A Word on Words and an Exciting Purchase It’s not hard to get understand people here, most words are what you think they are. The words that are different are more just quaint than totally bizarre. For example here we say prams, instead of strollers. And ‘hire’ when you mean rent, or hail, or lease. For example, “On the way back from Bronte Beach, Abby’s pram snapped in half so we had to hire a cab to go to the baby store and purchase a new one.” Diapers are ‘nappies’, naps are ‘sleeps’, grocery carts are ‘trolleys’ and coffee with milk is ‘flat white’. Ok that last one is a bit odd. Also flip-flops are thongs, and that can be a little dicey if you aren’t careful. A convenient one is mince which is the word
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