Routes of English, Series 4, Programme 4
audiobook (Unabridged) ∣ Beyond the Cringe · Routes of English
By Melvyn Bragg
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In the 1950s of premier Robert Menzies, the approved sound of Australian English was more Westminster than Woolloomooloo. These were the last days of the so-called "colonial cringe", before the assertion of Australia's place as an independent nation with an independent voice. But since the 1970s, "Australian" has become a recognised and valued variety of the English language. Melvyn Bragg traces the linguistic trail from convicts to Crocodile Dundee and national self-confidence.
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