This article explores how Aussie slang and idioms reflect national identity and challenge traditional ideas of what counts as “English”. From “larrikin” to “dinkum”, this is the tale of how ...

Howie: Have you ever worked in an Aussie office and noticed something… different? The boss has a nickname. Meetings feel more like casual chats. And sometimes… swearing is totally fine. If you’re new ...

When I was a teacher, an unfamiliar student approached me in the schoolyard during play lunch, or the mid-morning break. “Is it true you read the dictionary for fun?” he enquired. His response to my ...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - An Australian university plans to teach its first-year students English grammar and punctuation after discovering the majority are unable to even identify a noun. The program ...

English is so widely and variously spoken that it barely can be called a single language. That hasn't stopped grammar stickler Simon Heffer from trying to re-establish order. Also, poet Les Murray ...