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  2. Australian English - Wikipedia

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    The Macquarie Dictionary and the Australian Oxford Dictionary are most commonly used by universities, governments and courts as the standard for Australian English spelling. [54] Australian spelling is significantly closer to British than American spelling, as it did not adopt the systematic reforms promulgated in Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary ...

  3. Australian English phonology - Wikipedia

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    In Australian English, /ə/ is restricted to unstressed syllables, as in most dialects. The trap-bath split is a regional variable in Australia, with the PALM vowel /aː/ being more common in South Australia than elsewhere. This is due to the fact that that state was settled later than the rest of Australia, when the lengthened pronunciation ...

  4. Variation in Australian English - Wikipedia

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    Australian English is relatively homogeneous when compared with British and American English. The major varieties of Australian English are sociocultural rather than regional. They are divided into 3 main categories: general, broad and cultivated. There are a number of Australian English-based creole languages. Differing significantly from ...

  5. American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia

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    Thus, in British English analyse, catalyse, hydrolyse and paralyse, but in American English analyze, catalyze, hydrolyze and paralyze. Analyse was the more common spelling in 17th- and 18th-century English. Some dictionaries of the time, however, preferred analyze, such as John Kersey's of 1702, Nathan Bailey's of 1721 and Samuel Johnson's of 1755.

  6. (For example, in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK and Ireland, ageing is more common than aging; in Canada and the US, aging is more common.) The spelling systems of unlisted Commonwealth countries, such as India, Pakistan and Singapore, are generally close to the British spelling system, with possibly a few local differences.

  7. Macquarie Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Labour, however, is spelt Labor when referring to the Australian political party. One difference from British spelling is the noun program, which the Macquarie Dictionary gives as the preferred spelling in preference to programme. [19]

  8. However, this page is *not* supposed to analyze spelling tendencies in English-speaking countries--American and British English differences serves that purpose. This page is only supposed to give an overview of the different spelling systems based on "major dictionaries" and "government guidelines"; this means that we have to stick to the ...

  9. The Australian National Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Australian National Dictionary: Australian Words and Their Origins is a historical dictionary of Australian English, recording 16,000 words, phrases, and meanings of Australian origin and use. The first edition of the dictionary, edited by W. S. Ramson, was published in 1988 by Oxford University Press ; the second edition was edited by ...