Imagine this: Sometime in future, everyone on the planet decides to live in a virtual world [think Second Life]. However, they don’t access that world via a computer screen and keyboard.

(Source: David Dale – Who We Are – A snapshot of Australia today) This kind of language I can handle. What really bugs me: ‘Mundy’, ‘Toozdy’, ‘Winzdy’, ‘I done some shopping today’ and ’10 k’, ’3 pair’ and ’50 tonne’.

(David Dale – Who We Are – A snapshot of Australia today) Which is weird because I always thought that people drank when they were feeling depressed. Who can afford three glasses of wine per day though? These people obviously have high disposable incomes. Do you feel delighted, pleased, happy, average, unhappy, discontent, or terrible? [...]

36 per cent of Australians believe that you have to be Christian to be ‘truly Australia’!? WTF? (David Dale – Who We Are – A snapshot of Australia today) I felt reassured that 91 per cent of people thought that feeling Australian was enough to make someone ‘truly Australian’, and I can accept that becoming [...]