The ‘Hard Yakka’ of Defining Australian English’s Many Quirks
By Damien Cave
The author of a book about Australia’s penchant for off-color language, with a Ph.D in American history, she looked almost as mad as a cut snake...
Clearly, updating a dictionary of Australian English on a shoestring budget is a special kind of hard work — or “hard yakka,” for those who speak the local language. The Australian National Dictionary includes only words and phrases that have originated in Australia, that have a greater currency in the country, or that have a special significance in Australian history. And the process is a bit like panning for gold.
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