ANU Dumps a Living Record of Our National Voice

ANU dumps a living record of our national voice

The Australian National Dictionary. Photo: SBS Cutting the Australian National Dictionary Centre at the ANU isn’t just a short-sighted administrative decision to save a few quid, it’s the wilful disregard of Australian cultural heritage say HOWARD MANNS and KATE BURRIDGE. Bonzer. Dinkum. Troppo. We love our distinctive words and phrases. We revel in the confusion they cause outsiders. We celebrate the stories behind them. We even make up a few …

The ANU is moving to kill the Australian National Dictionary. This is why it matters

The ANU intends to cut funding for the Australian National Dictionary, which has been chronicling Aussie English for nearly 40 years.