'Bloody' has now become an important indicator of Australianness and of cultural values such as friendliness, informality, laid-backness, mateship - …

- Kate Burridge

All taboos serve different human interests by avoiding those things which threaten to cause offence or distress

- Kate Burridge

Underhand euphemism are used, not so much to conceal offence and to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive

- Kate Burridge

A non-standard dialect is as valid communication system as the standard

- Kate Burridge

All euphemisms are dishonest, but many are designed to make life easier

- Kate Burridge

Because of the way our society is structures, using sentences such as "I don't it" can put people at a disadvantage. And this is, of course, why teac…

- Kate Burridge