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The ‘Hard Yakka’ of Defining Australian English’s Many Quirks

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 looked, she just couldn’t find the phrase. “Few bricks short of a pallet” was there. So was “face like a bucket of smashed crabs.” […]