<html>

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">

<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style>

</head>

<body dir="ltr">

<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:#222222;background:white;mso-bidi-language:JI"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<b style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Announcement: Melbourne Linguistics in the Pub</span></b><b style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-language:JI"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">Linguistics in the Pub - Furphies, bulldust and the dinkum oil on Australian slang<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:#222222;background:white;mso-bidi-language:JI">Discussion

 led by: Kate Burridge, Izzy Burke, Dylan Hughes, Howard Manns and Simon Musgrave (Monash University)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-language:JI"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">Did you know that

<i>dinkum </i>comes from Chinese gamblers assuring English-speakers they’d do <i>

fair drinking - meaning get just as drunk as other gamblers? Well, that’s a furphy. Do you think Australian slang is succumbing to Seppo speak? Well, clearly that’s bulldust, too.

<o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><br>

Pubs are normally places where furphies start, but in this Linguistics in the Pub we plan to end a few about Australian slang, including the idea that it might be dying. We set out preliminary findings of our ARC Special Research Initiative (SRI) project on

 the history and evolution of Australian slang. We’re investigating how Australian slang has evolved over time, and the place it holds in the hearts of everyday Australians.

<o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">In doing so, we answer some important but under- or never-explored aspects of Australian

 slang, including: <o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">- When did we start talking about Australian slang? Is it really a slang?

<o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">- Is Australian slang really dying, or is this slow news day chaff?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 

</span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">- What are some of the most common Australian slang words across generations?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 

</span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">- What do sheilas say about the gendered nature of Australian slang?

<o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">- Does Australia have a larger population of

fuglies than the rest of the English-speaking world, or is there something peculiar happening with all our idiomatic expressions for unattractive people (e.g.

<i>face like a smashed crab, ugly as a hat full of assholes</i>)?<o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">Overall, this talk draws on fair dinkum empirical evidence to

rubbish the codswallop people have been saying about Australian slang for years. Yet, we also show how important these furphies are to our beloved Australian slang.

<o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">We also show how the different linguistic perspectives of the research team come to bear

 on this project. For instance, our trusty PhD student - Dylan Hughes - claims not to use any of these bloody words. Will Dylan kill off Australian slang? You’ll have to come along to find out.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   

</span><i><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;background:white">

<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:#222222;mso-bidi-language:JI">Details:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:#222222;mso-bidi-language:JI"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;background:white">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:#222222;mso-bidi-language:JI">Date:      Wednesday

 25th May 2022<br>

Time:       6:00 - 8:00 pm<br>

Venue:     Function room, Naughton’s Parkville Hotel<br>

Address: 43 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052<br>

Phone:   (03) 9347 2255<br>

</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="http://parkvillehotel.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1155CC;mso-bidi-language:JI">http://parkvillehotel.com.au/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:#222222;mso-bidi-language:JI"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:#500050;mso-bidi-language:JI"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:#222222;mso-bidi-language:JI">(menu

 available online)<br>

<br>

To hear about the next Linguistics in the Pub - follow our new Facebook page:<br>

</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Melbourne-Linguistics-in-the-Pub-108857668018691" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1155CC;mso-bidi-language:JI">https://www.facebook.com/Melbourne-Linguistics-in-the-Pub-108857668018691</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:#222222;mso-bidi-language:JI"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;background:white">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:#222222;mso-bidi-language:JI"><br>

LIP is a gathering of language activists and linguists in Melbourne coordinated by a committee: Ruth Singer (Melbourne Uni), Andrew Tanner (La Trobe Uni), Chloé Diskin-Holdaway (Melbourne Uni), Jonathon Lum (Melbourne Uni), Lauren Gawne (LaTrobe Uni), Jill

 Vaughan (Melbourne Uni), Giovanni Ma (Melbourne Uni), Kate Charlwood (Melbourne Uni), Nicola Bezbradica (Melbourne Uni) and Will Somers (Melbourne Uni).<o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<br>

</div>

</body>

</html>