Australia - 'strine As A Language Poem by Paul Warren

Australia - 'Strine as a language

If French is the language of love divine
Then what is what Australians speak as strine?
You wouldn't think it scholarly like Latin
Or spoken around the world in an English fashion

Poets rarely use it in their rythm and prose
And if you want to use it you talk through your nose
There are some words that that don't readily translate
Like donga, waddy, furphy, cobber and battler to relate

But in the end I don't suppose you really should bare
Unless visiting old Aussie to swim, barbie and guzzle without care!

© Paul Warren Poetry