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How the koala got his name

Photo courtesy of Apple Inc.This week’s ‘language in new media’ post comes courtesy of ABC’s Radio Australia.

In an excerpt from their regular Tuesday Australian English spot, Macquarie Dictionary Editor Sue Butler talks us through the origins of words such as koala and kookaburra:
Naming Australian native animals

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