I think the 'Strine habit of turning everything into a diminutive is vaguely charming- boardies, stubbies, essentially there seems to be nothing that cannot be improved by putting "ies" on the end of it.
Also things such as wallet turned into Wallo- as in "have you seen my wallo".
I think the 'Strine habit of turning everything into a diminutive is vaguely charming- boardies, stubbies, essentially there seems to be nothing that cannot be improved by putting "ies" on the end of it.
Also things such as wallet turned into Wallo- as in "have you seen my wallo".
They're like children playing with language.