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	<description>For the dinkum oil on Australian English. A blog from the Australian National Dictionary Centre, a joint Australian National University and Oxford University Press project www.anu.edu.au/andc</description>
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		<title>Canberra word: guvvie (and ex-guvvie)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Laugesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Amanda Laugesen Canberra word: guvvie (and ex-guvvie) The terms guvvie (also govie) for government housing—&#8217;a house originally built or bought by the government for low-cost or subsidised rental&#8217;, and ex-guvvie (also ex-govie) for &#8216;a house that was formerly built &#8230; <a href="http://ozwords.org/?p=4586">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shaggledick &#8211; Mountweazel or &#8216;dictionary word&#8217;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 03:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Gwynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Gwynn A recent contribution to the ANDC Word Box was the word shaggledick.* The contributor provided two dictionary references for this word and suggested that it may be a &#8216;Mountweazel&#8217; word. A Mountweazel is a fictitious entry deliberately &#8230; <a href="http://ozwords.org/?p=3747">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anzac: Words from Gallipoli</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Laugesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Amanda Laugesen April 25 marks one of Australia’s most important national days, Anzac Day. Last year, we looked at the phrase ‘One Day of the Year’. This year, we take a look at a number of terms that were &#8230; <a href="http://ozwords.org/?p=4367">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The Man from Snowy River&#8217; and Australian English</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Gwynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Gwynn There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around That the colt from old Regret had got away. And had joined the wild bush horses &#8211; he was worth a thousand pound, So all &#8230; <a href="http://ozwords.org/?p=3976">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Australia drinks: flat whites and long blacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Julia Robinson  Australia&#8217;s love affair with ‘proper’ coffee means that a teaspoon of instant coffee in a cup of boiling water no longer satisfies us as it did twenty-five years ago. We now prefer to drink espresso-based coffees such &#8230; <a href="http://ozwords.org/?p=4286">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Place-names and Australian English: Barcoo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Laugesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Amanda Laugesen  In Australian English a number of terms derive from an association with place names. The Barcoo River in Western Queensland gave its name to a number of terms which became associated with outback life in the 19th &#8230; <a href="http://ozwords.org/?p=4195">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: Our home is girt by sea</title>
		<link>http://ozwords.org/?p=4132&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=australia-our-home-is-girt-by-sea</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Gwynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Gwynn Since the adoption of ‘Advance Australia Fair’ as Australia’s national anthem there have been a number of vocal critics. Some of these critics are nostalgic for the former anthem ‘God Save the Queen’, others prefer the unofficial &#8230; <a href="http://ozwords.org/?p=4132">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The problem with yabbies</title>
		<link>http://ozwords.org/?p=3778&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-problem-with-yabbies</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Julia Robinson The surprising and important fact that most Australians do not know is that there are almost 140 species of freshwater crayfish in Australia. (Susan Lawler, The Conversation, 4 February 2013) Fishing for yabbies (freshwater crayfish) is a &#8230; <a href="http://ozwords.org/?p=3778">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Canberra Word: booner</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Gwynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Gwynn This year the Australian National Dictionary Centre is showcasing Canberra words to mark the city&#8217;s centenary. The first Canberra Word blog discussed pube, a colloquial word for &#8216;public servant&#8217;.  This blog, the second in the series, looks at &#8230; <a href="http://ozwords.org/?p=3964">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mem Fox and thirty years of Possum Magic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Julia Robinson This week we celebrate the birthday of Mem Fox (born 5 March 1946), Australian writer of children’s books. She is the author of such favourite picture books as Koala Lou, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, and Wombat Divine, &#8230; <a href="http://ozwords.org/?p=4024">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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