Transcript of AE 1030 - Can You Understand Bogan Aussie English? | Karl Stefanovic

Yes.

I love Karl straight away. He's doing that because he sees this guy on the left and he's just thinking, oh, this is going to be Ozzie as, this is going to be hilarious. He's just like, yes.

Yes. Oh my God. All I can say is, yes, bro. Daniel you were the surfer. Were you aware that there was a shark so close to you when you were out there surfing?

G'day, you mob. Pete here, from Aussie English, we are back again today to do another reaction video. This one is hilarious surfers have reporter in stitches by The Today's Show, check them out on YouTube. Let's get into it. Okay, so I'm going to have to mute this because there is a song in the background, and I don't want to get clipped for copyright.

But effectively what's happened is that they've introduced it saying that there was this news story in the newspaper with a great white shark jumping out in the background whilst this other guy is obviously on the wave surfing. So, this happened off the coast of New South Wales at Caves Beach.

And surfer Daniel Caban and the man who captured that extraordinary photograph, Nathan McLaren...

So, okay, I can start now because there is no music in the background. Effectively, they've got the surfer and the guy who photographed the shark in the background together to talk about their experience. Hopefully, this is going to be funny.

...Photograph, Nathan McLaren. Yeah.

And we talked about in previous videos about the surf culture and how you end up with guys who just have really long hair and often have these sort of unkempt beards that they haven't really tried to tame at all. And, you know, there you go. Lo and behold, these guys are definitely surfers.

...Good morning, guys. Yes.

I love Karl straight away. He's doing that because he sees this guy in the left and he's just thinking, oh, this is going to be Aussie as, this is going to be hilarious. He's just like, yes.

Yes. Oh my God. All I can say is, yes, bro. Daniel you were the surfer. Were you aware that there was a shark so close to you when you were out there surfing?

No idea at all. We were completely oblivious till everyone started trying to get us in, and until we got the photo, we didn't even believe it was out there. So, a little bit scary, but. I'm paddling back out for more, mate. Hey, Nathan, apart from like Byron on a Friday night, have you ever seen a shark fly? No. Now, I have now, mate. I've had the pleasant experience, but I've seen a few other animals fly... Yeah, like a unicorn.

Okay, so the joke he's making there is that this guy uses drugs. That was the unicorn joke there, I think that Karl is making...

We're going on an adventure, Charlie.

...This is again, Karl, I've told you about is in different reaction videos I've done, has a wicked sense of humour, which has sometimes gotten him into a bit of strife. And you can see why people love it, though. And so, that's why he earns a shitload of money on TV. Have a listen again for unicor- The unicorn reference he's talking about, again, drugs.

No. Now, I have now, mate. I've had the pleasant experience, but I've seen a few other animals fly... Yeah, like a unicorn. Yeah, I normally do see a couple of them on the weekend.

And this guy just embraced it. He's like, yeah, I do see a couple of them on the weekend.

Don't you love the north coast of New South Wales.

I love it, they're just shameless. everyone is just laughing now. Like, oh, Jesus.

Allison is trying to continue the conversation whilst Karl is losing it in the background.

Hang in there, big fella. Hang in there.

Hang in there, big fella. So, you'll see in the last video, Karl was the one who said big fella to the other guy, and this time he's had the tables reversed. The tables have turned, and the interviewee has said, hang in there, big fella.

So, Nathan... Hang in there, big fella. Hang in there. (Everyone talking) So, Nathan when you were taking the photographs, did you know there was a shark there? Were you trying to capture that or were you just concentrating on Daniel surfing the big waves? Yeah, we were just out there taking a couple photos of the guys, and about half an hour before that, we thought we've seen something, and we weren't 100% sure.

And then, yeah, probably half an hour later, we had the pleasant sight of seeing it fly through the air.

The good thing here is that this shark looks like it's only about two and a half metres long. It doesn't look very big, so it's unlikely to be a man eater. So yeah, I doubt these guys were too terrified.

Yeah, pleasant for you...

Though I would definitely be getting them out of the water.

...Daniel. Daniel, can you clear this up for us? We understand that you had- It looks like you're a fair distance away in the photo from the shark, but you had been paddling in that very spot earlier hadn't you.

