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Here are some different words that the Canadians use with the Australian meaning

Canadian Word                                                               Australian Meaning

• Friend/ Buddy                                                             Mate

• Trunk                                                                           Boot

• Dinner/ Supper                                                            Tea

• House Coat                                                                  Dressing gown

• Trash/ Garbage                                                           Rubbish

• Bell pepper                                                                 Capsicum

• Cantaloupe                                                                  Rock melon

• Call home                                                                    Ring home

• Cell phone                                                                   Mobile phone

• Cinema                                                                       Pictures                                                             

• Toque                                                                          Beanie

• Sweatshirt                                                                   Jumper/ Jacket

• Jogging pants                                                               Track pants

• Pop                                                                              Soft drink

• Pump gas                                                                     Fill up with Petrol

• Electrical Cord                                                           Electrical Lead

• Markers                                                                      Textas

• Period                                                                         Lesson

• Field                                                                           Oval

• Drugstore                                                                    Chemist

• Pound key                                                                    Hash key

• Jersey                                                                         Guernsey

• Pencil crayon                                                              Pencil

• Agenda                                                                        Diary

• Due tangs                                                                    Folder with split rings

• Attendance                                                                  Roll book

• 8 x 11                                                                          A4

• No problem                                                                 No worries

• Need to pee                                                                 Go to the toilet

• Washroom/ bathroom                                                  Toilet

• Field trip                                                                     Excursion

• Nutrition break                                                            Recess

• 2^nd Nutrition break                                                      Lunch

• Dot jot                                                                         Dot points

• Pylon                                                                           Witches hat/ cone

• Buggy                                                                          Shopping cart

• Flyers                                                                          Catalogue

• Counter clockwise                                                      Anti clockwise

• Mailbox                                                                       Pigeon hole

• EA – Educational Assistant                                         SSO – School Services Officer

• Custodian                                                                    Groundsman 

• Cookies                                                                       Biscuits

• Neat                                                                            Good

• Awesome                                                                    Fabulous

• Your welcome                                                             No worries

• Skidoo                                                                         Snow mobile

• Mountie                                                                       Police/ Copper

• Ghost car                                                                     Unmarked police car

• Cornstarch                                                                   Corn flour

• Green onions                                                               Spring onions

• Burger King                                                                 Hungry Jacks

• Dime                                                                           10 cents

• Penny                                                                           1 cent

• Quarter                                                                        25 cents

• Toonie                                                                         2 dollars

• Loonie                                                                         1 dollar

• Candy                                                                          Lollies

• Hockey                                                                        Ice hockey

• Field Hockey                                                               Hockey

• First Nations                                                               Aboriginals

• Freezing rain                          rain that freezes as it hits the ground making iced roads

• Black ice                                               thin layer of ice on the road that is hard to see

• Black top                                                                     Asphalt

• Truck                                                                           Ute

• RV                                                                               Motor home

• Caravan                                                                       Van eg Tarago

• House trailer                                                               Caravan

• Kleenex                                                                       Tissues

• Bangs                                                                          Fringe