Let's Talk Strine

by Afferbeck Lauder (Pseudonym), Al Terego (Illustrator), Alastair Ardoch Morrison

Strine is a term coined in 1964 and subsequently used to describe a joke or made-up "language" purportedly spoken by Australians whose accents frequently run words together in a type of liaison. The term is a syncope, derived from a shortened phonetic rendition of the pronunciation of the word "Australian" in an exaggerated Broad Australian accent.

111 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

Afferbeck Lauder (a syncope for "Alphabetical Order") is a psudonym for Alastair Ardoch Morrison, an Australian writer who gave no clue as to his identity in any of his books.

Lauder's books include: Let Stalk Strine (1965), Nose Tone Unturned (1967), Fraffly Well Spoken (1968) and Fraffly Suite (1969)

In October 2009, Text Publishing Company, Mairlben re-published all four books in an omnibus edition.