Jane Faure-Brac – Openforum https://www.openforum.com.au Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:27:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Immigrants pick up more ‘Australianisms’ https://www.openforum.com.au/immigrants-pick-up-more-australianisms/ Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:03:39 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=19351 Despite a perception that immigrants are resistant to assimilation, people who speak a foreign language are actually more likely to adopt the Australian lexicon

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Rediscovering NSW’s pioneering female cricketers https://www.openforum.com.au/rediscovering-nsws-pioneering-female-cricketers/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:36:52 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=18832 While the nation follows the fortunes of our men and women's cricket teams over summer, ANU and the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust are shining a light on the dawn of women's cricket in New South Wales, pioneered by the Gregory sisters in the 1880s. 

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Grey nomads, seachangers and bogans – 30 years of the Australian National Dictionary https://www.openforum.com.au/grey-nomads-seachangers-and-bogans-30-years-of-the-australian-national-dictionary/ Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:42:48 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=17977 Do you know someone 'doing a Johnny Farnham'? Have you played the 'thongophone'? And how do you think Australia's 'koala diplomacy' is working? These "Australianisms" are contenders for the next edition of the Australian National Dictionary (AND), prove Australian English is alive and well on its 30th anniversary.

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