Aussie slang hasn't carked it, but we do want to know more about it
- Written by Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-NDWriter C.R Read cautioned in 1853 “that Englishmen going to the Australian digging should search their souls and ask themselves ‘if they can stand a little colonial slang’”.
This slang – our Australian slang – has been a lightning rod for pride, prejudice and confusion....
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