AE 964 - Aussie Slang: Give It A Bash

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Transcript of AE 964 - Aussie Slang: Give It A Bash

G'day, you mob! Pete here from Aussie English, the number one place for anyone and everyone wanting to learn Australian English. How are you going? Hope you're well. Welcome to this episode of the Slang Series that I'm doing on the podcast and on YouTube. This is one of two episodes that is going to be released this week. If you want the second episode, be sure to check out the Premium podcast up above and you'll get access to that episode as well as nine hundred other episodes from the podcast and bonus videos, interviews, all that sort of stuff. So if you're learning English, check it out.

Anyway, guys. Today's expression is "to give something a bash". "To give something a bash". I wonder if you know what this expression means in Australian English. Maybe you'll learn this expression and then later on you'll speak with someone and you'll give it a bash.

Got it. Did you get it? Did you get it? OK, so if you give something a bash, it means that you try something. So you try something out, you give something a go and give something a try. You give it a bash.

So, for instance, if I get a new PlayStation game, I go to a store. I've been waiting for this game for ages. I lash out my money. I spend my hard earned money on this game. I come home and I'm so excited to give it a bash. I'm not actually going to bash the game. I'm not going to hit the game. I want to try the game. I want to give the game a go. So I put it in the PlayStation or Xbox, if that's your thing and I give it a bash. Maybe I bash the keys or the pad with my thumbs whilst I'm giving it a bash.

Another example might be that your friend buys a new car. He gets the latest V8 Commodore wagon. Right. A Holden Commodore in Australia or V8 one, right? Loud. A bit of a hoon mobile. Right? So people who drive fast like these cars. So he brings that over one day. And I might say to him, "Do you mind if I give it a bash?" And I don't want to hit his car, I want to try his car out, I want to give his car a go, I would like to drive his car. Maybe he'll give me a bash. Maybe he won't give me a bash. I would probably say he won't. But fingers crossed.

Anyway, guys, that is it for today. My challenge for you, as always, is to go into the comments below. If you're watching this video, if you're on the podcast, obviously, that's a little hard. Come out onto YouTube, go into the comments and try and use this expression to give something a bash in a comment below. This is something in English that you need to do. As soon as you learn something, try and use it so that it stays in your head. OK, anyway, thanks for joining me. I hope you enjoyed the episode. I'm Pete. This is Aussie English. See you next time!