It's hard to tell from the photo, but the boys reckon I was kind of exactly where the shark came up through the water. So, like, if I hadn't caught that wave, maybe it would have been, you know, in a couple of metres...(static) Which is pretty scary, but. Yeah, lucky I caught the wave, so it's alright.

Yeah, thank God, you got off. Now, Nate you certainly made a point that everyone...

The interesting thing here is, guys, I did a video recently talking about- Reacting to a video of the 10 most dangerous Aussie animals, and one of them was the great white shark. But then I think they broke it down and it was like worldwide there are five fatalities from sharks a year, I think from great white sharks a year. It was something like that, I don't know. Go check out the video, I'll link it up above here and you'll see.

But they are definitely not one of the most deadly animals. Australia, you're probably going to have less than one person a year that dies from a shark attack, let alone from a great white shark. So, if you want to put things in a perspective, I'd be much more terrified of bees, horses, dogs than I would be of sharks. So, don't worry about getting into the water, guys. You'll be fine. It's not like jaws down here in Australia.

You made a point that everyone knew you took the photo, that, is that 32 font that copy right there in the middle of...

He's making a joke here about Nathan's obviously put his name over the top of the photo because he doesn't want journalists and newspapers just ripping him off, obviously, and using it without his permission.

I'd be owning those photos too, mate. My name's there, mate. I'm stoked. It's going to pay for your weekend. Hey, Nathan, did you let Daniel know? This is the important question, because if I was out there and Timmy- If I was out the back and Timmy was taking photos of me and something dangerous was approaching me from behind. Timmy would definitely ring me and go, Carlos, there's something dangerous approaching you from behind.

Did you get in contact with your bro out there riding the waves? Yeah, mate, we started tooting the horn in the car and I actually took off one of the red trusty flannel shirts and put it on the end of a crutch and started waving it through the air to let him know. Yeah, but clearly, after you took the photograph. Yeah. Daniel, just to change tack a little bit. Do you ever put your hair up in a man bun? Oh yeah.

Random question. Do you ever put your hair up in a man bun? What?

Oh, don't tempt me, mate. Don't tempt me. Do they call you the Red Dragon? Or, Puff the magic dragon.

Oh, God. Now he's making more drug references. I'm smoking Cannabis, Puff the Magic Dragon.

Puff the Magic Dragon.

Puff the Magic Dragon, yeah, I don't know where that would come from, but. Well, Daniel, are you confident about, I mean, it looks like a beautiful day there today. Are you going to go out in the surf today? ...Pretty full on at the moment with you guys, so maybe afterwards we might go get a couple of waves. Yeah, we are full on. Are you nervous about going back in the water given what's out there? Not really.

I mean, the one positive I take out is I didn't even see the shark. If the boys weren't there taking photos, I wouldn't have even known it was there, so. For me, I still haven't even seen any, they're always there. I'm not too worried. The great laid-back ride... (everyone talking) ...Are you fully sick internationally, now? And now I kind of look forward to catching up with you on Friday night, bro.

Karl's making a joke there saying that he wants to use some drugs on the weekend with him. Again, I don't know how he got away with so much of this sort of stuff on TV. He's very clever.

And now I kind of look forward to catching up with you on Friday night, bro. I'm looking forward to it, too, big fella. Enjoy that dandelion soy chai that you're drinking. Thanks a lot, bo-

Jesus. This other guy just making, you know, random hipster jokes. Enjoy that dandelion soy coffee that you're drinking. Jesus, out of nowhere, mate. Just pulling out the insults. This guy's trying to come on the TV, talk about the stuff that's just happened, and you're just asking him if he puts his hair up in a man bun or if he drinks this, you know, hipster coffee.

I'm looking forward to it, too, big fella. Enjoy that dandelion soy chai that you're drinking. Thanks a lot boys, we're glad-

Let's go back through this and I'll show you some of the interesting vocab here. Okay, I'll break it down and hopefully you guys can use this to sound more Australian.

Good morning, guys. All I can say is, yes, bro.

All right. So "bro", we can use that at times. And obviously, you know, look at this. Karl is on TV as a news anchor or if you want to call him that at the moment on the Today Show, no offence, Karl. But he is using something very informal, which is interesting, it shows that he obviously wouldn't talk like that if he was talking to someone, and he was interviewing them in a very formal situation.

