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=__**Australian Accent**__= Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. Australia is an island, surrounded by water. It is located on the smallest continent in the world.
 * Population: 17.5 million**
 * Geographic size: 2.97 million square miles**
 * Capital: Canberra**
 * Major cities and population: Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, and Adel**

__**Geography**__
Australia has a very dramatic landscape. Australia is famous for its "outback," the remote lands of the interior. The desert outback covers most of the interior. It is too hot, dry and barren to support many people.Eastern Australia has large areas of grasslands, used primarily for sheep and cattle ranches. Australia also has some mountainous areas and plateaus scattered throughout the country. The Blue Mountains, on the south-eastern end of Australia, get their name from the blue haze caused by oil droplets given off from the eucalyptus trees. As an island, Australia also has many beautiful coastal beaches. Over 70% of Australians now live in cities or towns. Most of this population lives in the eastern and southern coasts, and around Perth in the west

**__Background__**
Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy. It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990's, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980's. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef. Australia is still heavily influenced by its British and European origins. The Australian government is now making major efforts to preserve Australia's culture, including that of the Aboringines.

__** People **__
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There are more than 21 million people resident in Australia.
They come from a wide range of backgrounds: Australians tend to be gregarious and outgoing. Most are relatively informal socially and in their relationships with acquaintances and work colleagues. In the workplace and among friends, Australians generally call each other by their first names. But this informality does not extend to physical contact. When meeting someone for the first time, it is usual to shake the person’s right hand with your right hand. People who do not know each other generally do not kiss or hug when meeting. Australians queue or line up when waiting to be served in a shop, a bank, a government department, a cinema, or anywhere that a number of people are all seeking a service at the same time. Australians generally wait until it is their turn to be served or attended to. Being on time for meetings and appointments is important.
 * Indigenous peoples who have inhabited Australia for up to 60 000 years
 * descendants of the British who set up colonies on the Australian continent in the 1700s
 * Europeans and others who migrated to Australia as the colonies grew, formed a federation in 1901 and the new nation evolved
 * more recent immigrants from Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

__** Stereotypes **__ -outdoorsy. (Does Australia have real nerds?) -entertaining / funny. -pretty relaxed about everything. -often undedicated and from a German (Might just have been my experience, but I met quite a few "drifters") -very practical and "hands-on" type of people. -A lot like the USA, but with less of the crazy shit. -Good hearted.

__Points of interest__




__**Phonology**__
Correspondence between the [|IPA help key] and Australian English vowels||||||~ Pure vowels || http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
 * ~ Help key ||~ Australian ||~ Examples ||
 * /ɪ/ || /ɪ/ || b**i**d, p**i**t ||
 * /iː/ || /iː/ || b**ea**d, p**ea**t ||
 * /ɛ/ || /e/ || b**e**d, p**e**t ||
 * /æ/ || /æ, æː/ || p**a**t, b**a**d ||
 * /ɑː/ || /aː/ || b**a**lm, f**a**ther, p**a** ||
 * /ɒ/ || /ɔ/ || b**o**d, p**o**t, c**o**t ||
 * /ɔː/ || /oː/ || b**aw**d, p**aw**, c**augh**t ||
 * /ʊ/ || /ʊ/ || g**oo**d, f**oo**t, p**u**t ||
 * /uː/ || /ʉː/ || b**oo**ed, f**oo**d ||
 * /ʌ/ || /a/ || b**u**d, p**u**tt ||
 * ~ [|Diphthongs] ||
 * /аɪ/ || /ɑe/ || b**uy**, h**igh**, r**i**de, wr**i**te ||
 * /eɪ/ || /æɪ/ || b**ay**, h**ey**, f**a**te ||
 * /aʊ/ || /æɔ/ || b**ough**, h**ow**, p**ou**t ||
 * /oʊ/ || /əʉ/ || b**eau**, h**oe**, p**o**ke ||
 * /ɔɪ/ || /oɪ/ || b**oy**, h**oy** ||
 * /juː/ || /jʉː/ || b**eau**ty, h**ue**, p**ew**, n**ew** ||
 * ~ [|R-coloured vowels] ||
 * /ɪr/ || /ɪɹ/ || m**irr**or ||
 * /ɪər/ || /ɪə/ || b**eer**, m**ere** ||
 * /ɛr/ || /eɹ/ || b**err**y, m**err**y ||
 * /ɛər/ || /eː/ || b**ear**, m**are**, M**ar**y ||
 * /ær/ || /æɹ/ || b**arr**ow, m**arr**y ||
 * /ɑr/ || /aː/ || b**ar**, m**ar** ||
 * /ɒr/ || /ɔɹ/ || m**or**al, f**or**age ||
 * /ɔr/ || /oː/ || b**or**n, f**or** ||
 * /ɔər/ ||^  || b**oar**, f**our**, m**ore**, m**oor** ||
 * /ʊər/ || /ʊə/ || t**our** ||
 * /ʌr/ || /aɹ/ || h**urr**y, M**urr**ay ||
 * /ɜr/ ( ɝ ) || /ɜː/ || b**ir**d, h**er**d, f**urr**y ||
 * ~ [|Reduced vowels] ||
 * /ɨ/ || /ə/ || ros**e**s, busin**e**ss ||
 * /ə/ ||^  || Ros**a**’s, cupp**a** ||
 * /ər/ ( ɚ ) ||^  || runn**er** ||

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 * Kevin Bloody Wilson DILLIGAF**

D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F. Dilligaf, and this is what it means: Do I look like I give a fuck, Dilligaf Am i being direct enough? Dilligaf Its just another way of saying I couldnt give a fuckin' rats arse mate, and do I look like I give a fuck? Dilligaf Do I look like I give a fuck, dilligaf

Its stress relief made easy its simple and it works just say dilligaf when your dealing with fuckin' dickheads wankers and jerks. An when you go out stick a dilligaf on your t-shirt or your hat and when some cunts givvin' you the shits just point and say read that.

Do I look like I give a fuck, Dilligaf Am I politically correct enough? Dilligaf Its just another way of saying I couldnt give a rodents rectum mate, and do I look like I give a fuck? Dilligaf Do I look like I give a fuck, Dilligaf am i being direct enough? Dilligaf Its just another way of saying I couldnt give a fuckin' rats arse mate, and do I look like i give a fuck? Dilligaf Do I look like I give a fuck, Dilligaf

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