A Canadian woman who has lived in Australia for seven years has revealed which words she had to stop using when she moved Down Under.
Ioana Dragnef, from the Gold Coast, had to phase out her North American vocabulary to make way for Australian words and phrases.
The expat had to stop saying things like ‘bell pepper’, ‘candy’ and ‘trash’ and instead started using ‘pepper’, ‘popsicles’ and ‘trash’.
‘I hated this word even when I lived in North America, what the hell is a candy bar?’ she said before correcting herself to the Australian phrase ‘choccies’.
Ioana changed saying trash and trash to trash and trash.
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Canadian expat Ioana Dragnef (left), who has lived in Australia for seven years, shared the American words she stopped using and the Australian phrases she adopted instead.
‘What the hell is Candy? Lollipop or lollipops,’ she said.
“Stop this immediately,” referring to the American word “fries.”
They are tokens. French fries, mate.
Ioana also changed the words pepper, sandwich, and chocolate milk to capsicum, sanga, and choccy milk respectively.
The expat shared her new vocabulary online video leaving Australian viewers in stitches.
“You are already one of us, there is no going back,” said one spectator and another nodded: “Okay, you are invited to the barbecue.”
‘Also an American here for six years. Very relatable, also stroller or diaper, even nursery,’ said one mother.
“It’s called a chocolate bar in America because American ‘chocolate’ doesn’t have enough chocolate to be called chocolate,” someone claimed.
Some wondered if Ioana had made any other changes in Australia.
‘Do you say the H in grass now?’ someone asked and another wanted to know: ‘Do you say faucets now instead of faucet?’
“Not sunglasses, but sunglasses,” added another.
Ioana has amassed a huge following online for sharing her observations about Australian culture as an expat.
Ioana has amassed a massive following online for sharing her observations on Australian culture as an expat.
He previously made thousands laugh with his roast of Australian winter fashion.
Ioana dressed as she thinks Australians across the country dress in the cold months.
He made fun of ‘rich Sydney moms’, people in Perth and Brisbane who bundle up when temperatures dip below 24C and those in Canberra and Victoria who still wear shorts despite the frost.
Ioana, who now lives on the Gold Coast, poked fun at Tasmanians who don’t wear jackets in winter and Queenslanders who still wear shorts and thongs despite complaining about the cold weather.
Australians loved Ioana’s prints and found them ‘accurate’ and were baffled by her shots.
He made fun of ‘rich Sydney moms’ and those in Canberra and Victoria who still wear shorts despite the frost.
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He then showed off the ‘Perth/Brisbane special’ and bundled up for temperatures below 24 degrees.
For ‘Melbourne commuter’, Ioana dressed in skinny pants, lace-up boots, scarf, long cardigan and over-the-ear headphones.
‘Is this outfit black enough?’ she wrote.
The ‘nah, I’m fine dude’ person from Canberra or Victoria ‘stubbornly’ wears shorts, sandals and a light sweater in winter.
The person ‘I don’t need a jacket, I’m from Tasmania,’ Ioana thought, donning a ‘fisherman’s sweater’ and the occasional Kathmandu jacket.
Finally, Ioana changed into the ‘official Queensland uniform’ with a puffer jacket, shorts and thongs.
He joked that people in the outfit often complain that ‘it’s not hot, huh?’
Ioana’s clip racked up more than 563,700 views and left Australians wowed by her ‘spot on’ impersonations.
“Yeah, it got down to 24 degrees in Perth the other day and I was ready to turn the heating on,” said one onlooker.
‘I love it. My teenage sons here in Melbourne just did the winter upgrade from one hoodie to two hoodies (each),” added one mum.
For ‘Melbourne commuter’, Ioana dressed in skinny pants, lace-up boots, scarf, long cardigan and over-the-ear headphones.
‘A balloon is essential in Tassie. Sometimes with shorts. It’s a Tassie tuxedo,” wrote another.
South Australians and people from the Northern Territory complained that they were not included, but Ioana admitted that she had never visited them.
‘I was going to do a full bikini for NT but no one needs to see that!’ she joked.
They were quick to inform the expat what winter clothing was like where they lived.
“I’ve seen thongs, shorts and tank tops but WITH A SCARF in Darwin on a weird under 24 day,” laughed one woman.
‘Flannel for the morning/evening on the shirt. tied around the waist during the day. jeans or shorts and thongs,’ added another.
One Adelaide resident said: “Puffer jackets were discovered by everyone 10 years ago and now they’ve taken over the city.”
