Documentary analysis/review and "Letters from the Inside" Assignment 1

Today you will have a chance to complete your assignment about the documentary "Blackfish"

First, however, we will look at "Letters from the Inside"

1. "Letters from the inside" is written in the typical language of young Australians. This version of English is a mixture of  expressions which come from the UK, the US and Australia.

Here is a document to try out for the language study for "Letters from the Inside". You will get a copy of it on paper to make life easier (maybe)!

We will go through it together.

Here are some online resources to help you:

www.etymonline.com  (All sources especially UK)
http://www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/strine/#.VPRIivmG-E9
Australian English- most complete
http://eleaston.com/aus-eng.html  (Australia)
http://www.fionalake.com.au/other-info/other-references/rural-words/australian-american-words  (Australian slang)
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
www15.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/aust-eng.html
www.manythings.org/slang  (slang from US)
www.englishdaily626.com  (from US mainly)
http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/big_list/

Finally you can even set up a trial one month account with: 
https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/


The other alternative is to google a word and see where it is mainly used- for example "roll-a-door"

And here is a link for "tat"
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/slang/history-of-american-slang-words.html


And for "knock off something"
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/knock-sth-off

And finally "goss"
http://www.slang-dictionary.org/Australian-Slang/J/Goss OK! Hope you've got it!

Now here comes the real thing
Use the links suggested in the document as well as your own google searches to find the answers.

You have a couple of weeks to get that done!