Stunned Mullets and Two-pot Screamers: A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms [Paperback]

Wilkes (Editor)

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Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Fifth Edition edition (Jan 5 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195563166
ISBN-13: 978-0195563160
Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 15.4 x 2.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 621 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,391,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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.

About the Author

G.A Wilkes was Challis Professor of English Literature from 1966 to 1996 at the University of Sydney, where he had been foundation Professor of Australian Literature. He was editor from 1963- 1987 of Southerly: A Review of Australian Literature.