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8 unusual facts about Australian English


Anne Rose Brooks

On Another World, Brooks was required to play the role of Diana Frame with an Australian accent, but in reality, Brooks was born and raised in the United States.

Bay dog

A bay dog (or bailer, in Australian English) is a dog that is specially trained to find, chase, and then bay, or howl at from a safe distance, large animals during a hunt, such as during a wild boar hunt.

Diasystem

For example, the Macquarie Dictionary reflects the pronunciation of four phonetically distinct sociolects of Australian English.

Disputes in English grammar

For example, in addition to the differences in accent, spelling, and vocabulary, there are many points of spoken grammar that differ between and among the British, American, Australian, and other varieties of the English language in everyday use.

Excess All Areas

The title is a pun on "Access All Areas" (text often found on backstage passes at concerts) being a homonym with the title in Australian English.

Glendalough railway station

As the suburb of Glendalough was named after the famous monastery of Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland, the initial trains on the line announced the station as "Glenda-lock", rather than the "Glenda-loe" pronunciation that had become common amongst Australian English speakers in Perth.

Joey Mead

Already picking up Australian & American accent tones from living in Australia & Asia, Joey has adapted her talent of imitating accents in work, making her a popular live & voice talent.

Patrick Joseph Hartigan

The refrain We'll all be rooned from his poem Said Hanrahan has entered colloquial Australian English as a jocular response to any prediction of dire consequences arising, particularly, from events outside the interlocutor's control.


Avast!

Themed voiceovers are also available; these include "Aussie", "Californian", "Canadian", "Pirate Talk" and "Santa Claus".

Diagonal pliers

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, diagonal pliers are commonly referred to as snips, and in Australia and Canada they are often referred to as side cutters.

Roland Sussex

He is also keenly interested in the changes experienced by different languages, such as the influence of American English on Australian English.

Utility knife

In British, Australian and New Zealand English, along with Dutch and Austrian German, a utility knife frequently used in the construction industry is known as a Stanley knife.


see also

Chinese Apple

Riberry (Syzygium luehmannii) is called Chinese Apple in Australian English