1669: -o in Australian English Jul 10, 2019

English varieties differ all over the world, within small regions and across oceans. While not a major grammatical change, there are in some ways countless options in Australian English for abbreviating a word and adding -o, such as in 'arvo' for 'afternoon' or 'garbo' for 'garbage collector'. There could theoretically be thousands of these, and while a few have carried over into British English for instance, it is in Australian English in which this feature is so productive.

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