Read this instead:
http://david-crystal.blogspot.ie/2015/10/on-one-word-reaction-to-reports-about.html
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Thank you. I found the idea to be deliberately provocative and offensive, and thought it was just another way of slandering Australians as just a bunch of uncouth (and now drunkard) former convicts. Elitism comes in many guises and language and accent policing are just two of many.
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