Bardi grubs and frog cakes
Subtitle: South Australian words
By: Dorothy Jauncey.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: South Melbourne, Vic; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: English language -- Dialects -- Australia -- South Australia -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; English language -- Australia -- South Australia -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Australianisms -- Australia -- South Australia.; South Australia -- Languages -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Description: "Bardi Grubs and Frog Cakes: South Australian Words will guide you through a world of language that is in chronological step with the state's development. The 500 regional words listed here variously trace their origins to South Australia's Aboriginals, Cornish miners, German Lutheran settlers and more modern cultural influences."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-239) and index.