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How Australians talk about tucker is a story that'll make you want to eat the bum out of an elephant

  • Written by Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
How Australians talk about tucker is a story that'll make you want to eat the bum out of an elephantWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Not to put a damper on things, but Australian food hasn’t always made us happy little Vegemites.

One needn’t look further than the humble meat pie to see how our love/hate relationship with Aussie tucker has evolved. In the early 20th century, the dog’s eye was just a cheap staple on our...

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