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Strine Uncommon

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Proper Noun
1

Broad Australian English; broad Australian rendered as eye dialect.

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Origin

The word "strine" comes from a pronunciation spelling of the Australian accent, coined by Alastair Ardoch Morrison in 1965. It was popularized through his book Let's Talk Strine to describe speech with this specific Australian style.

Rhyming Words
ine sine vine line mine bine zine wine dine eine pine gine kine rine fine nine tine cine meine reine
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