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News Brief
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Summer 2009
Word Watch
The Australian National Dictionary Centre is a joint venture between Oxford University Press and ANU. Director Bruce Moore takes a lexicographical look at our lingua franca.
When larrikin appeared in Australian English at the end of the nineteenth century, it was a very negative word, strongly associated with street gangs, and synonymous with present-day hooligan. […]
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Spring 2009
In some quarters there was dismay when Prime Minister Rudd used the expression fair shake of the sauce bottle in June this year.
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Spring 2009
George Bernard Shaw suggested that a gentleman is someone who endeavours to put in more than he takes out. By that criterion three individuals who have contributed to the public service and then ANU – or vice versa – would likely have gained Shaw’s approval.
Fin Crisp was the first professor of political science at Canberra […]
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Spring 2009
PM opens new JCSMR building
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd opened the new building for The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) on Wednesday 27 May.
The $84-million research facility includes three super laboratories, 180 new research stations, as well as state-of-the art facilities for scientists studying in the fields of genomics, immunity, neuroscience, drug design and […]
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Winter 2009
Beazley installed as Chancellor
Professor Kim Beazley was installed as the eleventh Chancellor of ANU at a ceremony at University House in February.
The event was officiated by the Governor-General Quentin Bryce, and included a speech from Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb. “His [Professor Beazley’s] experience as a senior minister, including Education Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader […]
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Autumn 2009
Word Watch
The Australian National Dictionary Centre is a joint venture between Oxford University Press and ANU. Director Bruce Moore take a lexicographical look at our lingua franca.
Australian English has been curiously unwilling to borrow words from non-English languages. The first opportunity it had to take words was from the vast array of Australian Indigenous languages, […]
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Spring 2008
Word watch
The Australian National Dictionary Centre is a joint venture between Oxford University Press and ANU. Director Bruce Moore takes a lexicographical look at our lingua franca.
One of the most common forms of change in the meaning of words is called pejoration (from Late Latin pejorare meaning ‘to make worse’). Certain kinds of […]
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Winter 2008
Taboo language, dancing bees, urban transport options and climate law are covered in this edition of In Brief.
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Autumn 2008
International movie star Jackie Chan opened the Jackie Chan Science Centre in March.
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Summer 2008
GRAINER, RONALD ERLE (1922-1981), composer, was born on 11 August 1922 at Atherton, Queensland, son of Ronald Albert Grainer, storekeeper, and his wife Margaret, née Clark, both born in Queensland.
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