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American sitcom speak replaces Aussie language - 9 views

www.theage.com.au/...e-language-20101111-17obc.html sayings USEnglish idioms popularculture AMEweek11 E&Pweek2 AustralianEnglish TV languagechange
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    Brief Age article profiling Hugh Lunn and his book on Aussie slang. Bemoans loss of identity and heritage with loss of (cliched) Australianisms in favour of American slang learned from TV.
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Program clash confuses Canberra - 1 views

www.theage.com.au/...s-canberra-20131002-2usv3.html E&Pweek2 spellingvariation UKEnglish AMEweek11 USEnglish TonyAbbott JohnHoward KevinRudd
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    Brief news report on changes to the spelling program/programme within Australian government and public service. Notes personal preferences of prime ministers Howard, Rudd and Abbott, and assumptions about what the differences signify.
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The Americans Are Ruining Our Language | The Fifth Columnist - 2 views

fifthcolumnistblog.wordpress.com/...icans-are-ruining-our-language USEnglish AustralianEnglish languagechange AMEweek11 UKEnglish
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    First of all, nobody's ruining the English language. And for anyone to call it "our" language is repugnantly colonial. Language spreads and language changes. English is spoken across the globe by m...
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