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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/1902| Title: | Hello Possums: Barry Humphries and Australian English | Contributor(s): | Pender, Anne (author) |
Publication Date: | 2007 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/1902 | Abstract: | In August this year an Australian woman visiting the United States found herself in trouble after she answered an air steward with the words "fair dinkum". The young woman was responding to the steward's statement that there were no pretzels. After uttering the phrase, Sophie Reynolds of Queanbeyan in New South Wales, was ordered to hand over her passport to the SkyWest Airlines staff and was told that she might be charged with committing a federal offence. When she disembarked at Pittsburgh, Ms Reynolds was met by three uniformed officers who said: "You swore at the hostess and there are federal rules against that." Reynolds replied: "I did not swear at the hostess, I just said fair dinkum" (Australian, 11 August 2007, p. 5). | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Ozwords, 16(1), p. 1-3 | Publisher: | Australian National University, Australian National Dictionary Centre | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1321-0858 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200302 English Language 190407 Music Performance |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950203 Languages and Literature | HERDC Category Description: | C3 Non-Refereed Article in a Professional Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.anu.edu.au/ANDC/pubs/ozwords/index.php http://www.anu.edu.au/ANDC/pubs/ozwords/pdfs/Ozwords_October%2007.pdf |
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| Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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