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Best Australian saying of the day: 'Flat out like a lizard drinking' - meaning and why it still matters

What could a lizard drinking water possibly have to do with being extremely busy? Quite a lot, at least in colorful Australian English. "Flat out like a lizard drinking" is a popular Australian ...
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The ‘Hard Yakka’ of Defining Australian English’s Many Quirks

It took a while for Australians to appreciate their linguistic distinctiveness. The editors at the Australian National Dictionary Center work to document it. By Damien Cave CANBERRA, Australia — ...
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Australian slang immortalised in English dictionary

Some of Australians favourite slang words and phrases have been recognised in a new intake to the Oxford English Dictionary. The OED announced they would be adding 17 new Australian English words and ...
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Yeah, nah: Aussie slang hasn’t carked it, but we do want to know more about it

Writer 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 ...