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David Astle

Brisbane Times

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How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

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WA Today

David Astle

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

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The Age

David Astle

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

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Brisbane Times

David Astle

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

The racing roots of “fanging it”, the double meanings of “rooted”, and the uniquely Australian “pub test”.

06.06.2025 4

WA Today

David Astle

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

The racing roots of “fanging it”, the double meanings of “rooted”, and the uniquely Australian “pub test”.

06.06.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

The racing roots of “fanging it”, the double meanings of “rooted”, and the uniquely Australian “pub test”.

06.06.2025 10

The Age

David Astle

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

The racing roots of “fanging it”, the double meanings of “rooted”, and the uniquely Australian “pub test”.

06.06.2025 4

Brisbane Times

David Astle

This is fine: An existential guide to Australian politics

No goalkeeper. No plan. No meaning. No problem?

30.05.2025 10

WA Today

David Astle

This is fine: An existential guide to Australian politics

No goalkeeper. No plan. No meaning. No problem?

30.05.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

This is fine: An existential guide to Australian politics

No goalkeeper. No plan. No meaning. No problem?

30.05.2025 10

The Age

David Astle

This is fine: An existential guide to Australian politics

No goalkeeper. No plan. No meaning. No problem?

30.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Idiom or idiot? Google’s AI Overview is trying its best

Social media users have found that Google’s AI will find meaning in any phrase, no matter how false.

22.05.2025 8

WA Today

David Astle

Idiom or idiot? Google’s AI Overview is trying its best

Social media users have found that Google’s AI will find meaning in any phrase, no matter how false.

22.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Idiom or idiot? Google’s AI Overview is trying its best

Social media users have found that Google’s AI will find meaning in any phrase, no matter how false.

22.05.2025 20

The Age

David Astle

Idiom or idiot? Google’s AI Overview is trying its best

Social media users have found that Google’s AI will find meaning in any phrase, no matter how false.

22.05.2025 6

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Why ‘rooting’ means something different to Australian ears

Beyond Australia, you either root for – or root out. You don’t root full-stop.

14.05.2025 10

WA Today

David Astle

Why ‘rooting’ means something different to Australian ears

Beyond Australia, you either root for – or root out. You don’t root full-stop.

14.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Why ‘rooting’ means something different to Australian ears

Beyond Australia, you either root for – or root out. You don’t root full-stop.

14.05.2025 7

The Age

David Astle

Why ‘rooting’ means something different to Australian ears

Beyond Australia, you either root for – or root out. You don’t root full-stop.

14.05.2025 9

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Another casualty of the climate crisis? Our coolest words

Don’t let these words get iced out, I can’t (polar) bear it.

03.05.2025 10

WA Today

David Astle

Another casualty of the climate crisis? Our coolest words

Don’t let these words get iced out, I can’t (polar) bear it.

03.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Another casualty of the climate crisis? Our coolest words

Don’t let these words get iced out, I can’t (polar) bear it.

03.05.2025 10

The Age

David Astle

Another casualty of the climate crisis? Our coolest words

Don’t let these words get iced out, I can’t (polar) bear it.

03.05.2025 9

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Could this be the best science story of 2025?

Put it this way: if I said “Peter Pan tadpole” would you like to know more?

16.04.2025 3

WA Today

David Astle

Could this be the best science story of 2025?

Put it this way: if I said “Peter Pan tadpole” would you like to know more?

16.04.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Could this be the best science story of 2025?

Put it this way: if I said “Peter Pan tadpole” would you like to know more?

16.04.2025 7

The Age

David Astle

Could this be the best science story of 2025?

Put it this way: if I said “Peter Pan tadpole” would you like to know more?

16.04.2025 6

Brisbane Times

David Astle

What’s a Rum’un? How this new AFL mascot got its name

Meet a monster with meaning in every snarl.

10.04.2025 8

WA Today

David Astle

What’s a Rum’un? How this new AFL mascot got its name

Meet a monster with meaning in every snarl.

10.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

What’s a Rum’un? How this new AFL mascot got its name

Meet a monster with meaning in every snarl.

10.04.2025 8

The Age

David Astle

What’s a Rum’un? How this new AFL mascot got its name

Meet a monster with meaning in every snarl.

10.04.2025 8

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Feeling puzzled? This is how crosswords soothe us in hectic times

I can monster a cryptic before my beer goes flat, but what’s the hurry?

04.04.2025 9

WA Today

David Astle

Feeling puzzled? This is how crosswords soothe us in hectic times

I can monster a cryptic before my beer goes flat, but what’s the hurry?

04.04.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Feeling puzzled? This is how crosswords soothe us in hectic times

I can monster a cryptic before my beer goes flat, but what’s the hurry?

04.04.2025 7

The Age

David Astle

Feeling puzzled? This is how crosswords soothe us in hectic times

I can monster a cryptic before my beer goes flat, but what’s the hurry?

04.04.2025 8

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Is the brat spoilt or spoiled? The debate rages on

Few questions in the English language rankle like the mess of spoil.

28.03.2025 7

WA Today

David Astle

Is the brat spoilt or spoiled? The debate rages on

Few questions in the English language rankle like the mess of spoil.

28.03.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Is the brat spoilt or spoiled? The debate rages on

Few questions in the English language rankle like the mess of spoil.

28.03.2025 8

The Age

David Astle

Is the brat spoilt or spoiled? The debate rages on

Few questions in the English language rankle like the mess of spoil.

28.03.2025 7

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Pusillanimous? Turnbull’s $50 retort is a soundbite for the ages

Trump might be a bully, but Malcolm Turnbull’s got sesquipedalian loquaciousness on his side.

18.03.2025 6

WA Today

David Astle

Pusillanimous? Turnbull’s $50 retort is a soundbite for the ages

Trump might be a bully, but Malcolm Turnbull’s got sesquipedalian loquaciousness on his side.

18.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Pusillanimous? Turnbull’s $50 retort is a soundbite for the ages

Trump might be a bully, but Malcolm Turnbull’s got sesquipedalian loquaciousness on his side.

18.03.2025 9

The Age

David Astle

Pusillanimous? Turnbull’s $50 retort is a soundbite for the ages

Trump might be a bully, but Malcolm Turnbull’s got sesquipedalian loquaciousness on his side.

18.03.2025 7

Brisbane Times

David Astle

I thought I knew the word - until an audiobook told me different

At some point, we’ve all fallen victim to Calliope Syndrome.

14.03.2025 9

WA Today

David Astle

I thought I knew the word - until an audiobook told me different

At some point, we’ve all fallen victim to Calliope Syndrome.

14.03.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

I thought I knew the word - until an audiobook told me different

At some point, we’ve all fallen victim to Calliope Syndrome.

14.03.2025 10

The Age

David Astle

I thought I knew the word - until an audiobook told me different

At some point, we’ve all fallen victim to Calliope Syndrome.

14.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

be an anti-capitalist: here’s the case for going full lower-case

Gen Z cops the flak for making lower-case language a trend. But they’re not the first.

07.03.2025 7

WA Today

David Astle

be an anti-capitalist: here’s the case for going full lower-case

Gen Z cops the flak for making lower-case language a trend. But they’re not the first.

07.03.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle