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Please send any good media file stuff you find! I’d love to to share it with other students!
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Topics including: Variety of aboriginal English (referred to as blackfella English), language revival, use in historical and modern contexts, point on policy to support bilingualism. Please please listen and media file!!!
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David Astle is having a FANTASTIC discussion about aboriginal English on ABC Evenings tonight, genuinely one of the most in depth discussions I’ve ever heard on the topic. Recording should be on ABC website, will be near the end (last 20minutes) of the show. Cannot recommend more
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Spanking in the offical metro trains account 😳😳
Nah but seriously always fun to see government accounts use informal language (see especially the emoji)
Good morning, Parkdale! 🤗
Quick update. Your brand spanking new station is now open from this morning! 🎉🚆✅
More details here: tinyurl.com/5fznpxhs
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But they are a) important in your day to day life and b) just as valid on your englang exam. Happy media file hunting!
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So I got an email today that reminds me of local politics! Our council elections are later this year. I’d highly recommend keeping an eye out in your post office for any local communications. Council elections don’t quite get the rap of Fed/State Pol
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It’s Joe-ver! Biden has stepped down from the US Presidential race. Keep an eye on how this is talked about in Aussie press
So there’s a Microsoft outage… and this is a very fun way of going about announcing it. Not linguistically crazy outside of the use of informal language, but good for a laugh at any rate
#BREAKING: Widespread Microsoft outages have sent IT systems across Australia into a tailspin this afternoon, with banks, airlines, police, and other systems reported as being affected.
(And humble news social team admins too, evidently. We're doing our best here. More to come.)
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The Media File Man retweeted
The incident at former President Trump’s campaign event in Pennsylvania today is concerning and confronting. There is no place for violence in the democratic process.
I am relieved to hear reports that former President Trump is now safe.
The Media File Man retweeted
I send my best wishes to former President Trump after this shocking attempt on his life. It is a relief to see his statement, and I wish him a speedy recovery.
My thoughts and prayers are for the spectator killed and others hurt.
Violence has no place in society.
Also, this is another reminder to be diligent in your research. Try only to get news from trusted sources. As good as Twitter is for fast breaking news, it is also a cesspit of misinformation. Don’t always believe the first thing you read, especially in such a tense situation
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Regarding last nights events in the US, please keep an eye on reactions out of Australia. This is the sort of event that will give you a lot of media file. Many Politicians have already put out statements that are worth a read.
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What is interesting here is to consider the effect of incorrect slang usage. To me it comes across as trying to be cool, but also the fact that the meaning here is antithetical to the point he is trying to make will make some socially progressive people amused (see other accounts
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Sometimes people use slang incorrectly in an attempt to look good. This attempt of using “Based.” From Victorian UAP Senator @senatorbabet is an example of this in politics (I believe, based on his other generally socially conservative views). 1/2
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Interesting to see the views of people on the role of language in formal contexts!
C’mon @abcnews . “Gotten”? (In the first sentence of the headlines on tonight’s 7pm News.) Please, no.
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New slang new slang new slang new slang new slang!!!!
Munnel “metro tunnel” has been gunzel (Aus PT Enthusiast) slang for a while, here is the official metro tunnel twitter account using it!!
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