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Australian Slang
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Australian Slang

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This dictionary brings together a colourful collection of colloquialisms from Down Under, including humorous rhyming slang, inventive insults and comical curses. Celebrating a distinctive and often irreverent language, Australian Slang is a ripper of a read that will delight visitors from OS, as well as true-blue Aussie blokes and sheilas.

Read this book to discover the meaning behind perplexing Australian discourses such as this one-

G'day mate! How’ve ya been, you old bastard? Take a butchers at that galah playing aerial ping-pong on the telly. He’s about as useful as a one-legged man in an arse-kicking competition. The drongo’ll get the spear if he doesn’t pull his socks up.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Australia
Country
Australia
Date
2 June 2008
Pages
272
ISBN
9780143009115

This dictionary brings together a colourful collection of colloquialisms from Down Under, including humorous rhyming slang, inventive insults and comical curses. Celebrating a distinctive and often irreverent language, Australian Slang is a ripper of a read that will delight visitors from OS, as well as true-blue Aussie blokes and sheilas.

Read this book to discover the meaning behind perplexing Australian discourses such as this one-

G'day mate! How’ve ya been, you old bastard? Take a butchers at that galah playing aerial ping-pong on the telly. He’s about as useful as a one-legged man in an arse-kicking competition. The drongo’ll get the spear if he doesn’t pull his socks up.

Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Australia
Country
Australia
Date
2 June 2008
Pages
272
ISBN
9780143009115