The original title let stalk strine, is a sort of dictionarycumphrase book of australian terms and expressions, being both mildly informative and hilariously funny well i think so anyway. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. Let stalk strine, a lexicon of modern australian usage by professor. Here, collected in one volume, are afferbeck lauder s groundbreaking studies of australian speech, let stalk strine and nose tone unturned. A takethepiss book called let stalk strine was written by afferbeck lauder get it. For a guide to the phonetics of strine check out morrisons works, published under the pseudomyn afferbeck lauder strine for alphabetical order, let stalk strine and nose tone unturned.
Lauder took the australian accent as his starting point and wrote a pretend dictionary using phonetic renderings o. The complete works of professor afferbeck lauder by afferbeck lauderbuy. Erotic comix collections view topic let stalk strine. Thank you anchor moy i was just thinking, what is all this gobbledegook they re writing. Sir in the sixties, two excellent books by afferbeck lauder were published called let stalk strine and nose tone unturned which gave you all the information needed to brasharp your strine. There is a wonderful book on strine by afferbeck lauder strine for. The complete works of professor afferbeck lauder paperback 2010. These days, the australian would be talking about the unjustifiably obscure book let stalk strine by professor afferbeck lauder. Let stalk strine is the first and only clear, straightforward exposition of the strine language. Then in 1965 a book appeared called let stalk strine, apparently by professor afferbeck lauder, explaining how to speak with an australian accent. Strine publishings including nose tone unturned no stone unturned for those too young to remember here are some strineisms. Australianisms, similar to cockney rhyming slang, but spoken with the accent of the australian drawl.
Strine meaning and origin of the name strine nameaning. In 1965 a book appeared called let stalk strine, apparently by professor afferbeck lauder, explaining how to speak with an australian accent. A lexicon of modern strine usage compiled and annotated by afferbeck lauder, professor of strine studies, university of sinny. Let stalk strine has been compiled for stewnce, overseas vistas and new strines, and also for the jell public. He dedicated his little book to the settlements commandant, a man he viewed. Who are laura norder and lauren forcement and when did it. Watching children do this makes me think of my tweenie self the christmas i received a wonderful book called let stalk strine by professor afferbeck lauder yes, a pseudonym.
In the mid 60s an australian writer alistair morison wrote a book under the pseudonym afferbeck lauder alphabetical order called let stork strine lets talk australian which became popular for a while and spawned a series of books and other strine publishings nose tone unturned aka. This page, after the immortal book by afferbeck lauder, is for chinwagging in the. First published may 1965, this copy is the second impression, also may 1965. As far as i know, first mentioned in a book called let stalk strine or lets talk australian. Its popularity spawned a series of books and other. Strine is almost never written except to illustrate the terms. The phrases have been adapted from afferbeck lauder s book called strine. The term became popular in 1960s after an australian writer alistair morison wrote a book, using the penname afferbeck lauder alphabetical order. But laura norder and her cousin lauren forcement are not australiaspecific perhaps originating in the uk. Example aorta do summing abaht alleese peepl onna bussis. A book i read at high school was called let stalk strine by afferbeck lauder. The complete works of professor afferbeck lauder, 2009. As john clarke outlines in his foreward, in 1965 an unusual book called let stalk strine lets talk australia thumped onto the nearly bare humour section.
The book appears to date from around 1965, and has since been through five reprints and has sold over 15,000 copies. Alastair ardoch morrison, under the strine pseudonym of afferbeck lauder a syncope for alphabetical order, wrote a song with air chew without you in 1965 followed by a series of books let stalk strine 1965, nose tone unturned 1967, fraffly well spoken 1968 and fraffly suite 1969. My university work at rmit ba in visual communication explored the notion of identity and voice through type. Afferbeck lauder a syncope for alphabetical order is a psudonym for alastair ardoch morrison, an australian writer who gave no clue as to his identity in any of his books. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. February 8, 2008 by languagehat 6 comments almost five years ago, in this post, i mentioned alistair morrisons 1965 book let stalk strine, written under the pseudonym afferbeck lauder alphabetical order. As a freelance designer i have focused on identity design, producing one off and hand rendered logos. Whenever theyre out of print, the nation is a bleaker place.
