Research group studying Australian slang and Australian identity
Joined July 2021
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forging powerful new rhyming slang by saying “it’s a real steven pinker” (stinker) whenever it’s hot
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Teal appeal: what the 2022 Word of the Year says about Aussie vernacular
🔗 macq.it/3APtkS4 @annabellelukin
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Someone on reddit described hearing the upcoming Queen's Jubilee referred to as "the platty joobs" and this has been sending me ALL DAY. Everything is now preceded by platty.
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Rhyming slang is fun, but where does it come from? And do people really use it?
The #Speakeasy on @abcperth with Tom Baddeley. Sandshoe very much to producers Jackson and Brad.
Shoutout as always to @MisterSlang & @MacqDictionary.
abc.net.au/radio/perth/progr…
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A brief reminder that to 'spuddle' (17th century) is to work feebly and ineffectively, because your mind is either somewhere else, or hasn't yet shifted into gear.
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Two-up, Gallipoli and the ‘fair go’: why illegal gambling is at the heart of the Anzac myth theconversation.com/two-up-g… via @ConversationEDU
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"I am not here to play laughing homosexuals with you"
That's what a Japanese audience heard via translation after former Prime Minister Bob Hawke once addressed a Japanese audience and fielded a tricky question by saying "I'm not here to play funny buggers". Oops.
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very excited we now have data to confirm that 'spunkrat' is a gender neutral term in Australian English.
Thanks to @HowieManns, @SimonMusgrave1, Kate Burridge, Isabelle Burke, Dylan Hughes and Keith Allan. #ALS2021
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i'll have to duck out halfway through this talk from @HowieManns @SimonMusgrave1 et al, and i'm fuckn devo about it #ALS2021
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.@MQLinguistics Prof. Felicity Cox @felicitymcox was interviewed on @abcnews Afternoons with Kim Huynh on "The evolution of the Australian accent" abc.net.au/radio/canberra/pr…
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Ian was the only student I’ve ever had who understood the vernacular in Barbara Baynton’s “Billy Skywonkie” - he remembered people speaking in that way! And so gracious with his (much) younger fellow students.
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One of our projects (Australian Text Analytics Platform) has a stall at #ResBazQld today - from 12:30 in the Foyer, Advanced Engineering Building, UQ. Details here: resbaz.github.io/resbaz2021q…. Come and visit us, learn more about the project, tell us how we can help you!
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As authoritative as the @MacqDictionary* and as exhaustive as a Fortitude Valley pub crawl, "Betoota-isms" from @BetootaAdvocate is your one-stop guide to the grandeur of the great Australian vernacular. Buy it now at all good book stores. ow.ly/LUkB30rY5SH
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What are the FAIR and CARE principles and why should corpus linguists know about them?
sydneycorpuslab.com/what-are…
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Word of the day is ‘flenching’ (19th-century Scots): promising an improvement that never quite materialises.
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here's a dangerous idea: over the last fifty years, the influence of american english on australian english has been basically minimal
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Fighting for four-letter words $@*#!
Since the 1970s women have actively campaigned to change the sexist language used by media and government.
#ANUExpert Amanda Laugesen outlines a very brief history of women’s linguistic activism.
📖: reporter.anu.edu.au/fighting… #ANUReporter
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Australian #slang may not be part of your everyday #lingo, but it can have a special place in your heart. 🇦🇺
But why do we love it so much? And which words go, and which ones stay slangy? @Monash_Arts researchers are working on a study to find out: mona.sh/Pe3H30rVwkc
