Western Australian English

Western Australian English is the collective name given to the variety or varieties of English spoken in the Australian state of Western Australia (WA).

Some of the vocabulary used in Western Australia is unique, within both Australia and the wider world.

Several terms of British origin have survived which are rarely used in other parts of Australia. One example is verge, meaning the area between a road and a paved footpath, which is known by the term nature strip in the rest of Australia. Another is brook, for a small stream.

Some words have been shortened, for example, the term bathers is commonly used in place of bathing suit or togs as used in other parts of Australia. Some original terms have also been invented in WA, and have since found their way into common usage. An example of this is the term home open, describing a house on the market which is open for public inspection.

Altogether, about 750 words are estimated to be used differently in WA than they are in the eastern states.

There are also many unique, invented slang words, such as ding, referring to an Australian immigrant of Italian descent (this word is often considered derogatory and/or offensive),.

A 285-millilitre (10.0 imp fl oz; 9.6 US fl oz) glass of beer is referred to as a middy only in WA and New South Wales.

Many words from the Aboriginal language have found their way into Western Australian English. Examples include gidgee (or gidgie), a Noongar word for spear, as used in modern spear fishing; and gilgie (or jilgie), the Noongar name for a small freshwater crayfish of the South West. Another word of likely Aboriginal origin is boondy (pronounced with ʊ, like the vowel in bull), which means a rock, boulder, or small stone. Among Western Australians, the term sand-boondy or more commonly boondy is well-recognised as referring to a small lump of sand (with the granules stuck together), often thrown at one another by children in playgrounds or building sites.

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