A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms

by G.A. Wilkes

Book Overview

About the only contact average Americans have had with Australian slang is the well-known television commercial that promises to "put another shrimp on the barbie" if they spend their next vacation "Down Under." Those that do eventually visit Australia will quickly find an indigenous patois incredibly rich and amusing, drawing on everything from American English to the languages of its native peoples. And readers of A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0424001780
• ISBN13: 9780424001784
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.