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How to talk Australians

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How to talk Australians is a short Australian comedy series of eight episodes released on YouTube on 30 June 2014 in which a group of Indian would-be immigrants learn how to speak vernacular / common Australian at the Delhi College of Linguistics. The show is hilarious, and just as revealing of Aussie cultural norms to Australians, as it is a realistic depiction of issues facing migrants in leaning the unique form of English found in many parts of the continent. This article lists the episodes and includes links.  ----------------- Episodes 1 - G'Day Knackers , duration: 4.07 minutes. 2. Grub , duration: 5.55 minutes. Australian eating habits. 3. Rhyming Slang , duration: 5.28 minutes. 4. Famous Australians , duration: 5.10 minutes. 5. Nicknames - 'Hello Chopper' , duration: 4.56 minutes. 6. The Slackarse Country , duration: 6.05 minutes. 7. Dunnies, Budgies & Budgie Smugglers , duration: 4.28 minutes. 8. Citizenship Test , duration: 6...
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Harry & Meghan - truth and fantasy

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Spare me! Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (b.1984), and his wife Rachel Meghan Markle (b.1981) became controversial figures in British and American history due to their high media profiles and chaotic relationship with the British Royal Family. Called grifters in the US and traitors in the UK, they blazed a trail of narcissistic chaos on both sides of the Atlantic. The chronology below lists a few milestones in their lives and that of their family. ----------------  Chronology 1981 * 4 August 1981 - Rachel Meghan Markle born in Los Angeles, California. 1983 * From 1983 (age 2) to 1991 (age 11) Meghan attends the Little Red Schoolhouse, Hollywood. 1984 * 15 September 1984 - Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor is born at London, son of Charles Mountbatten-Windsor and Diana Spencer. 1992 * Meghan attends the Christian Immaculate Heart High School through to 1997. 1998 * Meghan begins a double major in Theatre and International Studies at Northwester...
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The suicide of Jason Arday

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Jason Arday: Life & Death | Suicide | NB: The following is written under the assumption that Jason Arday committed suicide on 14 August 2026 and pending the outcome of a coroner inquest. Jason Arday 1985 - 2026 Contents Introduction Precursors Roehampton 2018  References ----------------- Abstract : Jason Arday is assumed to have committed suicide on 14 August 2026 after what appears to have been a ten month period of suicidal ideation arising out of the shame associated with the public revelation of his academic plagiarism and fantasist fraud dating back to the early 2010s. In reviewing his activities, evidence points to Narcissistic Personality Disorder as key to an understanding of, and explanation for, many of his unacceptable behaviours. Arday's suicide can be presented as an aggressive action taken as a consequence of the aforementioned mental condition, to avert responsibility and enable the scapegoating of others, including Cambridge Univ...
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The Bunyip

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Faërie in OZ: Aboriginal Dreaming Stories | Black Panther | Bunyip | Cook's Australian Fairy Tales | Ida Rentoul Outhwaite bibliography | Faërie in Australia | Peck's Australian Legends | Picnic at Hanging Rock - Faërie Realm | Picnic - Path of Light | Picnic - C3 & C18 | Disappearance @ Hanging Rock | Trees & nature spirits | Contents True? Chronology Videos References ----------------- 1. True or false? Bunyip / Bunjil / Yowee / Walanthagang.... Australian Aboriginal words for mythical and spiritual entities which are very real in life and story telling of that distinctive culture. The Bunyip, for example, is the mythical creature that lives in a body of water - swamp, billabong, creek, river, wetland - and can attack people. It is a being of horror and nightmares. But the question remains: Is the Bunyip real or not? The answer depends on how one defines the word real . Science would say that it mus...
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