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In the same vein of light-hearted humour, the Fair Dinkum Aussie Alphabet stamp series depicts some home-grown words, icons and locations for each letter of the alphabet.Īrtist Gavin Ryan has cleverly incorporated a range of quirky Aussie scenes based on each letter. “Flesh in the Pen: Momentary brilliance.”.“Ear’s Eve: The festive occasion of 31st December…Strines throughout the land perform the ceremony of joining hands with strangers and chanting “Shoulder Qaint’s Beef Cot” (also known as ‘Frolang Zine’).”.“Egg Nishner: A mechanical device for cooling and purifying the air of a room.”.
Words and phrases are defined throughout, which, even in 2016, are highly amusing: Written by “Professor of Strine Studies, University of Sinny”, the publication contains whole conversations, written out phonetically, with the aim of enabling anyone to understand the eccentricities of the broad Aussie accent (while being totally tongue-in-cheek at the same time).
This is illustrated brilliantly in the book, “Let’s Stalk Strine”, which was first published in 1965. And while in Australia, we don’t see what all of the fuss is about, sometimes this humour, combined with our unique lexicon and the slow, broad drawl of our accent, can cause some confusion. Australian humour is recognised around the world for its dry, ironic and self-deprecating nature.
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