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A famous AFL term has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary It comes as several other new words have been included in the iconic text The Oxford English Dictionary has announced that it is ...

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Every language has its own slang and phrases you should master to sound like a true native speaker. Australian English is no exception. You may have heard "G'day mate", "fair dinkum", and "strewth!" ...

The unique Australian lexicon can be confusing for the uninitiated, but new research has actually found non-English speaking migrants pick up the local dialect quicker than their English-speaking ...

Readers reflect on the country’s many different accents. By Yan Zhuang The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. Last week, I wrote about ...

Celeste Rodriguez Louro receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Glenys Dale Collard is affiliated with Mallee Aboriginal Corporation. Aboriginal English is spoken by an estimated 80% of ...

My local council recently invited residents to “dob in a dumper” and presumably the citizens took up this great Australian invitation with pride. Linguistics professor Anna Wierzbicka of the ...