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Aussie madness
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And yet, I still see Australians call their money "Aussie dollars" instead of the clearly superior term: dollarydoos.
Do it! Don't be cowards!
We also use dollarydoos
Dollarbucks.
Ducks for short.
This is correct. Nobody says "Aussie dollars".
It is a bit redundant when you're in the same country.
People in England don't call English muffins English muffins, and Berliners don't call Berliners Berliners, why would Australians call Australian dollars Australian Dollars, unless they needed to specify?
BBC food, English muffins are indeed called English muffins here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/english_muffins_56640
Where I am (oop north), if you just said "muffin", people would assume you meant the small round bit of bread that you put fillings into; a barm, a roll, ...
Oz Bucks.