Quadrant, March 1st, 2002
SIR: You'd have to be a bit of a dill to take seriously Alex Buzo's claim (January-February 2002) that there is a universal denial, not only of regional variation in Australian English, but also of the existence of New Zealand English. Most have long latched onto the fact that sux comes after five in the Shaky Isles and Bondi. To prove his case, Buzo cites the apparently pervasive authority of the "New Zealand language mafia in England" and an unnamed seminar leader in Sydney who joins in his general swipe at academic drongos who are apparently party to the denial. Well, here's the drum on th...
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