What's Their Story? A History of Australian Words

by Bruce Moore

At last the real stories behind some of Australia's unique and best-loved words are now ready to be told. A companion volume to Bruce Moore's highly-successful Speaking Our Language, this major new work examines Australian words from two main the histories of particular words, and the history of thematically linked words. This is a collection of words that have interesting, challenging and often disputed stories to be told about their origins. Designed to be read from beginning to end, or dipped into at any of the headwords, What's Their Story is the ideal reference for all lovers of our language.

Genres: Language, Nonfiction

216 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2010

About the author

Bruce Moore is a regular weekly contributor to PureGrainAudio, and has been published in various national and international music magazines including HM Magazine, Thrash Magazine, Crave, Sick Drummer, and The Gauntlet. He also hosts Brutally Delicious, an online podcast cooking show with guest stars of heavy metal music industry personalities.