Some common Americanisms that have crept into Australian English include:
- Ass instead of ‘Arse’ in writing[2].
- Dating as opposed to the Australian ‘Seeing someone’ or ‘Going out with someone'[2].
- Using ‘pet’ a dog, rather than ‘pat'[2].
- ‘Leash’ instead of ‘lead’ for what you use to walk a dog[2].
- Math instead of ‘maths'[2][7].
- Mom……’Mum'[2].
- Y’all……..’Youse'[2].
- Wildfire……’Bushfire'[2].
- Cookies and trash instead of ‘biscuits’ and ‘rubbish'[2].
- ‘On accident’ instead of ‘by accident'[2].
- Parking lot instead of ‘car park'[2].
- Drugstore, Tic tac toe, Trash can[2].
- Truck instead of ‘lorry’ (British English)[3].
- Restroom and bathroom used interchangeably with ‘toilet’ (British English)[3].
- Program instead of ‘programme'[3].
- Fetus instead of ‘foetus'[3].
- Great, cool, groovy, filth, bad (meaning extremely good), way out, and neat as words for approval[4].
- Diarrhea instead of ‘diarrhoea'(British English)
These Americanisms reflect the influence of American culture and language on Australian English, often through media exposure and the global dominance of American English[1][3][4].
Citations:
[1] https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/let-every-new-word-bloom-20110812-1iqtx.html
[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnAustralian/comments/12q8t3t/what_are_some_americanisms_younger_people_in/
[3] https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/australians-love-american-words
[4] https://www.abc.net.au/education/interesting-words-and-americanisms-in-our-language/13953302
[5] https://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-english-isn-t-being-taken-over-by-americanisms-but-it-is-changing-20210729-p58e2f.html
[6] https://www.eliteediting.com.au/avoiding-americanisms-when-using-australianbritish-english/
[7] https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8274467/clear-as-math-what-counts-as-proper-australian-english/
[8] https://www.thinkswap.com/au/vce/english-language/year-12/americanisms-and-their-effect-australian-english