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Is Australian English under threat from the Americans? It’s not as simple as you might think

By Howard Manns, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University

Yes, some slang certainly makes its way across the Pacific. But the history between the two versions of the English language is more complex than you might think.

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