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The most unexpected way influencers are influencing us

It’s all very demure, very mindful.

06.12.2024 10

WA Today

David Astle

The most unexpected way influencers are influencing us

06.12.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

The most unexpected way influencers are influencing us

06.12.2024 10

The Age

David Astle

The most unexpected way influencers are influencing us

It’s all very demure, very mindful.

06.12.2024 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Macquarie’s word of the year is the perfect emblem for a grim era

By now, you’ll know Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. In case you don’t, let me give you a hint. We live in a world of pop-up ads,...

29.11.2024 10

WA Today

David Astle

Macquarie’s word of the year is the perfect emblem for a grim era

By now, you’ll know Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. In case you don’t, let me give you a hint. We live in a world of pop-up ads,...

29.11.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Macquarie’s word of the year is the perfect emblem for a grim era

By now, you’ll know Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. In case you don’t, let me give you a hint. We live in a world of pop-up ads,...

29.11.2024 20

The Age

David Astle

Macquarie’s word of the year is the perfect emblem for a grim era

By now, you’ll know Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. In case you don’t, let me give you a hint. We live in a world of pop-up ads,...

29.11.2024 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

From Klingon to Elvish, what’s your favourite made-up language?

Young John fell in love with the coal trains clinking through Birmingham. Less the rolling stock than the mystery words on each carriage, incantations...

15.11.2024 20

WA Today

David Astle

From Klingon to Elvish, what’s your favourite made-up language?

Young John fell in love with the coal trains clinking through Birmingham. Less the rolling stock than the mystery words on each carriage, incantations...

15.11.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

From Klingon to Elvish, what’s your favourite made-up language?

Young John fell in love with the coal trains clinking through Birmingham. Less the rolling stock than the mystery words on each carriage, incantations...

15.11.2024 10

The Age

David Astle

From Klingon to Elvish, what’s your favourite made-up language?

Young John fell in love with the coal trains clinking through Birmingham. Less the rolling stock than the mystery words on each carriage, incantations...

15.11.2024 20

Brisbane Times

David Astle

A ban on saying ‘no worries’? They don’t understand

Every year, Lake Superior State University gets superior about words, seeking to ban rizz or sus, impact (as a verb) or slay (as an adjective). More...

07.11.2024 20

WA Today

David Astle

A ban on saying ‘no worries’? They don’t understand

Every year, Lake Superior State University gets superior about words, seeking to ban rizz or sus, impact (as a verb) or slay (as an adjective). More...

07.11.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

A ban on saying ‘no worries’? They don’t understand

Every year, Lake Superior State University gets superior about words, seeking to ban rizz or sus, impact (as a verb) or slay (as an adjective). More...

07.11.2024 10

The Age

David Astle

A ban on saying ‘no worries’? They don’t understand

Every year, Lake Superior State University gets superior about words, seeking to ban rizz or sus, impact (as a verb) or slay (as an adjective). More...

07.11.2024 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Haitch is for horrified: How my column launched a H-bomb

Letters go missing. Have you noticed? Others give up spots to new letters or change their sound. Just as some letters hop into bed with new friends,...

01.11.2024 7

WA Today

David Astle

Haitch is for horrified: How my column launched a H-bomb

Letters go missing. Have you noticed? Others give up spots to new letters or change their sound. Just as some letters hop into bed with new friends,...

01.11.2024 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Haitch is for horrified: How my column launched a H-bomb

Letters go missing. Have you noticed? Others give up spots to new letters or change their sound. Just as some letters hop into bed with new friends,...

01.11.2024 10

The Age

David Astle

Haitch is for horrified: How my column launched a H-bomb

Letters go missing. Have you noticed? Others give up spots to new letters or change their sound. Just as some letters hop into bed with new friends,...

01.11.2024 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Here, there and everywhen: The English language has a tense problem

Richard Flanagan is drowning. Trapped in a kayak, wedged underwater, he sips from a pocket of air inside the Franklin’s roar. The fibreglass is...

25.10.2024 10

WA Today

David Astle

Here, there and everywhen: The English language has a tense problem

Richard Flanagan is drowning. Trapped in a kayak, wedged underwater, he sips from a pocket of air inside the Franklin’s roar. The fibreglass is...

25.10.2024 10

The Age

David Astle

Here, there and everywhen: The English language has a tense problem

Richard Flanagan is drowning. Trapped in a kayak, wedged underwater, he sips from a pocket of air inside the Franklin’s roar. The fibreglass is...

25.10.2024 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Here, there and everywhen: The English language has a tense problem

Richard Flanagan is drowning. Trapped in a kayak, wedged underwater, he sips from a pocket of air inside the Franklin’s roar. The fibreglass is...

25.10.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Pretty, pretty good: How Larry David changed the English language

You’re looking for a cab on a busy street, when a man appears, also on the lookout. Except he’s a block nearer to oncoming traffic. Unfair! Not to...

27.09.2024 9

WA Today

David Astle

Pretty, pretty good: How Larry David changed the English language

You’re looking for a cab on a busy street, when a man appears, also on the lookout. Except he’s a block nearer to oncoming traffic. Unfair! Not to...

