01509cam a2200325 i 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025019001300066020002800079035002100107040002800128042000900156043001200165082001600177100003500193245007400228246003700302246001800339264006300357264001100420300002700431336002600458337002800484338002700512520050700539650005601046650002901102650003701131653001501168653511120140818085203.0140711t20142014xna 000 0 eng 1 a53058770 a9781742612614qhardback a(OCoLC)884241182 aANLbengerdacNSLdANL aanuc au-at---04a420.9942231 aButler, Susan,d1948-eauthor.14aThe aitch factor :badventures in Australian English /cSusan Butler.1 aAdventures in Australian English1 aHaitch factor 1aSydney, New South Wales :bPan Macmillan Australia,c2014. 4c©2014 axv, 284 pages ;c21 cm atextbtxt2rdacontent aunmediatedbn2rdamedia avolumebnc2rdacarrier aFor thirty years, Macquarie Dictionary editor Susan Butler has been in the front row watching Australians alternatively defend, reject, embrace and argue heatedly about every aspect of language usage. She has witnessed crusades against 'youse', ducked the missiles over the phrase 'man boobs', pondered the changing pronunciation of 'Beijing', recorded - controversially - the evolving meaning of 'misogyny' and wondered why on earth we still cling to the grammarian's flourish known as the apostrophe. 0aEnglish languagezAustraliaxSynonyms and antonyms. 0aEnglish languagexUsage. 0aLanguage and culturezAustralia. aAustralian