http://emilyj1988.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/i-hate-bloody-spiders-harry.html
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Hey Emily, yeah as Aussies it seems we love to be rough about language
and to shorten everything. No wonder when my dad migrated to Australia,
he said it was the single hardest experience of his life to adapt to
life here. He wouldn't have understood Australian values, attitudes and
culture that so heavily impacted on Australian colloquial language. I
mean sometimes even I think when I've said something to a friend - Did I
just make that word up or Did I just overhear It and reproduced the
phrase? - Nevertheless, my friends never seem misunderstand; the context
is always well understood and appreciated. In fact, I think this sort
of language use is greatly encouraged and is a sign of an allegiance to
traditional Australian values and attitudes. I mean it's no wonder Kevin
Rudd was so popular with Australian voters with his quirky use of
colloquial idioms like 'a fair go' and the otherwise never heard
previously 'fair shake of the sauce bottle, mate'
In the reading for
that week, Anna W. talks about how politicians use such phrases to
portray traditional Australian values of mateship – and that they are
also ‘appealing to certain cultural scripts’. It is interesting, how
much these terms can impact on likability and acceptance. In case her
analyse of the many meanings of the word ‘Bloody’ as a discourse just
goes to show how Aussie language is indicative of traditions and changes
in Australian culture and society.
All I know is I’ll be watching out the next time someone says the word ‘Bloody’.
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