U.S. not Us: How American slang is replacing Aussie lingo
Our language changes so slowly and incrementally that most of us don’t even notice American vernacular replacing Aussie…
Hugh Lunn – Author,
09/03/2020
6 min read
When men hit the moon, a region lost its place on Earth
Fifty years ago as man landed on the moon, darkness descended over West Papua. Author and journalist Hugh…
Hugh Lunn – Author,
15/07/2019
6 min read
Hugh Lunn: How a mark on the calendar left a mark on my heart
Like a song that takes you back to the place where you first heard it, Hugh Lunn writes…
Hugh Lunn – Author,
29/04/2019
6 min read
Remember when Aussie tennis players made a racket for all the right reasons?
Tomic’s toast. Kyrgios is nicked. Better Lleyton than never? Well, probably never. After four decades without an Aussie…
Hugh Lunn – Author,
21/01/2019
7 min read
Our long-lost lingo has ‘gone to see a man about a dog’
Did you ever have bread and duck under the table? What about a wing-wong for a goose’s bridle?…
Hugh Lunn – Author,
24/10/2018
6 min read
Hugh Lunn: Missing the man on the moon, and everything after
One small step for man, the death of a friend and the visions of a poetic Vietnamese prophet…
Hugh Lunn – Author,
21/08/2018
6 min read