Non-English speaking migrants catch on quickly to Aussie lingo

The unique Australian lexicon can be confusing for the uninitiated, but new research has actually found non-English speaking migrants pick up the local dialect quicker than their English-speaking counterparts.

Learning Languages Other Than English (LOTE) in Australia Source: Pixabay

Fair shake of the sauce bottle. Blow the froth off a few. Carrying on like a pork chop.

They are turns-of-phrase that can be baffling for many - not least of all those who are freshly-arrived in the country.

The origins of such curious terms have been lost to most in the mists of time.

But it appears those without an English-speaking background are not at all scared to jump into this linguistic melting pot.

More in English.