David Astle
David Astle is the crossword compiler and Wordplay columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. He is a broadcaster on ABC Radio Melbourne.
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From Klingon to Elvish, what’s your favourite made-up language?
Because sometimes it’s words that help make the make-believe more believable.
- by David Astle
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A ban on saying ‘no worries’? They don’t understand
First they came for rizz, sus, iconic and artisanal – now they’re coming for a phrase we need.
- by David Astle
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Haitch is for horrified: How my column launched a H-bomb
The haitch vs aitch debate is far from settled.
- by David Astle
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Here, there and everywhen: The English language has a tense problem
What do you do when the past, present and future collide all at once?
- by David Astle
The great divide: how do you pronounce the letter H?
There are two kinds of people in this world. Aitchers and haitchers.
- by David Astle
From bogan to susso, the 100 words that define Australia
From hoon to halal snack pack, this book records the unique, sacrosanct, larrikin, evolving dialect we share.
- by David Astle
What do you call a cardboard box designer? You ask, we try to answer
Some suggestions: paper-shaper, a cubist, a cartonist, a cat-home architect, a crease monkey, a chairman of the board, a manila folder and a Pratt.
- by David Astle
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Pretty, pretty good: How Larry David changed the English language
Forget Emmys, it’s the dictionary set to enshrine the writer’s legacy, capturing labels we never knew we needed.
- by David Astle
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Binge-watching? I’ve been doing it since the ’70s
From epic Wimbledon finals to DVD box sets, I’ve been bingeing TV since before it was a meme.
- by David Astle
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It’s hard to convince Google you’re not dead - just ask Tom Faber
The freelancer was shocked to find that the search engine had conflated him with a dead physicist.
- by David Astle
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The slurs you’ve been using without even knowing it
Most rude words are obvious, but some are hiding in plain sight.
- by David Astle
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