If you're new to Australia, it's odds-on you can't tell a cockatoo from a galah, a ring-in from a ringer or a blue from a bluey. And when someone says, 'G'day, y'old bastard' should you be offended? On the other hand, if you hear yourself referred to as 'that bastard' - is this a good thing? Here is O'Grady's handy phrase book of Aussie slang and all the fine shades of meaning inherent in our unique lingo.