Lang Informal (Vs formal) Cue cards Flashcards
Aus Slang makes you more likeable but only in an ocker accent study claims. The conversation, Ellie Hunt
‘Aussies’ Ambo, uggies, bikie, ciggies.
ANU-Dim end+ Aus acc more likeable (ID), archetypically Aussie dims+broad Aus Acc inrofmal+ laid back+ down to earth ID.
Dr Evan kid
‘The use of hypochoristics…promote comm ground’
DE = ‘are really emblematic of Aus Culture- when you’re using them your indicating shared cultural history’
DE = ‘an entranched part of our vernacular’ + ‘broader social setting’
Brekkies, barbies, mozzies:why do Aussies shorten so many words
–> the conversation Jan 6 2023= burridge+ Manns
‘journo’ ‘pollie’ ‘brekkies’
these hypocoristic endings are archetypical of the Aus Variety.
‘These expressions are among the most culturally salient features of Aus Eng’
‘Colloquialisms such as barbie and smooth are like accents- part of the glue that sticks Australian English together’
Informal vs. Formal language in Marketing
Randall–> June 12 2022
‘McDonalds’ to ‘Macca’s’ in Australia
informal language allows businesses to convey a more genuine and humanised brand identity to their audience.
‘Now McDonalds is ‘one of us’, That is a powerful way to cement brand loyalty’
‘Don’t be afraid to drop the formal. language and jargon and trade it in for real, honest communication in your brand marketing’
Social media posts as exemplars
Marissa King July 2022
‘yes’/’yas’
sarcastic ‘thanksss’
non standard use of ellipses
Language use on e-platforms invariably changes with respect to the audience, and knowledge of this is typically widely possessed around appropriate conventions.
the presence of an elipsis in E comm–> ‘Angry, overly formal, or an abrupt end to a conversation’
McWhorter linguist–> viewing the changes as an ‘expansion of [young peoples] linguistic repertoire’
From ‘technicolour yawn’ to ‘draining the dragon’ :how Barry Humphries breathed new life into Australian Slang.
–> ‘technicolour yawn’
‘flog the lizard’
‘drain the dragon’
article posted following the death of ‘slangy philosopher’ Barry humpheries.–> creative linguist who popularised many Aust Colloqs.
‘slangy philosophers emerge at Australia’s key points, and elevate certain words, phrases and verse to help us make a sense of our national experience’
‘A certain romanticisation of Australian ways of speaking, and disagreement about those ways of speaking, seem to be part of Australia’s linguistic landscape’
Aright you spunkrats, here’s where all our Aussie summertime language came from.
‘Quarantinis in locky d’
‘Barbies’
‘snag, swag or esky’
‘reckons’
‘a sandwich short of a picnic’
The use of Australian language is very dynamic and ever evolving.
‘swag is one of those convict era survivors’
Yeah,nah : Aussie slang hasn’t carked it, but we do want to know more about it.
-burridge
‘Budgie smuglers’
‘fair suck of the Siberian sand shoe’
‘flat out like a lizard drinking’
Australian language use/ slang performs a very culturally salient communicative purpose, central to Australian identity.
‘our Australian slang has been a lighting rod for pride, prejudice and confusion’
‘slang is different things to different people’
