According to stereotype, spoken Australian English is thought to be highly colloquial, possibly more so than other spoken variants. Whether this idea is grounded in reality or not, a substantial number of publications aimed at giving an overview of Australian English have been published. Many books about Australian vocabulary have been published, beginning with Karl Lentzner's Dictionary of the Slang-English of Australia and of Some Mixed Languages in 1892. Several similar books soon followed, including a relatively modest but authoritative work by E. E. Morris: Austral English: A Dictionar ...

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Australian words - Cars. Commodore - popular family car designed and built by Holden (see below). Falcon - popular family car designed and built by Ford Australia. Holden - Australian branch of General Motors. Manufacturers of the Commodore in addition to other models. Magna - family car designed and built by Mitsubishi Motors Australia, until 2004. Replaced by the Mitsubishi 380. ...

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Words has several meanings: for the file in Unix, see words. for various song titles, see "Words". For other uses, see word. Other related archivesUnix, Words, word, words

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Australian English (AuE) is the form of the English language used in Australia. Australian English - Relationship to other varieties of English. Australian English began to diverge from British English soon after the foundation of the colony of New South Wales (NSW) in 1788. The settlement was intended originally as a penal colony for British convicts. They were mostly people from large English cities, such as Cockneys. In 1827, Peter Cunningham, in his book Two Years in New South Wales, repor ...

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Australian English - Varieties of Australian English
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Australian English - Phonology
Australian English - Myths about Australian accents
Australian English - Use of words by Australians
Australian English - Humour Australian English - Diminutives

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DŽ (minuscule dž, titlecase Dž) is the seventh letter of the Croatian and Serbian (Latin form) alphabets, after D and before Đ. It is pronounced as /ʤ/. Dž is a digraph that corresponds to the letter Dzhe (Џ/џ) of the Cyrillic alphabet used for writing the Serbian language. Note that when the letter is the initial of a capitalized word (like Džungla or Džemper, or personal names like Dženana or Džamonja), the ž is not ...

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Łódź (pronunciation: ˈwudʑ̥), the second-largest city (population 776,297 in 2004) of Poland, lies in the centre of the country. It serves as the capital of the Łódź Voivodship. In Polish, the word also means 'boat'. Łódź - History. Łódź - Agricultural Łódź. Łódź first appears in the written record in a document giving the village of Łodzia to the bishops of Włocławek in 1332. In ...

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The Australian punting glossary explains some of the terms, jargon and slang which are commonly used and heard on Australian racecourses, in TAB’s, on radio, and in the horse racing media. The emphasis in this list is on punting terms, rather than the breeding or veterinary side of horse racing. Australian punting glossary - 0-9. 750’s: Binoculars with magnification of 7x50 mm. Australian punting glossary - A. ...

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A word is a unit of language that carries meaning and consists of one or more morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together. Typically a word will consist of a root or stem and zero or more affixes. Words can be combined to create phrases, clauses and sentences. A word consisting of two or more stems joined together is called a compound. Word - Difficulty in defining the term. The precise definition of what a word is depends on which language the definition is for, and the dividing line between w ...

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The Word was a 1990s late night Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom. Its presenters included Mancunian Terry Christian, Mark Lamarr, Dani Behr, Katie Puckrick, Alan Connor, Amanda de Cadenet and "Hufty". The magazine format allowed for interviews, live music, features and even game shows. The flexible late night format meant that guests could do just about anything to be controversial. There was also an 'I'll do ...

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The Indigenous Australians are the first inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands, continuing their presence during European settlement. The term includes the various indigenous peoples commonly known as Aborigines, whose traditional lands extend throughout mainland Australia, Tasmania and numerous offshore islands, and also the Torres Strait Islanders whose lands are centred on the Torres Strait Islands which run between northernmost Australia and the island of New Guinea. Indigenous ...

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Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) is an independent, national network of mainly non-Indigenous organisations and individuals working in support of justice for Indigenous Australians. Statement of Purpose To generate in Australia a moral and legal recognition of and respect for the distinctive status of Indigenous Australians as First Peoples. Recognition of Indigenous Australians' rights, which include self-determination, their relationships to land and the maintenance and growth of their ...

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The Australian Aboriginal languages comprise several language families and isolates native to Australia and a few nearby islands, but by convention excluding Tasmania. The relationships between these languages are not clear at present, although substantial progress has been made on our understanding in recent decades. Most Australian languages are extinct or endangered. Of those that survive, only 10% are being learned by children. This is largely a result of a concerted effort by past Australian governments to eradicate Aborig ...

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In English military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. (Contrary to many popular suggestions, the "D" is not short for any actual word, just a simple way of highlighting the phrase) ; see Military designation of days and hours for other "days") By far the most well-known D-Day is June 6, 1944—the day on which "Operation Overlord" began—commencing the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II. This article discusses the general use of the term D-Day. For a description of the events of J ...

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The Word of Wisdom is the common name of Section 89 of the Doctrine and Covenants of the Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism). It is also the name of a mandatory health code based on that scripture practiced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. According to author Joseph Smith, Jr., the scripture was received in 1833 as a revelation from God. The introduction and explanation as presented by Smith is "A Word of Wisdom, for the benefit of the council of high priests, assembled in Kirtland, and the church, and also ...

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Words and Music refers to: Words and Music, a 1998 album by Paul Kelly At least five movies by the same title (Search IMDb for Words and Music) The most well-known of these is the 1948 version Other related archivesPaul Kelly, Words and Music

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David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, prolific and controversial English writers of the 20th century, whose output spans novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. These works, taken together, represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, sexuality, and instinctive behaviour, making hi ...

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D. H. Lawrence - Early life 1885-1912 D. H. Lawrence - Blithe spirits 1912-1914 D. H. Lawrence - The nightmare 1914-1919 D. H. Lawrence - The savage pilgrimage begins 1919-1922 D. H. Lawrence - Seeking a new world 1922-1925 D. H. Lawrence - Approaching death 1925-1930 D. H. Lawrence - Posthumous reputation
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D. H. Lawrence - Novels D. H. Lawrence - Short stories D. H. Lawrence - Poetry D. H. Lawrence - Plays D. H. Lawrence - Non-fiction D. H. Lawrence - Travel books D. H. Lawrence - Works translated by Lawrence D. H. Lawrence - Manuscripts and early drafts of published novels and other works D. H. Lawrence - Letters
D. H. Lawrence - Works about Lawrence
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A stem, in linguistics, is the combination of the basic form of a word (called the root) plus any derivational morphemes, but excluding inflectional elements. This means, alternatively, that the stem is the form of the word to which inflectional morphemes can be added, if applicable. For example, the root of the English verb form destabilized is stabil- (alternate form of stable); the stem is de·stabil·ize, which includes the derivational affixes de- and -ize, but not ...

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The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is the primary stock exchange in Australia. The ASX began as separate state-based exchanges established as early as 1871. Today trading is all-electronic and the exchange is a public company, listed on the exchange itself. The biggest stocks traded on the ASX, in terms of their market capitalization, include BHP Billiton, Telstra, and the National Australia Bank. The mining sector makes up a relatively high proportion of th ...

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Words Worth is a five-part hentai OVA series produced by NuTech Digital in 1999. It also has a sequel series, Words Worth Gaiden (in Western parts also known as Words Worth Outer Stories, but their respective plots and almost all main characters are different in each series). Both series are based on a Japanese hentai fantasy computer game made by ELF Corporation (released 1999). Both titles contain a lot of graphical sexual interco ...

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