<p>This lively book is the standard authority on how Australian English came to sound and be spoken as it is today. Among the many subjects discussed beginnings; Australia at war; the underworld; vulgarism; pastimes and pleasures; aborigines and pigeon; new words; idiom in literature; and special forms of Australian slang.</p>

The Australian language;: An examination of the English language and English speech as used in Australia, from convict days to the present, with ... idiom and its use by Australian writers

Baker, Sidney J

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The Australian language;: An examination of the English language and English speech as used in Australia, from convict days to the present, with ... idiom and its use by Australian writers