But because he can see these guys, he can see that they are very Aussie kind of blokes. He has changed the language he's using, and he's used, "bro". So, it's interesting how we have sort of almost multiple dialects that we'll use in the language that we have or whatever language that is that you speak and that you can turn it on and change them, depending on the situation. So, have another listen.

Good morning, guys. Yes. Good morning, guys. All I can say is yes, bro. Daniel, you were the surfer. Were you aware that there was a shark so close to you when you were out there surfing? I had no idea at all. We were completely oblivious until everyone started trying to get us in, and...

There you go. So, there's some interesting phrases for you. "To have no idea" means to be clueless, to not know, to know nothing about something. Oh man, I've got no idea. I've got no idea. And I think he said after that, we were completely oblivious. So, that is again, it's a similar statement, "having no idea, being oblivious to something" means that you know nothing about it. You are completely ignorant of that thing.

...I had no idea at all. We were completely oblivious until everyone started trying to get us in, and until we got the photo, we didn't even believe it was out there. So, a little bit scary, but. I'm paddling back out for more, mate.

Again, it's interesting to see how informal they are. These guys are just talking as normal Aussies would amongst themselves. But even on the news, the guys being interviewed haven't changed the register of the language they're using, and he still just uses "mate".

A little bit scary, but. I'm paddling back out for more, mate.

So, he's talking about paddling, swimming on a surfboard, back out into the surf to catch some more waves, despite the shark being there. Paddling out for more, mate.

Paddling back out for more, mate. Hey, Nathan, apart from like Byron on a Friday night. Have you ever seen a shark fly?

Again, he's making this drug reference. Apart from Byron on a Friday night. Byron bay, he's talking about here, which is renowned for its hippies and, you know, you would imagine using cannabis. So, apart from Byron Bay on a Friday night.

Have you ever seen a shark fly? He means apart from when you get stoned with people in Byron Bay on a Friday night where you may see sharks flying, you know, imagining it, hallucinating. Have you ever seen a shark fly? Good reference Karl.

...From like Byron on a Friday night. Have you ever seen a shark fly? N. Now, I have now, mate. I've had the pleasant experience, but I've seen a few other animals fly... Yeah, like a unicorn.

A unicorn is the mythical creature that is a horse with a horn on its head, right. Just for anyone who didn't know.

I normally do see a couple of them on the weekend. Don't you love the north coast of New South Wales.

And then again, she said, don't you love the north coast of New South Wales. Again, because it's renowned for being a hippie, you know, people who smoke cannabis kind of hotspot. So, people who are very relaxed and just enjoying life.

So, Nathan... Hang in there, big fella. Hang in there.

"Hang in there, big fella" is kind of- How do you explain that? "Hang in there" is kind of like, hold on. So, he's trying to say to Karl, you know, don't lose it too much so that you can't keep going, right. Hang in there. Hold on, you know, keep going. And "big fella" is obviously him trying to talk Karl up as if he's a big man, right. So, it's just something that you might say in this case, that's sort of a amongst blokes.

It's kind of a way of being polite, you know, puffing someone's ego up, you know, "good on ya, big fella. Hang in there, big fella".

So, Nathan... Hang in there, big fella. Hang in there. ...I'm fully frothing.

"I'm fully frothing". So, it's crazy how much slang Karl's using. See, "frothing", I would use this when I am really excited for something, right. So, I guess that's what he's trying to say, that he is just really enjoying himself and he's really excited. But if someone said to me, man, are you going to go out on the weekend? Are you looking forward to the weekend to go to the pub and have some beers after work? It's been a stressful week.

I might be like, "oh, mate, I am frothing, you know, I am so excited." I guess the idea is that you're frothing at the mouth like a rabid animal that's got rabies or something, or, you know, like a horse that's wanting to really run at the races, chomping on the bit and there's foam. "You're frothing".

...I'm fully frothing.

Fully frothing.

When you were taking the photographs. Did you know that...?

Again, it's not the kind of language that you would normally use on TV. He is using it because he is talking to these two guys.

...there was a shark there? Were you trying to capture that or were you just concentrating on Daniel surfing the big waves? Yeah, we were just out there taking a couple of photos of the guys, and about half an hour before that, we thought we've seen something.

