Kel Richards' dictionary of Australian phrase and fable /

Covering many unique, and sometimes peculiar, Australian slang phrases and words, this lighthearted guide shares the etymological history of almost 1,000 items from Australian-English lingo. The book includes how bloody became an all-purpose swear word, why bludger means a lazy person, the origin of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richards, Kel, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney : NewSouth Pub., 2013.
Temas:
English language > Australia > Terms and phrases.
Australian literature > Dictionaries.
Mythology, Aboriginal Australian > Dictionaries.
Anglais (Langue) > Australie > Mots et locutions.
REFERENCE > Dictionaries.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
REFERENCE > Bibliographies & Indexes.
Australian literature
English language
Australia
Australian
Dictionaries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • INTRODUCTION; WHY WE HAVE THE WORLD'S BEST BEACHES; BEACH SAFETY; ADVENTURE BAY: Bruny Island, Tasmania; AGNES WATER: Queensland; AVOCA BEACH: New South Wales; BALMORAL BEACH: Sydney, New South Wales; BELLS BEACH: Great Ocean Road, Victoria; BONDI BEACH: Sydney, New South Wales; BOYDTOWN: Twofold Bay, New South Wales; BRAMSTON BEACH: Queensland; BRIDGEWATER BAY: Victo ria; BRIDPORT: Tasmania; BRIGHTON BEACH: Melbourne, Victoria; BRITISH ADMIRAL BEACH: King Island, Tasmania; CABLE BEACH: Broome, Western Australia; CAPE HILLSBOROUGH: Queensland
  • CAPE LEVEQUE: Dampier Peninsula, Western AustraliaCAPE PERON: Shark Bay, Western Australia; CASUARINA BEACH: Darwin, Northern Territory; CATHERINE HILL BAY: New South Wales; COSY CORNER: Bay of Fires, Tasmania; COTTESLOE: Perth, Western Australia; CRESCENT HEAD: New South Wales; CYLINDERS BEACH: North Stradbroke Island, Queensland; DIGGERS BEACH: New South Wales; DUNBOGAN-DIAMOND HEAD: New South Wales; EAST WOODY BEACH: Arnhem Land, Northern Territory; ECO BEACH: Kimberley, Western Australia; EIGHTY MILE BEACH: Western Australia; EIMEO: Mackay, Queensland; ELEPHANT ROCKS: Western Australia
  • EMILY BAY: Norfolk Island, New South WalesFINGAL BAY: New South Wales; FOUR MILE BEACH: Port Douglas, Queensland; FRANGIPANI BEACH: Cape York, Queensland; GIBSONS STEPS: Great Ocean Road, Victo ria; GLENELG: Adelaide, South Australia; GODFREYS BEACH: Tasmania; GREEN PATCH: Jervis Bay Territory; GREENLY BEACH: Eyre Peninsula, South Australia; GUNYAH BEACH: Eyre Peninsula, South Australia; HORSESHOE BAY: Magnetic Island, Queensland; JOHANNA BEACH: Great Ocean Road, Victoria; KALBARRI: Western Australia; KITTY MILLER BAY: Phillip Island, Victoria; LIPSON COVE: Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
  • LITTLE BEACH: Two Peoples Bay, Western AustraliaLONG BEACH: Robe, South Australia; LORNE: Great Ocean Road, Victoria; LUCKY BAY: Western Australia; MANDALAY BEACH: Western Australia; MANLY BEACH: Sydney, New South Wales; MARRAWAH BEACH: Tasmania; MEELUP: Western Australia; MERDAYERRAH SANDPATCH: Nullarbor, South Australia; MERIMBULA- PAMBULA: New South Wales; MINDIL BEACH: Darwin, Northern Territory; MISSION BEACH: Queensland; MON REPOS: Queensland; MYALL BEACH: Daintree, Queensland; NEDS BEACH: Lord Howe Island, New South Wales; NIELSEN PARK: Sydney, New South Wales
  • NINETY MILE BEACH: Gippsland, VictoriaNORRIES HEAD: New South Wales; OCEAN BEACH: Strahan, Tasmania; PALM COVE: Cairns, Queensland; PEACEFUL BAY: Western Australia; PERLUBIE BEACH: South Australia; PIRATES BAY: Tasmania; PONDALOWIE BAY: Yorke Peninsula, South Australia; PORT NOARLUNGA: Adelaid e, South Australia; PORTSEA: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria; RAINBOW BAY: Gold Coast, Queensland; RAINBOW BEACH: Queensland; REDBILL-DIAMOND ISLAND: Tasmania; REFUGE COVE: Wilsons Promontory, Victoria; RESORT BEACH: Lizard Island, Queensland; SANDY CAPE: Western Australia; SEAL ROCKS: New South Wales

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