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'This long anticipated follow-up to the hugely successful and popular Lost for Words revisits the rich, inventive and rogueish language Australians used to speak, before globalism stole it away.
'Hundreds of readers have responded to author Hugh Lunn′s request and donated a torrent of forgotten words and sayings that he overlooked in his first book.
'"So many arrived it was like trying to take a sip out of a fire hose," Hugh said. "And these words were so obvious, that if they were a snake, they would have bitten me by now."
'Words Fail Me intertwines the sayings and phrases of yesteryear with true stories and anecdotes and recaptures what Australia used to be like back when.
'Hugh also casts a satirical eye on modern language madnesses: the road signs, the asterisks, the gobbledegook andcorporate speak that have replaced our euphonious direct language. As they would say today: "He is having issues!"
'Lovingly collected, Words Fail Me takes delight in the way we once were; a people with their own unique lingo --- clear, exaggerated and joyful.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Words'worth
2011
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— Appears in: Brisbane News , 7 - 13 September no. 849 2011; (p. 10) -
Paean to Aussie Past Not Limited to the Lingo
2011
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 6 March 2011; (p. 7)
— Review of Words Fail Me : A Journey through Australia's Lost Language 2010 single work prose -
Correspondence
2010
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— Appears in: The Monthly , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 63 2010; (p. 97) -
Pick of the Week
2010
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 December 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of Words Fail Me : A Journey through Australia's Lost Language 2010 single work prose -
Talk about Kick in the Guts : Critic Faces Libel Suit for Coming the Raw Prawn
2010
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 December 2010; (p. 3) The Age , 2 December 2010; (p. 5) Susan Wyndham outlines the libel case being brought by Hugh Lunn in response to Peter Conrad's review (published in the Monthly) of Lunn's Words Fail Me: A Journey through Australia's Lost Language.
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Non-Fiction
2010
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— Appears in: The Age , 6 November 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of Words Fail Me : A Journey through Australia's Lost Language 2010 single work prose -
My Word, It's Weird
2010
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 - 7 November 2010; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Lost for Words : Australia's Lost Language in Words and Stories 2006 single work prose ; Words Fail Me : A Journey through Australia's Lost Language 2010 single work prose -
Remebering a Forgotten Aussie Lingo
2010
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 November 2010; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Words Fail Me : A Journey through Australia's Lost Language 2010 single work prose -
Lest We Forget
2010
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— Appears in: The Monthly , November no. 62 2010; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Words Fail Me : A Journey through Australia's Lost Language 2010 single work prose -
Pick of the Week
2010
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 December 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of Words Fail Me : A Journey through Australia's Lost Language 2010 single work prose -
Writers Use Power of the Pen
2010
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— Appears in: Noosa News , 12 November 2010; (p. 29) -
Writing is Like a Box of Dice
2010
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— Appears in: The Noosa Journal , 12 November 2010; (p. 31) -
Never Lost for Phrases
2010
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— Appears in: Westside News , 1 December 2010; (p. 5) -
Talk about Kick in the Guts : Critic Faces Libel Suit for Coming the Raw Prawn
2010
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column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 December 2010; (p. 3) The Age , 2 December 2010; (p. 5) Susan Wyndham outlines the libel case being brought by Hugh Lunn in response to Peter Conrad's review (published in the Monthly) of Lunn's Words Fail Me: A Journey through Australia's Lost Language. -
Correspondence
2010
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correspondence
— Appears in: The Monthly , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 63 2010; (p. 97)