AN ABORIGINAL BASIS IN AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH (fwd media link)

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AN ABORIGINAL BASIS IN AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH
17.5.2006 17:04:13

SBS Radio
http://www9.sbs.com.au/radio/index.php?page=wv&newsID=135072

Today we begin a series looking at the development of Australian
English.
If you weren't born in Australia, you might have wondered how much
Aboriginal language or culture has seeped into the nation's English.

For instance, do you know what "within cooee" means, and where it came
from? And, what about "hard yakka"?

Bruce Moore from the Australian National Dictionary Centre is with
Caroline Davey to demystify some of these words.