Dudes, dudines and dudettes of Australia, we need to talk about border security. Our long-time frenemies—the Americans (hey bae!)—seem to be taking over our English. For many Aussies, our linguistic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do you know your “yeah, nah” from your “nah, yeah”? Or your “woop woop” from your “wig out”? Australians have long prided ...

Classic Australian slang terms have been recognised as part of a historical documentation of how the English language has ...

Does the word "here" have one syllable or two? Does "France" rhyme with "pants" or "aunts"? Across Australia, linguists are revolutionising the understanding of how Aussies' voices differ from one ...

Australia Day; it's snags on the barbie, mozzies, long necks, Akubra hats and that all Aussie sun blazing through our SPF 50+. But what is it that makes good ol' Straya so unique? Well, it's the ...

Presenter Melvyn Bragg In the 1950s of premier Robert Menzies, the approved sound of Australian English was more Westminster than Woolloomooloo. These were the last days of the so-called "colonial ...

Bonzer. Dinkum. Troppo. We love our distinctive words and phrases. We revel in the confusion they cause outsiders. We celebrate the stories behind them. We even make up a few furphies about them. What ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Conversation, CC BY Dudes, dudines and dudettes of Australia, we need to talk about border security. Our long-time frenemies – ...