Strine

English Alternative forms en strine 'Strine 'strine Etymology From a pronunciation spelling of en Australian spoken with this accent. Coined by “Afferbeck Lauder” (Alastair Ardoch Morrison) and popularised with his 1965 book Let Stalk Strine. Australian from 1965. Pronunciation en /stɹɑen/ Aus en /stɹaɪn/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Strine.wav Southern England en aɪn 1 Noun en informal jocular An Australian. en 2025 Lynne Tillman Thrilled to Death: Selected Stories 220 The Strines I met were fierce about having a good time Proper noun en Australia New Zealand UK informal jocular Broad Australian English. en 1982 J. C. Wells John C. Wells Accents of English 3: Beyond the British Isles http://books.google.com.au/books?id=484eVQ7t8TMC&pg=PA595&lpg=PA595&dq=%22Strine%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=xEZvqwjDlg&sig=iydW0gQCXXNgBEnerjafQBbJgb8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7DdoUJ-UJ4uRiQfDl4DgDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Strine%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 595 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. en July 8 1989 Ariadne w:New Scientist https://books.google.com/books?id=FPEUAQAAMAAJ&q=Strine 120 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. en 1992 Gillian Bottomley From Another Place: Migration and the Politics of Culture http://books.google.com.au/books?id=gahpgrhou58C&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=%22Strine%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=pZq6ysCa56&sig=GW-kJ5x97eRDlNwAkOYDTuu_PgY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rkVoUMHYFYmDiQfVn4HQDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Strine%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 133 2009 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). Coordinate terms en Murican Related terms en Strayan See also en Strines Anagrams en einrst estrin Estrin inerts insert Insert inters niters nitres retins sinter Stiner terins Tiners triens trines Trines en pronunciation spellings en Australia Languages