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Australian English vocabulary. Australian English is a major variety of the English language spoken throughout Australia. Most of the vocabulary of Australian English is shared with British English, though there are notable differences. [ 1] The vocabulary of Australia is drawn from many sources, including various dialects of British English as ...
No worries is an Australian English and New Zealand English expression, meaning "do not worry about that", [ 3] or "that's all right". [ 4] It can also mean "sure thing" [ 5] and "you're welcome". [ 6] Other colloquial Australian terms which mean the same thing include "she'll be right". [ 7] The expression has been compared to the American ...
Australian Aboriginal English ( AAE or AbE) is a cover term used for the complex, rule-governed varieties of English used by a large section of the Indigenous Australian ( Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander) population as a result of colonisation. [ 2] It is made up of a number of varieties which developed differently in different ...
Eshay. Eshay ( / ˈɛʃeɪ /) is a slang expression associated with an Australian urban youth subculture that originated from Western Sydney in the late 1980s, but has brought into the mainstream since the late 2010s and the 2020s, [ 1][ 2] In New Zealand, "hoodrats" are a similar subculture. [ 3]
A cricket cap of myrtle green colour, which has been worn by Australian Test cricketers since around 1900. The cap is a symbol of Australian cricket, and the term is strongly associated with national cricketing pride. Bail One of the two small pieces of wood that lie on top of the stumps to form the wicket. [2] A worn ball Ball 1.
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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.
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 Bruce ...