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Even blind Freddy ... (Letters).
SIR: "You'd have to be a bit of a dill" to appreciate my essay on Australian speech (January-February 2002), writes Suzanne Baker (Letters, March). This is the approved television method of dealing with language items--throw around a lot of "strewths" and "drongoes" in a jolly tone and hope no one notices you haven't done the job.
Baker jnr then goes on to outline Sidney J. Baker's A3 theory on Australian accents, despite the fact that he wrote nothing on regional speech and presumably thought that in Adelaide "Rose Royce" was a serial mistress--if he ever went to Adelaide. As Professor John Bernard wrote from the fastness of Macquarie University (Australian English, 1989): "It can be claimed today, just as it has often been claimed in the past, that Australian English is quite unusually uniform throughout ...
- No More Please: Barry Humphries and Australian English.
- Magazine article from: Journal of Australian Studies Pender, Anne June 1, 2001 700+ words
...and the significant developments in Australian English that coincided with Humphries' career...satirist and his loss of connection with Australian English. In this article I survey the Australian English celebrated, resurrected and invented...
- Australian English. (Letters).
- Magazine article from: Quadrant March 1, 2002 700+ words
...not only of regional variation in Australian English, but also of the existence of New...There are three main variations in Australian English (Cultivated, General and Broad...be plenty of sux ahead for future Australian English speakers suggests that Mother English...
- The Lingo: Listening to Australian English.(Review) (book review)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Australian Studies Maekins, Felicity June 1, 2000 700+ words
...The Lingo: Listening to Australian English, Sydney, U NSW P, 1999...The Lingo: Listening to Australian English, follows this principle...the unique aspects of Australian English and its link with Australian...
- "Vivid narrative use" and the meaning of the present perfect in spoken...
- Magazine article from: Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences Ritz, Marie-Eve A. Engel, Dulcie M. January 1, 2008 700+ words
...of the present perfect (PP) in Australian English using a corpus of stories told during...of the present perfect (PP) in Australian English, a variety that has become "richer...reveal the semantics of the PP in Australian English, we make explicit comparison between...
- Americanisation of Australian English.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Solomon, R.J. Mooney, Charles March 1, 2007 700+ words
...rout". If people who speak publicly don't read, rout seems to be just the word for what's happening to Australian English. R.J. Solomon, Erskineville, NSW. SIR: Robert Solomon (December 2006) was a pleasure to read, although...
- Brunei: Winners of Australian English, Science College's poetry contests.
- Newspaper article from: Borneo Bulletin October 8, 2006 700+ words
...Wen - made the Maktab Sains proud when they were named the top gold medal recipients yesterday morning in the Australian English Competition held at the Science College's auditorium. A total of 1,347 of the college's students entered...
- Americanising Australian English.(Language)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Solomon, Robert December 1, 2006 700+ words
IF ONE HAD JUST AWOKEN from the long sleep enjoyed by most of the population in relation to their language, one might confess to being amazed at the infusion of American vocabulary and accents which had taken place. Such a person might say, as a federal minister did in 1998: "It leaves me
- Genetic link seen between Australian, English epidemic S. aureus.
- Newspaper article from: TB & Outbreaks Week February 4, 2003 700+ words
2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drug-resistant epidemic staphylococcus strains are spreading worldwide, researchers in Australia warn. "The mecA gene that encodes methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus may be regulated by the mecR1 and mecI genes, and this region has been
- Brunei: Chung Hwa students excel in Australian English test.
- Newspaper article from: Borneo Bulletin October 22, 2001 700+ words
Students of Chung Hwa Middle School, BSB achieved commendable success at the recent International Competition for Schools (English). Two students obtained Certificates of High Distinction, 19 students obtained Certificates of Distinction and 33 students obtained Credit Certificates. Conducted by
- Outback poses eerie 'Proposition': London-based sound supervisor Paul Davies...
- Magazine article from: Encore Magazine Hull, David October 1, 2005 700+ words
Adapted from a screenplay penned by Nick Cave, it was a safe assumption that The Proposition would embrace an edgy mood, particularly when the notoriously dark Australian musician has co-written the film's score. Add these creative elements to a brutal 1880s colonial setting and the natural
Source: HighBeam Research, Even blind Freddy ... (Letters).