Meaning of Strine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An Australian.
   humorous, informal
2. Broad Australian English.
   Australia, New-Zealand, UK, humorous, informal

Examples

“The Strines I met were fierce about having a good time […]”

“Several Strine forms depend on an assumed equivalence between Strine fortis consonants and Cultivated/RP lenis ones, thus garbler mince (couple of minutes), egg jelly (actually). It is doubtful whether this reflects any real phonetic difference.”

“A TEAM at Griffith University in Brisbane is working on the development of what the university’s newspaper calls a bionic snorter. Translating into English from Strine, this is a bionic hooter, conk, bugle or nose.”

“Dell’Oso describes the encounter of an Asian woman with a surly bus driver whose only language is Strine (a form of Australian English, barely intelligible to many of the native-speakers).”

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