He's just done something really interesting there. He's dropped the auxiliary verb. "So, about half an hour ago, we thought we've seen something". So, that's something that may happen in more informal, unsophisticated, uneducated registers of Australian English.

It can happen elsewhere. I've heard this in American English, in African American vernacular English, where auxiliary verbs will be dropped, and you'll just use the past participle.

Why are you here?

Lots of linguistic jargon there, but have a listen to how he says, "we seen" instead of "we saw, or we have seen".

We were just out there taking a couple of photos of the guys, and about half an hour before that, we thought we've seen something.

We thought we- We thought we- Maybe he did say, "we'd seen something". Maybe he did put "had" in there, but I just didn't hear it.

Of the guys, and about half an hour before that, we thought we've seen something...

No.

...100% sure. And then, yeah, probably half an hour later, we had the pleasant sight of seeing it fly through the air. Yeah, pleasant for you. I'm not so sure about Daniel. Daniel, can you clear this up for us? We understand that...

Oh okay. Interesting little expression there, "to clear something up for someone". So, it's a phrasal verb, "clear something up for someone". In this sense, she's saying, can you clarify something? Can you explain something to us? Can you clear something up for us?

We weren't 100% sure. And then, yeah, probably half an hour later, we had the pleasant sight of seeing it fly through the air. Yeah, pleasant for you. I'm not so sure about Daniel. Daniel, can you clear this up for us? We understand that you had- It looks like you're a fair distance away in the photo from the shark. But you had been paddling in that very spot earlier, hadn't you?

Interesting thing there. "A fair distance, a fair distance away from something" that is like a significant distance away from something. So, it's a "fair distance away". And the other interesting thing here, she says, is "in that very spot". This is a really weird kind of use of "very" at least when you think about it literally, "in that very spot".

When she says "very" in this sense, it means exact. So, you were in that very spot where the shark was, you were in that exact spot, in that exact location, in that very, very location. I don't think you would say, very, very. In that very location.

Daniel, can you clear this up for us? We understand that you had- It looks like you're a fair distance away in the photo from the shark, but you had been paddling in that very spot earlier, hadn't you? It's hard to tell from the photo, but the boys reckon I was kind of exactly where the shark came up through the water.

So, like, if I hadn't caught that wave, maybe it would have been, you know, in a couple of metres of me swimming, which is pretty scary. But yeah, lucky that I caught the wave, so it's alright.

I wonder if you guys can hear the Australian version of the verb "to think" being used here at the start there? Have a listen to what he said. Did he use "think" or did he use a different verb?

It's hard to tell from the photo, but the boys reckon I was kind of...

The boys, what? The boys...

It's hard to tell from the photo, but the boys reckon I was kind of...

"The boys reckon". So, this is very common in Australian English. I would use this all the time. Informal, formal, it's just a different way of saying the verb "to think". So, "what do you think? What do you reckon?" You can use either.

You know, in a couple of metres of me swimming, which is pretty scary. But yeah, lucky that I caught the wave, so it's alright. Yeah, thank God, you got off. Now, Nate, you certainly made a point that everyone... You made a point that everyone knew you took the photo that is about 32 font, that copy right there in the middle of the... I'd be owning those photos, too, Nathan. My names there, mate. I'm stoked.

Oh, interesting one there. Okay, so alright. They were talking about his font being over the photos, and he uses the adjective "stoked", to be "stoked". This is another Aussie slang term that just means to be really happy, to be really excited, to be really content. Oh, man. I was "stoked".

I'd be owning those photos, too, Nathan. My names there, mate. I'm stoked. Your going to pay for your weekend. Hey, Nathan, did you let Daniel know? This is the important question. Because if I was out there and Timmy- If I was out the back...

Interesting thing. So, he used "out the back". "Out the back" here, he's referring to being out in the surf. And when we want to say that we have paddled or swam all the way out the back behind where the waves are breaking or about where they're breaking, we refer to that as "out the back", right.

So, you could use that at home, you know, "out the back" is in the back yard. But when we're at the beach talking about the breaking waves, the surf, you can be in the surf "out the back", meaning that you are out where the waves, the big waves are breaking.

