This book is an attempt to provide all the information anybody could need to determine what it means to be a resident of Australia, what our national values might be and whether there is an average way of living here. You can tell a lot about a nation by the way it shops, talks, eats, laughs and entertains itself. That's the kind of detail you'll find in this book - our favourite movies, our political passions, our most popular products, our world records, our changing language... (the author)
The Sounds of Australia - The story of the Aussie accent
The English language is now spoken in many countries & with a multitude of different accents; but none as fascinatingly distinctive as the Australian accent. What makes the Aussie accent so unique & why is it incredibly difficult for foreigners to mimic?
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