Words Fail Me by Hugh Lunn

‘The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get.’, ‘I’m Bondi through to the underpants.’ ... Hugh Lunn revisits the rich, inventive and rogueish language Australians used to speak, before globalism stole it away. He intertwines the sayings and phrases of yesteryear with true stories and anecdotes which recapture what Australia used to be like ‘back then’ and contrasts them with modern language, from jargon to corporate-speak.

352 pages