Certain words, however, had endured over time.<\/p>\n
“Some of my favourite words are surviving from convict slang. A word like ‘bludger<\/strong>‘ , which is such a gorgeous word that was around in those days,” she said. “A ‘bludger’ was originally a pimp, someone who lived off the earnings of prostitutes. And they became a parasite or a hanger on.”<\/p>\n The project will also look at the life-cycle of slang, Professor Burridge said.<\/p>\n “We’re looking at how it’s changed over time and continues to change because that’s just the nature of slang, it’s got to change. Otherwise it’s not slang., ” she said.<\/p>\n “Sometimes they’re recycled. They come back from the dead. ‘Grouse<\/strong>‘ enjoyed a bit of a comeback. It was around in the 1930s and then disappeared and came back, but I don’t think it lingered long.”<\/p>\n Fellow Monash academics Keith Allan, Howie Manns and Simon Musgrave will work on the project, which will produce a book and podcasts.<\/p>\n Speaking of Aussie things that have morphed into world culture.. in Australia, we are extremely fortunate to have the CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.<\/p>\n The CSIRO do the extraordinary every day. They innovate for tomorrow and help improve today.<\/p>\n We’ve listed our Top Ten CSIRO innovations here, but you can find a more extensive inventory in our CSIROpedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tell me anyone in the world that hasn’t used WIFI, knows of WIFI or impacted by WIFI, all thanks to the CSIRO.<\/p>\n Australia’s introduction of plastic bank notes with optically variable devices (OVDs), developed by CSIRO, was a world’s first and represented a paradigm shift towards a currency secure against forgery. This was one of our longest and most successful research initiatives.<\/p>\n Equivac HeV was the first vaccine to protect Australian horse owners and the equine industry against the deadly Hendra virus.<\/p>\n CSIRO research resulted in the development of CIBA Vision’s Focus Night & Day (FND) lenses made from a silicone hydrogel suitable for safe continuous 30 day and night wear.<\/p>\n Insect repellent Aerogard has been keeping flying pests at bay since the 1960s.<\/p>\n The Total Wellbeing Diet is a science-based, practical and healthy eating guide.<\/p>\n RAFT polymerisation is a technique for creating plastics that allows a higher degree of control over the way molecules link together. \\<\/p>\n BARLEYmax is an extra nutritious strain of barley, created by regenerating a specific barley grain that had just the right nutritional elements.<\/p>\n Self-twisting yarn is a process engineered to speed up the rate wool can be spun into yarn, without breaking the wool or reducing the strength of the yarn.<\/p>\n Softly detergent was the first formula to successfully wash wool at high temperatures, killing bacteria while not shrinking the wool.<\/p>\n This article by IAN ROYALL is from the October 15, 2020 issue of The Herald Sun Digital Edition. Investigating the uniqueness of Australian slang<\/strong><\/p>\n Professor Kate Burridge from the Faculty of Arts leads a team including Keith Allan, Howie Manns and Simon Musgrave, investigating the uniqueness of Australian vernacular English from the late 1800s until today. This is an area of vocabulary which most people find fascinating, and yet its formal study has been largely ignored. The project expects to develop a new understanding of Australia\u2019s novel, often entertaining, use of words.<\/p>\n \u201cAustralians have always regarded their colloquial language as an important indicator of their Australianness, but many also worry that Australian slang is under threat. This project seeks to understand its nature, how it has changed over time, the metaphors underlying Australian English expressions and what this language tells us about Australian culture and its embedded values. By distinguishing Australian colloquial English from other varieties, such as British and American English, the project seeks to uncover whether Australians really do live up to their popular image of having an unusually rich and creative slang \u2014 and if and how this language reflects Australian culture and identity,\u201d said Professor Burridge.<\/p>\n More than a guulany (tree): Aboriginal knowledge systems\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr Brian Martin, Associate Dean Indigenous and Associate Professor Brook Andrew from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture will lead a project aiming to produce an Indigenous-led study of the significance of trees in southeast Australian Aboriginal cultures. The project expects to identify new evidence of this significance and generate new methods in art-making and exhibition development to improve the awareness and understanding of Indigenous cultural heritage.<\/p>\n \u201cThe research will focus on understanding the traditional practices of carving and scarring trees, as well as contemporary celebrations of living trees in southeast Australian Aboriginal Cultures. We hope this will create better recognition of the complexities of southeast Australian Aboriginal cultures, improved access for Aboriginal communities to cultural materials in institutional collections and new insights and resources for arts, heritage and museum professionals to engage appropriately with Indigenous cultural heritage. The funding also supports an Indigenous PhD candidate to build their research capacity, practice and career,\u201d said Dr Martin.<\/p>\n Diversifying music in Australia: gender equity in jazz and improvisation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Emerging research demonstrates that the Australian jazz and improvisation cultural sector is not gender-inclusive and poses career development challenges for diverse communities.<\/p>\n Associate Professor Robert Burke from the Faculty of Arts will lead a team including Professor Margaret Barrett, Professor Cat Hope, Dr Clare Hall (Faculty of Education), Dr Louise Devenish and Dr Nicole Canham who aim to develop new knowledge in historical and contemporary practices of inclusion, exclusion and participation in order to identify the individual, collective and institutional facilitators and constraints on gendered participation.<\/p>\n The project’s significance lies not only in its contributions to the sector’s policy and practice, but also its mentoring of an emerging generation of researchers.<\/p>\n \u201cWe hope to challenge the measures taken to date that address persistent barriers to equality in jazz that have been inadequate. Through research and intervention, we aim to re-shape the way we perform, teach and compose music. Furthermore,\u00a0\u00a0we intend to inform and guide the music industry in creating a new norm in gender equity in jazz and the music sector,\u201d said Associate Professor Burke.<\/p>\n Source: www.monash.edu<\/a><\/p>\n On 13 September 2002, the first known use of the word\u00a0selfie<\/i>\u00a0in any paper or electronic medium appeared in an Australian internet forum \u2013\u00a0Karl Kruszelnicki’s ‘Dr Karl Self-Serve Science Forum’ \u2013 in a post by Nathan Hope.<\/p>\nCSIRO<\/h2>\n
1. WiFi<\/h2>\n
2. Plastic banknotes<\/h2>\n
3. Equivac HeV<\/h2>\n
4. Extended wear contact lenses<\/h2>\n
5. Aerogard<\/h2>\n
6. Total Wellbeing Diet<\/h2>\n
7. RAFT polymerisation<\/h2>\n
8. BARLEYmax<\/h2>\n
9. Self-twisting yarn<\/h2>\n
10. Softly washing liquid<\/h2>\n
CRIKEY, what a bonzer idea!<\/h3>\n
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