Aussie slang is rich, weird and wildly specific—so what happens when artificial intelligence tries to learn it?
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Colloquialisms such as barbie and smoko are like accents – part of the glue that sticks Australian English speakers together.
Ever wondered why curry is named after a pop singer from post-war Belfast? So have we.
Every few years there’s a furphy that our beloved ‘Strine’ slang is doing a Harold Holt – but in fact Aussies are still slinging true-blue slang.
Our drinking culture has brought some colourful phrases into the Australian vernacular.
When Australians went to the Western Front, language failed them. So they invented slanguage: a mix of slang, French words and creative swearing that, among other things, gave us the word “Aussie”.
I recently read an article bemoaning the “decline” of Australian slang, pointing out that the latest edition of Tony Thorne’s Dictionary of Contemporary Slang has but a handful of new Australian entries…
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