27.09.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Pretty, pretty good: How Larry David changed the English language

You’re looking for a cab on a busy street, when a man appears, also on the lookout. Except he’s a block nearer to oncoming traffic. Unfair! Not to...

27.09.2024 9

The Age

David Astle

Pretty, pretty good: How Larry David changed the English language

You’re looking for a cab on a busy street, when a man appears, also on the lookout. Except he’s a block nearer to oncoming traffic. Unfair! Not to...

27.09.2024 60

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Binge-watching? I’ve been doing it since the ’70s

“Binge (noun): a short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.” To quote most dictionaries, along with binge...

20.09.2024 4

WA Today

David Astle

Binge-watching? I’ve been doing it since the ’70s

“Binge (noun): a short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.” To quote most dictionaries, along with binge...

20.09.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Binge-watching? I’ve been doing it since the ’70s

“Binge (noun): a short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.” To quote most dictionaries, along with binge...

20.09.2024 3

The Age

David Astle

Binge-watching? I’ve been doing it since the ’70s

“Binge (noun): a short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.” To quote most dictionaries, along with binge...

20.09.2024 4

Brisbane Times

David Astle

It’s hard to convince Google you’re not dead - just ask Tom Faber

According to Google, Tom Faber is dead. A genuine shock for the English freelancer, whose appetite remains hearty. Baffled, Faber dropped Google a...

11.09.2024 8

WA Today

David Astle

It’s hard to convince Google you’re not dead - just ask Tom Faber

According to Google, Tom Faber is dead. A genuine shock for the English freelancer, whose appetite remains hearty. Baffled, Faber dropped Google a...

11.09.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

It’s hard to convince Google you’re not dead - just ask Tom Faber

According to Google, Tom Faber is dead. A genuine shock for the English freelancer, whose appetite remains hearty. Baffled, Faber dropped Google a...

11.09.2024 10

The Age

David Astle

It’s hard to convince Google you’re not dead - just ask Tom Faber

According to Google, Tom Faber is dead. A genuine shock for the English freelancer, whose appetite remains hearty. Baffled, Faber dropped Google a...

11.09.2024 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

The slurs you’ve been using without even knowing it

Liar! Bastard! Dill! Just three words banned in Victorian parliament, joining bullshit, prick and patsy. Add rorter to the mix and you have the set....

04.09.2024 10

WA Today

David Astle

The slurs you’ve been using without even knowing it

Liar! Bastard! Dill! Just three words banned in Victorian parliament, joining bullshit, prick and patsy. Add rorter to the mix and you have the set....

04.09.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

The slurs you’ve been using without even knowing it

Liar! Bastard! Dill! Just three words banned in Victorian parliament, joining bullshit, prick and patsy. Add rorter to the mix and you have the set....

04.09.2024 10

The Age

David Astle

The slurs you’ve been using without even knowing it

Liar! Bastard! Dill! Just three words banned in Victorian parliament, joining bullshit, prick and patsy. Add rorter to the mix and you have the set....

04.09.2024 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

What’s the most versatile word we have? Mate, that’s easy

Mate is a false friend. The moment you think you know a word, it betrays you. Not just one, but twice. “Mate, how could you do such a thing? I...

30.08.2024 6

WA Today

David Astle

What’s the most versatile word we have? Mate, that’s easy

Mate is a false friend. The moment you think you know a word, it betrays you. Not just one, but twice. “Mate, how could you do such a thing? I...

30.08.2024 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

What’s the most versatile word we have? Mate, that’s easy

Mate is a false friend. The moment you think you know a word, it betrays you. Not just one, but twice. “Mate, how could you do such a thing? I...

30.08.2024 7

The Age

David Astle

What’s the most versatile word we have? Mate, that’s easy

Mate is a false friend. The moment you think you know a word, it betrays you. Not just one, but twice. “Mate, how could you do such a thing? I...

30.08.2024 6

Brisbane Times

David Astle

What this Pixar film gets so right about the human condition

Crossword solvers know ennui well. That synonym of boredom is tailor-made to fit a grid’s awkward corner. A mainstay of “crossword-ese”, the...

23.08.2024 10

WA Today

David Astle

What this Pixar film gets so right about the human condition

Crossword solvers know ennui well. That synonym of boredom is tailor-made to fit a grid’s awkward corner. A mainstay of “crossword-ese”, the...

23.08.2024 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

What this Pixar film gets so right about the human condition

Crossword solvers know ennui well. That synonym of boredom is tailor-made to fit a grid’s awkward corner. A mainstay of “crossword-ese”, the...

23.08.2024 8

The Age

David Astle

What this Pixar film gets so right about the human condition

Crossword solvers know ennui well. That synonym of boredom is tailor-made to fit a grid’s awkward corner. A mainstay of “crossword-ese”, the...

23.08.2024 7

Brisbane Times

David Astle

The real urban dictionary: how fluent are you in street talk?

“A rare opportunity, ladies and gentlemen. A charming bungalow on this beautiful tree-lined street…” The auctioneer gestures north and south,...

16.08.2024 9

WA Today

David Astle

The real urban dictionary: how fluent are you in street talk?

“A rare opportunity, ladies and gentlemen. A charming bungalow on this beautiful tree-lined street…” The auctioneer gestures north and south,...

16.08.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

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