Strine — was a term coined in 1964 [The Oxford Companion to the English Language, Oxford University Press (1992), p. 990 (ISBN 0 19 214183 X)] and subsequently used to describe a joke or made up language purportedly spoken by Australians. The term is a… … Wikipedia
Strine — [ straın ] noun uncount AUSTRALIAN INFORMAL Australian English … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Strine — [strīn] n. [< (AU)STRALIAN: pronunciation] [Informal] [Austral. & N.Z.] the variety of English spoken in Australia … English World dictionary
Strine — Australian slang and pronunciation; form of Australian English which appeared in the books of Alastair Morrison, pen name Afferbeck Lauder (that is, alphabetical order ), where it was written in a form meant to represent broad pronunciation, but… … Dictionary of Australian slang
Strine — Australisches Englisch folgt sprachlich im Wesentlichen dem Commonwealth English, also dem in England gesprochenen Englisch und dem dort üblichen Sprachgebrauch in den Commonwealth Staaten. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Unterschiede zum britischen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Strine — /straɪn / (say struyn) noun 1. Colloquial Australian English, humorously and affectionately regarded. 2. the form of it which appeared in the books of Alistair Morrison, pen name Afferbeck Lauder , where it was written in scrambled form to… …
Strine — [strʌɪn] noun informal Australian English or the Australian accent. Origin 1960s: representing Australian in Strine … English new terms dictionary
strine — n. 1 a comic transliteration of Australian speech, e.g. Emma Chissitt = How much is it? . 2 (esp. uneducated) Australian English. Etymology: = Australian in Strine … Useful english dictionary
Strine (disambiguation) — Strine and similar can mena: *Strine, a humorous word for a type of Australian accent *Leo E. Strine, Jr., a judge in the state of Delaware in USA *Strinesdale Reservoir, on the A62 between Oldham and Delph in Greater Manchester, England *Strines … Wikipedia
strine — /struyn/, n. Informal. Australian English. [1964; jocular representation of the supposed pron. of AUSTRALIAN by uneducated Australian speakers] * * * … Universalium
