Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison
Articles from August 2017
Aussie Slang
I love Aussie slang. I think it shows who we are, our culture and gives us individuality. A personal peeve is the way Australian’s are giving up our own language for an international (American) based one. Grrrrr. It’s probably no surprise my setting is the hook for my cozy. My characters are true blue Aussies. But…
Mondegreens
I first heard the term “mondegreen” when watching Australian TV music quiz show “Spicks and Specks”. A mondegreen is… a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near-homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning. Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song;…