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At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Steven Bradbury tailed at the back of the group of the men’s 1,000-meter short-track speed skating final, when all of a sudden the leader of the group fell, taking ...
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 ...
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]
The percentage of people who speak only the English language at home, 2021. Australian English ( AusE, AusEng, AuE, AuEng, en-AU) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia. It is the country's common language and de facto national language; while Australia has no official language, English is the first language of the ...
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 ...
Oi / ɔɪ / is an interjection used in various varieties of the English language, particularly Australian English, British English, Indian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, and South African English, as well as non-English languages such as Chinese, Tagalog, Tamil, Hindi/Urdu, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese to get the attention of another person or to express surprise or disapproval.
In other English dialects, diminutives usually imply smallness or have a childish connotation such as in 'birdie', 'doggy', or 'kitty'. While diminutives can be used in this way in Australian English, they are also used widely in a non-childish manner, with over 4,300 being recorded. [1] [6] For example, bikie (a motorcycle, or motorbike club ...
Pages in category "Australian slang" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.