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  1. I think I've mentioned this before, but as a result of being a) an Australian living in the USA, and b) just being plain old, I have no freaking idea how grammar or spelling work anymore.

    #English #Writing #Grammar #AustralianEnglish #AmericanEnglish

  2. Winton's book contains some of those clippings so popular in Australian English: bronzies, deckie, Landy, oldies, vollies, wetty, and others.

    Without context it's hard to guess them unless you know AusEng. I've updated my post on the phenomenon:
    stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/0

    #dialect #words #language #AustralianEnglish #AusEng #abbreviations #books #morphology

  3. Winton's book contains some of those clippings so popular in Australian English: bronzies, deckie, Landy, oldies, vollies, wetty, and others.

    Without context it's hard to guess them unless you know AusEng. I've updated my post on the phenomenon:
    stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/0

    #dialect #words #language #AustralianEnglish #AusEng #abbreviations #books #morphology