I seem to remember neighbours characters refering to a person as a flaming gala. What is an australian talking about if he says emma. Strine, afferbeck lauder shop online for books in australia. He revealed his findings in a little book called let stalk strine, an instant classic and as john clarke writes in his ford a publishing phenomenon. Let stalk strine is the first and only clear, straighforward exposition of the strine language. In 1827 the london magazine called vauxs dictionary. Laura norder is a character in a work on australian pronunciation, called strine, written by afferbeck lauder. This poem was written by afferbeck lauder in 1965 in a language called strine. As an example of this, morrison used the penname afferbeck lauder, because. For those slow on the uptake, that translates as let s t. Ogrady produced a further book in 1971 called aussie etihet which purports to be a guide book for. Alistair morrison coined the term strine for the idiosyncratic form of english spoken in australia. Thus, afferbeck lauder, professor of strine studies at the university of sinny, refers to the nursery. Australian slang covers commonly used words and sayings in australia today.
The following is taken from a publication called strine by afferbeck lauder. Afferbeck lauder was the pseudonym used by alastair ardoch morrison 21 september 1911 15 march 1998, an australian graphic artist and author who in the 1960s documented strine in the song with air chew and a series of books. Use the spelling of the words to help you transcribe in phonemic script the broad australian pronunciation of this phrase. Emma chisit was strine for how much is it, and the author, afferbeck lauder, when autographing books, asked for the name of the recipient, and was asked emma chisit, so he duly dedicated the book. Letstalkstrine by affabeck lauder, a fabulous book on strine of all forms. Lets speak strine it is how to speak australian strine eg. Lets talk strine was a book published back in the sixties. Had a strict catholic upbringing when it came to grammer and. Afferbeck lauder was the pseudonym used by alastair ardoch morrison, an australian graphic artist and author who in the 1960s documented strine in the song with air chew and a series of books beginning with let stalk strine. These and other useful expressions were translated from. I loved those afferbeck lauder books, nose tone unturned if ive got that title right. The use of strine, to describe australian english, has developed over time as aussies shortened words and ran them together. Examples were compiled into a book called strine by afferbeck lauder alphabetical order.
At that time i would encounter people, mainly older people, who spoke using the language defined by sidney j bakers or what afferbeck lauder called strine, a condensation of au stralian with an emphasis on the latter part of the word strine. Learn more about australian pronunciation as we read the australian poem with air chew together. The original title let stalk strine, is a sort of dictionarycumphrase book of. So it is satisfying to see lauders collected works about to come back into print. I never really thought anyone would use that in real life though. Australian slang, strine, and james vauxs woolly bird dictionary. Also included are fraffly well spoken and fraffly suite, lauder s guides to the strangled dialect of the english upper class. Let stalk strine was published in 1965, and was out of print by 1970 long before i had discovered it. This important guide contained essential phrases such as how much is it. It was professor afferbeck lauder who made the groundbreaking discovery that australians speak strine not english, as had long been thought.
Language log the egalitarian appreciation of strine in microcosm. Alastair ardoch morrison, under the strine pseudonym of afferbeck lauder a syncope for alphabetical order, wrote a song with air chew without you in 1965 followed by a series of bookslet stalk strine 1965, nose tone unturned 1967, fraffly well spoken 1968, and fraffly suite 1969. Let stalk strine 1965, nose tone unturned 1967, fraffly well spoken 1968 and fraffly suite 1969. Afferbeck lauder was the pseudonym used by alastair ardoch morrison 21 september 1911 15 march 1998, an australian graphic artist and author who in the 1960s documented strine in the song with air chew and a series of books beginning with let stalk strine ure smith, sydney, australia, 1965.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. First things first, aussie lingo is based on strine. Afferbeck lauders two books decades ago about australian speech. Bob beale welcomes the return of a book that attempted to capture our lexicon.
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