scottish Gaelic) and a collection of different dialects. People tend to be familiar with the ubiquitous "g'day" and "mate," however.This is a glossary of Scots, Scots English dialect and jargon with their meanings and, where appropriate, an example of their use. But many Israelis, and even some Americans that Shemer has met, don't understand Australian English, he says. Anyone familiar with English can get by Down Under - and some terms in "Strine" are not unique to Australia. Shemer assumes the reader has a basic knowledge of English, and guides them on use and pronunciation. Readers can also pick up a copy through the e-vrit online store. The first-time author self-published through the Israeli digital publishing company Mendele, and the book is available through its online store for NIS 27. The market for Hebrew e-books is small, Shemer laments, and Amazon still doesn't sell digital books in Hebrew.
On returning to Israel, he opened up the file and completed the book within four months. That is, until a visit to Australia earlier this year, when questions about the project from friends back home renewed his motivation. The beginnings of the book sat in an unopened Word document on his computer for two or three years. "We were studying Australian English, not Arabic," says Shemer - and the idea developed from there. During one Arabic class, he recalls, a friend even asked him to write words and phrases in the back of her book. Here, he embarked on his second M.A., this time in Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University.Īs the only English-speaking immigrant among his university friends, he was often asked about Australian English.
Born in Israel to an Australian mother and Israeli father, he moved to Melbourne at the tender age of one, and returned to the Holy Land in 2008. The idea of a Hebrew dictionary first came to Shemer, a consultant and journalist who has worked for Haaretz, the Jerusalem Post and other publications, a few years ago. Geographically isolated, and influenced by its mix of Aboriginal culture, British settlement and South African and Asian immigration, as Shemer explains in his introduction, Australians have developed their own rich English vocabulary and phraseology. The title of the book, "Strine," is a nod to Australian author Alastair Morrison, who coined the term in the mid-1960s to refer to the broad Australian accent.
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