Most people don't realise that Australian English is one of the more efficient variations of English. By selectively shortening words we have achieved an incredibly high rate of "information per syllable". There is a suggestion that Australian English be adopted for international military communications based on this 'data per syllable' efficiency along with its inaccessibility to non-English speakers.
(I have an ancient minor in Linguistics and recall reading Labov, Chomsky and Sapir many years ago. I currently have a copy of Wolfram and Schilling on "American English-Dialects and Variation" sitting on my desk. I am an unrepentant word nerd and Spelling Nazi with a casual interest in the history and etymology of English.)
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Please you Aussies can't beat us Malaysians in terms of shortening English to achieve an incredibly high rate of "information per syllable". We mastered English so we can butcher it to a whole new level called Manglish.
While you're all still asking like "where is my pen?" and reply like "Here."
We have been asking like "Pen leh?" and reply with "nah".
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