Hey, Nathan, did you let Daniel know? This is the important question. Because if I was out there and Timmy- If I was out the back and Timmy was taking photos of me and something dangerous was approaching me from behind. Timmy would definitely ring me and go, Carlos, there's something dangerous approaching from behind. Did you get in contact with your bro out there riding the waves?

I don't know how you would have your phone out with your surfing, though, Karl.

Yeah, mate, we started tooting the horn in the car and...

Okay, so interesting. "Tooting the horn, tooting the horn". You'll hear how he contracts "ing" at the end of the word "tooting", meaning obviously to press on the button to sound the horn in the car. He says "tooting". He uses a syllabic N. Have a listen.

...Ring me and go, Carlos, there's something dangerous approaching you from behind. Did you get in contact with your bro out there riding the waves? Yeah, mate. We started tooting the horn in the car and I actually took off one of the red trusty flannel shirts and put it on the end of a crutch and started waving it through...

So, he's talking about taking off one of his flannos, one of his flannel shirts. It was red, he put it on the end of a crutch, so these are the things you'd be walking with if you've busted your leg, you know, you buggered up your ankle or something. You got to use crutches to walk around and then he's been swinging the crutch with the red flanno on it.

Yeah, mate, we started tooting the horn in the car, and I actually took off one of the red trusty flannel shirts and put it on the end of a crutch and started waving it through the air just to let him know. Well, clearly after you took the photograph.

Of course after he took the photograph, how would he know the shark was out there until he took the photograph and obviously looked through his photos in his camera, and then saw that there was a shark there and was like, holy (beep).

We're pretty full on at the moment with you guys, so maybe afterwards we might go get a couple of waves. Yeah, we are...

Interesting use of "full on" right here. So, "full on" we've talked about in other videos before where it means extreme, right. If something is very "full on" it is very extreme. So, if you see something and your kind of like shocked, surprised, impressed, you are thinking that it's really extreme. Whoa, it's "full on".

But I think he uses it here to mean that he's really busy. So, he says, oh, we're a bit full on with you guys. Meaning that we're occupied, we're busy with you guys.

We're pretty full on at the moment with you guys, so...

We're pretty full on at the moment with you guys. We're pretty busy with you guys.

Maybe afterwards we might go get a couple of waves. Yeah, we are full on.

There you go, "get a couple of waves". He means catch a couple of waves and go surfing.

...You guys. So, maybe afterwards we might go get a couple of waves. Yeah, we are full on. Are you nervous about going back in the water, given what's out there? Not really. I mean, the one positive I take out of it, I didn't even see the shark.

If the boys weren't there taking photos, I wouldn't have even known it was there, so. To me I still haven't even seen it, they're always there. I'm not too worried. The great laid-back ride... (everybody talking) ...are you fully sick internationally now?

"Fully sick". Again, it's so weird hearing Karl say this on the news. "Fully sick" is a kind of informal slang term that is used almost tongue in cheek today to mean really, really cool. Like "fully sick".

Tell them the taste of Oaties is fully sick.

So, the joke here is that like, you know, he's using language that he wouldn't otherwise use, imagining that this is how these guys talk, you know, oh, yeah, I went out and it's fully sick. The waves were so awesome. It was just fully sick.

They're always there. I'm not too worried. The great laid-back ride... (everyone talking) ...Are you fully sick internationally now? And now I kind of look forward to catching up with you on Friday night, bro.

"Bro". He uses bro again. We'll probably finish there, guys, but it is really interesting. This is a great video to look at the different registers of any language. But in English, here you've got this sort of normal, informal register of the Australian language that these two Aussie blokes use, obviously when they speak to one another.

And then it's really interesting to see how the news anchors, especially Karl and Lisa, to some degree, change the register that they use to kind of match these guys so that they're a little more, I guess they're trying to elicit a bit more authenticity on the news so that they make a video that's going to get a lot of clicks and views. But there's sort of a fine line.

Karl is kind of really, really funny and friendly, and so he gets away with using this kind of language that you can tell he wouldn't normally use, or at least not on the news. But then there's that other guy, and it feels like he's kind of taking jabs and he's making fun of them, as opposed to kind of being in and part of the joke at the same time and enjoying himself.

So, it's interesting these different registers. Anyway, that's it for today, guys. Hope you enjoyed it. If you want to learn more Australian English, go check out this video over here. Catch ya!