This article explores how Aussie slang and idioms reflect national identity and challenge traditional ideas of what counts as “English”. From “larrikin” to “dinkum”, this is the tale of how ...

alksHave you been 'flat out like a lizard drinking' lately? In this video, Professor Roly Sussex talks with a radio listener, and explains how Australian English is full of similes like these. A ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is there something a little bit different about the way Asian-Australian native English speakers, like myself, talk? By Yan Zhuang The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau ...

G’day, mate! Do you fancy having a ripper Straya accent, like Kate Winslet in “The Dressmaker” or Dev Patel in “Lion”? Taking on a role that requires an Australian-English accent can be a challenge ...

Australians all speak fast, shorten words, have broad accents and are hard to understand, right? Not quite! Find out some of the unique ways Australians speak English. English sounds different ...

More than 150 years ago, an Australian tour to England captured the attention of Britons. By Natasha Frost The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by ...