It took a while for Australians to appreciate their linguistic distinctiveness. The editors at the Australian National Dictionary Center work to document it. By Damien Cave CANBERRA, Australia — ...

Melissa Crouch does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Australian author Hugh Lunn remembers a time when a red-haired man was called Bluey, a silly person was compared to a parrot and "mooning" over a woman was something romantic.

Celeste Rodriguez Louro receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Glenys Dale Collard is affiliated with Mallee Aboriginal Corporation. Aboriginal English is spoken by an estimated 80% of ...

Staff at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia, have been encouraged to ditch the terms “mother” and “father” with the hope of being more gender-inclusive. ANU’s ...

The notice was posted by the Tuition Protection Service (TPS), which outlined that operations ceased as of May 1, with Worrells appointed as the liquidator. “The Tuition Protection Service is in ...

CANBERRA, Australia – Amanda Laugesen scrolled through the spreadsheet of 7,000 words and idioms being considered for the next edition of the Australian National Dictionary, but no matter how hard she ...