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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
The publication of Edward Ellis Morris's Austral English: A Dictionary Of Australasian Words, Phrases And Usages in 1898, which extensively catalogued Australian English vocabulary, started a wave of academic interest and codification during the 20th century which resulted in Australian English becoming established as an endonormative variety ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Australian English (2 C, 80 P) C. ... Australian English; Australian English vocabulary; B.
Amanda Laugesen, chief editor of the Australian National Dictionary, through the Australian National University (ANU) tells CNN Travel many Aussie expressions have roots in British English, but ...
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 ...
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 ...
Aboriginal English in the courts: a handbook (PDF). Dept. of Justice and Attorney General. 2000. ISBN 0-7242-8071-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2010. Arthur, J. M. (1996). Aboriginal English. Oxford University Press Australia. Wilkes, G.A. (1990). A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms (5th ed.).