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Cargando... Fair Dinkum! Aussie Slangpor H. G. Nelson
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"Australian slang unites the true blue and dinky-di and separates the cheeky little possums from the happy little Vegemites. When we use slang, we're connecting with the diggers enjoying a glass of wine in the villages of France (plonk) and the Indigenous Dharug-speakers of Sydney locating one another with a familiar cry (within cooee). Learn to distinguish your drongos from your dropkicks in this handy pictorial guide to Australian slang"--Back cover. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I dinged the book a star because Nelson includes a few slang terms that are definitely not strictly Aussie: I grew up using 'chuck a u-ey' (do a u-turn) and 'mad as a cut snake' amongst others in the collection ('In like Flynn'). I don't claim them as American, but they're definitely not quintessentially Aussie, either.
A fun surprise stocking stuffer from MT and I'm going to have fun sharing some of these terms with my friends and family back home. ( )