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In the midst of the hollies, many Aussies are enjoying arvo barbies with our rellies, full of snags, champaz and cab sav. We’re chucking on our sunnies and boardies at the beach, perhaps with our mates Shaz, Robbo, and Bazza. And we’re very wary of those pesky mozzies.
If you’re not from Australia, I apologise if that was indecipherable – us Aussies can’t seem to get enough of these shortened words.
So why do we use them so much? As Monash Uni linguists Kate Burridge and Howard Manns explain, they’re expressions of informality and solidarity, uniquely suited to our ethos.
Indeed these shortened words are “like accents – part of the glue that sticks Australian English speakers together”.
Whether you’re a truckie, a journo, a garbo, an ambo, or work at the bottle-o, we hope you’re enjoying a ripsnorter of a break.
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Liam Petterson
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