This sad story offers a few applications as an illustration. If you search around the internet you’ll find numerous articles about it. Here’s one from local News Limited. Welsh engineers Taylor & Sons, which was established in 1875, got a shock in February 2009 when Companies House, the UK government’s registrar of companies, recorded the …
Some of us live in fear of pronouncing words incorrectly. Quinoa, anyone? In honour of all those visiting tennis players currently competing in the Australia Open and saying how much they’re enjoying the hospitality (or dreading the heat) in ‘MelBORN’, here’s an edition of Anglophenia that deals with British place names. If you think the …
The Australian National Dictionary Centre’s Word Of The Year choices seem a bit random. Last year they chose ‘bitcoin’ over the far more popular usage ‘selfie’. It seems to be more whatever interests the staff at the ANDC or something drawn out of a hat. At least choosing ‘shirtfront’ as their 2014 word of the …
This month Ozwords examines the story of the distinctive Australian word ‘dinkum’. Have read and find out where they thing the word comes from. And for some of you, find out what it means, as well. Fair dinkum, you should head over there and have a squizz.
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