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Today we saunter through the world of words. Two Australian lexicographers Sue Butler and Amanda Laugesen explore how words come about in a dictionary.
Our language reflects the changing texture of the Australian community, growing religious diversity and multiculturalism. And with these changes, words like
karma,
temple and
Zen have entered popular use. At the same time, these words can have complex meanings and associations, particularly within the religious communities that produced them.
So how do words come and go from our dictionaries? And what does that say about our wider society?
We also look at slang, words used by convicts, and find out if swearing is the marker of our particular brand of Australian English.
For Muslims, sex can be an act of worship â yet intimacy and pleasure are often taboo topics
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Sex education was basically non-existent in Zoya Patel s family.
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When Zoya Patel was in high school, dating wasn t just a no-go, it was scandalous.
Her Muslim family hoped â even expected â that when Zoya reached adulthood, she d enter into a consensual arranged marriage. Your match would have to meet certain criteria, explains the 30-year-old writer. You would absolutely need to be with a Muslim, preferably one from the same culture â so, preferably Indian and . ideally from the same part of India, or Fijian-Indian, which is my family s particular background.