Afferbeck Lauder
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Afferbeck Lauder was the pseudonym
used by Alastair Ardoch Morrison (born Melbourne
21 September 1911 - died 15 March 1998), an Australia
n graphic artist and author who in the 1960s documented Strine
in the song With Air Chew and a series of books beginning with Let Stalk Strine (Ure Smith, Sydney, Australia, 1965). Morrison illustrated the books and also used the pseudonym Al Terego.
Let Stalk Strine was followed by Nose Tone Unturned (1967), Fraffly Well Spoken (1968), and Fraffly Suite (1969). The first two presented Australian written phonetically to appear as another language, the next two lampooned the clipped, almost strangled variety of upper-class English speech in the same way. The titles, and the author pseudonym, are all examples in themselves (Afferbeck Lauder = alphabetical order). Some further examples are:
The books themselves contained no clues as to the identity of the author.
In October 2009, Text Publishing Company, Melbourne
re-published all four books in the series in an omnibus edition, Strine The complete works of Professor Afferbeck Lauder.
In the early 1960s Morrison was appointed chairman of the Currency Note Design Group, an advisory committee which assisted with the design of new banknotes which were issued when Australia adopted dismal guernsey (or, decimal currency) on 14 February 1966. He was the brother of the journalist and playwright Guy Morrison
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Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
used by Alastair Ardoch Morrison (born Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
21 September 1911 - died 15 March 1998), an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n graphic artist and author who in the 1960s documented Strine
Strine
Strine is a term coined in 1964 and subsequently used to describe a broad accent of Australian English. The term is a syncope, derived from a shortened phonetic rendition of the pronunciation of the word "Australian" in an exaggerated Broad Australian accent, drawing upon the tendency of this...
in the song With Air Chew and a series of books beginning with Let Stalk Strine (Ure Smith, Sydney, Australia, 1965). Morrison illustrated the books and also used the pseudonym Al Terego.
Let Stalk Strine was followed by Nose Tone Unturned (1967), Fraffly Well Spoken (1968), and Fraffly Suite (1969). The first two presented Australian written phonetically to appear as another language, the next two lampooned the clipped, almost strangled variety of upper-class English speech in the same way. The titles, and the author pseudonym, are all examples in themselves (Afferbeck Lauder = alphabetical order). Some further examples are:
- Strine
- "Spewffle climber treely" - It's a beautiful climate, really
- "Emma chisit" - How much is it ?
- "Egg nishner" - air-conditioner
- Fraffly
- "Egg wetter gree" - I quite agree
- "Gray chooma" - Great humour
The books themselves contained no clues as to the identity of the author.
In October 2009, Text Publishing Company, Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
re-published all four books in the series in an omnibus edition, Strine The complete works of Professor Afferbeck Lauder.
In the early 1960s Morrison was appointed chairman of the Currency Note Design Group, an advisory committee which assisted with the design of new banknotes which were issued when Australia adopted dismal guernsey (or, decimal currency) on 14 February 1966. He was the brother of the journalist and playwright Guy Morrison
Guy Morrison
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External links
- 'With Air Chew' - Copyright registration copy of the song in the National Archives of AustraliaNational Archives of AustraliaThe National Archives of Australia is a body established by the Government of Australia for the purpose of preserving Commonwealth Government records. It is an Executive Agency of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and reports to the Cabinet Secretary, Senator Joe Ludwig.The national...
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