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In this column, Abarca comments on the television series 'Mind Your Language', which was run at the time on Channel 7. The narrator of the column defends the series, which some find offensive, as he sees the humour of language misinterpretation and misunderstanding as a fundamental aspect of Australian migrant experience.
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Entre 'bladdis woggis' y 'gringos' ya nos vamos entendiendo
1978
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— Appears in: El Español en Australia , 5 September 1978; (p. 22) In this letter to the editor, a reader who identifies himself as an Australian of several generations heritage, writes to say that, upon reading 'Crónicas de un Bladi Woggi' of 22 August, he almost died of laughter reading the first part, then almost died of shame reading of the insensitivity of his compatriots in their behaviour toward the elderly migrant [as described in the Bladi Woggi column].
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Entre 'bladdis woggis' y 'gringos' ya nos vamos entendiendo
1978
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: El Español en Australia , 5 September 1978; (p. 22) In this letter to the editor, a reader who identifies himself as an Australian of several generations heritage, writes to say that, upon reading 'Crónicas de un Bladi Woggi' of 22 August, he almost died of laughter reading the first part, then almost died of shame reading of the insensitivity of his compatriots in their behaviour toward the elderly migrant [as described in the Bladi Woggi column].
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