Name: Stunned Mullets and Two-pot Screamers By Wilkes (Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), University of Sydney, Australia)
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Stunned Mullets and Two-pot Screamers Wilkes (Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), University of Sydney, Australia)

Stunned Mullets and Two-pot Screamers By Wilkes (Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), University of Sydney, Australia)

Summary

Stunned mullets and Two-pot screamers: a Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms is a revealing guide to the richness and colour of the Australian language. Now available in this revised, updated and greatly expanded edition, it records the distinctive, inventive slang of Australia and provides a unique insight into Australian life and culture.

Stunned Mullets and Two-pot Screamers: A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms by Wilkes (Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), University of Sydney, Australia)

Amusing and informative, Stunned Mullets & Two-pot screamers: A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms is a revealing guide to the richness and colour of the Australian language. Now available in this updated and considerably expanded edition, it records the distinctive and inventive slang of Australia, and provides a unique insight into Australian life and culture. This famous dictionary, first published in 1978, combines the earliest and most recent colloquial coinages. Words and idioms are drawn from a wide range of sources and each entry is in context, with origins and derivations. Enduring colloquialisms have as many as ten citations from original works, illustrating changing meanings and emphases. Stunned Mullets & Two-pot Screamers: A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms is the ideal companion to the Australian language that no lover of words can afford to be without.

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GOR006029493

ISBN 13

9780195563160

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0195563166

Title

Stunned Mullets and Two-pot Screamers: A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms by Wilkes (Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), University of Sydney, Australia)

Author

Wilkes (Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), University of Sydney, Australia)

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Oxford University Press Australia

Year published

2008-05-01

Number of pages

422

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N/A

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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Stunned Mullets and Two-pot Screamers Wilkes (Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), University of Sydney, Australia)

Stunned Mullets and Two-pot Screamers by Wilkes (Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), University of Sydney, Australia)

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Stunned Mullets and Two-pot Screamers: A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms by Wilkes (Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), University of Sydney, Australia)

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