What language does Australia speak?
WARNING: This post gets a lil cras, so don’t show it to the kiddies. (That means you G, look away). Studying Mandarin in multiple cities has given me an insight into how language shifts from location to location. People may believe they are speaking the same language, but the words are not the same. So, now I am in Australia for the week and fell like I am learning English all over again. Some of it is a bit of clever advertising, but the rest??? First up I saw a sign in a store saying, “Cure Sore Balls.” I have to admit I was definitely caught looking at this sign. The only problem? It is an ad for helping women with sore feet after wearing high heels. Not sure I am the demographic they were looking for. Next is the “NapiSan.” Having come from Chicago I was already familiar with the famously well known, “NapiHeads,” but NapiSan? Turns out it is diaper (nappy) detergent. Guess we have an alternative if we ever run out of our own. When I went for a run I found I figured out what the MCG
The Official language of Australia is English and this is the first language of the majority of Australia’s citizens. Although this is a widely used language across the world, Australia has its own distinct expression of it that makes us stand out from the crowd. English is a West-Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England. The language originated from several dialects which are now referred to as ‘Old English’. This era of the language dates back as far as the 5th Century, with only a limited number of written texts still available. Old English then developed into ‘Middle English’, which borrowed heavily from French vocabulary and spelling conventions. These conventions can still be seen in English today, with many continuing references to French language conventions. Modern English developed from then on and it is constantly changing and developing. It derives many similarities from Greek and Latin words and in Australia, different slants are put onto many of the tradit
