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English the official language spoken by australians, or our version of it often difficult for others to understand. Australian english is more than just an accent, its full of hilarious australian slang that induce hilarious mental images. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Mar 09, 2016 australian english is more than just an accent, its full of hilarious australian slang that induce hilarious mental images. The project seeks to find english words and meanings that have originated in australia, that have a greater currency in australia than elsewhere, or that have a special significance in australian history. Jennifer lawrence and joel edgerton teach each other slang words from their respective birthplaces, kentucky and australia.
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Matts top ten favourite aussie slang wordsexpressions. The penguin book of australian slang a dinkum guide to. Australian slang booklet log in or become a member to download. This updated version of the aussie slang dictionary has additional entries researched and compiled by christine fotis. As someone who has lived in australia their whole life, ive identified three.
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