Lost for words
Subtitle: Australia's lost language in words and stories
By: Hugh Lunn
Publisher: ABC Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780733317590
Subjects: English language; Usage; Australianisms; Sociolinguistics; Language and culture; Social aspects
Description: A collection of older words and phrases that are no longer a part of our everyday language.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Sold into slavery; title: 2. Unclaimed treasures; title: 3. Fathers; title: 4. Fingers crossed; title: 5. Dunderheads and ratbags; title: 6. My word; title: 7. Mother knows best; title: 8. Domestic science; title: 9. Sunday; title: 10. Bushy-tailed; title: 11. The way we were; title: 12. Old times; title: 13. Scallywags; title: 14. On the big boy's playground; title: 15. Vulgar fractions; title: 16. Polite society; title: 17. Shopping; title: 18. Gasbagging; title: 19. Decent clobber; title: 20. Games; title: 21. Old technology; title: 22. Animal talk; title: 23. Angry and reflective; title: Picture credits.