Example sentences for: australianisms

How can you use “australianisms” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • These criticisms having been made, Kangaroo's Comments is nonetheless an interesting, rather well-done guide to the Australianisms it covers, and travelers down under would be well advised to use it.

  • This useful book is divided into three main parts: pages 21 to 130 consist of eight chapters of text dealing with various aspects of (Australian) life and flora and fauna; there follow two glossaries-cum-index, one in which Australianisms are translated into American English, the other listing American words and expressions with their Australian equivalents; both give references to the chapters in which they are treated.

  • Quotations in the text will be found in The Australian National Dictionary, a dictionary of Australianisms on historical principles , ed. W.S. Ramson, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1988.


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