Strine culture
- noun
- Australian
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cultura Strine
- Many people find Strine culture fascinating because of its unique slang and accent.
Examples
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When visiting Australia, tourists often try to immerse themselves in Strine culture.
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Her research focuses on how Strine culture influences modern Australian identity.
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Many people are fascinated by Strine culture.
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Have you ever experienced Strine culture?
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Her research focuses on how Strine culture influences modern Australian identity.
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Many people find Strine culture fascinating because of its unique slang and accent.
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When visiting Australia, tourists often try to immerse themselves in Strine culture.
Synonyms
Australian English spoken with a strong accent and many slang words
Surface Forms
Morphology
If a learner already knows 'Strine' (distinctive Australian English) and 'culture' (shared customs), they can readily infer that 'Strine culture' means the culture associated with Strine/Australian English. The construction is a straightforward noun + noun modifier pattern and is compositionally transparent and cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
Strine culture comes from a playful way of writing how people say 'Australian' in a very broad accent. One popular story says the word Strine was made by writers who wrote speech as it sounds, turning 'Australian' into 'Strine', so the phrase now names the sound, words and culture of 'Australian English'.
