Characters from the best selling children’s book “The Super Competitive Mum Who Has To Be Best At Everything” are once again the most popular choice of costume for Book Week. “We’re expecting to see heaps of students turning up dressed… Read More ›
Language
Trump Offers Meryl Streep Help With Her Russian Accent
President elect Donald Trump has responded to Meryl Streep’s comments about him at the Golden Globe Awards with an offer to coach her in how to speak with a Russian accent. “Some of my best friends are Russian so I’m… Read More ›
Macquarie Dictionary replaces ‘ask’ with ‘arks’
Linguists have been predicting the change for decades and the 2016 edition of the only record of standard Australian English will make it official: from now on ‘ask’ is spelled ‘arks’ to match the most common pronunciation of the word. Macquarie… Read More ›