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Fen: A low and frequently flooded area of land, similar to Australian English swamp; Free phone: Australian English toll-free; Gammon: Meat from the hind leg of pork. Australian English makes no distinction between gammon and ham; Git: A foolish person. Equivalent to idiot or moron; Goose pimples: Australian English goose bumps
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This is a list of English words derived from Australian Aboriginal languages. Some are restricted to Australian English as a whole or to certain regions of the country. Others, such as kangaroo and boomerang, have become widely used in other varieties of English, and some have been borrowed into other languages beyond English.
South Australian English is the variety of English spoken in the Australian state of South Australia. As with the other regional varieties within Australian English, these have distinctive vocabularies. To a lesser degree, there are also some differences in phonology (pronunciation).
Some of the vocabulary used in Western Australia is unique, within both Australia and the wider world. [1] [2] Several terms of British origin have survived which are rarely used in other parts of Australia. One example is verge, meaning the area between a road and a paved footpath, which is known by the term nature strip in the rest of ...
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 ...
Fen: A low and frequently flooded area of land, similar to Australian English swamp; Free phone: Australian English toll-free; Gammon: Meat from the hind leg of pork. Australian English makes no distinction between gammon and ham; Git: A foolish person. Equivalent to idiot or moron; Goose pimples: Australian English goose bumps
Australian English is notable for vowel length contrasts which are absent from many English dialects. The Australian English vowels /ɪ/, /e/ and /eː/ are noticeably closer (pronounced with a higher tongue position) than their contemporary Received Pronunciation equivalents. However, a recent short-front vowel chain shift has resulted in ...