Arthur Delbridge
Author of The Macquarie dictionary
About the Author
Image credit: Professor Arthur Delbridge, holding dictionary with, from left, David Blair, John Bernard and Sue Butler, 1981
Works by Arthur Delbridge
The Penguin Macquarie dictionary : the international dictionary for all Australians (1986) 11 copies
Patterns in language 2 copies
Associated Works
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Delbridge, Arthur
- Birthdate
- 1921
- Gender
- male
- Education
- North Sydney Boys High School
- Occupations
- linguist
editor - Nationality
- Australia
- Places of residence
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Associated Place (for map)
- New South Wales, Australia
Members
Reviews
A great Aussie dictionary. Chock-full of Aussie slang and localised sayings, without sacrificing the actual English language. A great dictionary for Aussies, or those who read a lot of Aussie novels.
There are some valid complaints against this dictionary but it's still the bible of Australian English. That doesn't mean the Collins or Oxford Australian dictionaries aren't better though - just that I don't own them.
A very Australian reference book, it even has places names and such things, which really don't belong in a Dictionary, but who i am to say?
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- Works
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- Members
- 291
- Popularity
- #80,410
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 19