Dictionary of Australian Analogies, Similes, & Idioms
Descriptive, Informative, Audacious in the Extreme
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This book offers a guide to understanding Local Australian Jargon The book has an "Interpreted" content for ease of understanding and reference. Just as the electronic and printed media use analogies for headlines, I use as a play on words, "expressly for educational purpose and that of wit, amusement and to belittle or incense." Moreover, the book is presented to migrants, tourists and international students who may have learned English in their own countries but experience difficulties in understanding, the local Aussie jargon. Through–out the book I aim to impart to readers a feeling of satisfaction in obtaining a book that not only educates but also entertains by creating "belly laughs, providing physical and mental relaxation"
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About the Book
What is an an-al-o-gy? It’s a similarity between like features of two things which are quite different from each other, on which, a comparison may be based: the Analogy between the heart and a pump. Writers use analogies as a literary technique as a play-on-words or for the purpose of wit or amusement. What is a simile? A simile is (dictionary form) a figure of speech that makes a comparison showing similarities between two different things, the resemblance is drawn by use of “like” or “as” (they are) like two peas in a pod (he is) as a slippery as an eel.
About the Author
About the Author; Kerrin. P. Rowe was born in the outback area as it was then, in the gold mining town of Kalgoorlie; he later lived in the district of Norseman which is also a remote outback area of Western Australia. He was educated in the cities of Perth and Melbourne Victoria. Kerrin was employed in the plastics, printing ink, advertising and transport industries, in management and executive roles in these fields. He did also own several diversified businesses. Kerrin has had first hand experiencing in studying the culture, the idiom and slang and the unique humorous, eccentricity of the Aussie spoken language.