Australian Writers’ Centre – Writing Courses
Australian Writers’ Centre. We’re Australia’s leading provider of writing courses and we’re so excited that you’ve found us! Whether you’d like to improve your skills, discover a new career, or simply find your creative community, this is the ultimate place to pursue your writing passion. People love our online writing courses ...
Q&A: Brekky or breaky or brekkie? A delicious dilemma.
A: So, that leads us to “brekky” or “brekkie”. And while we’re partial to the first one (it’s shorter and less fussy), either of these is fine. Two of Australia’s largest fast food chains have breakfast menus, and one offers a “brekkie wrap” and the other a “brekky wrap”. Q: But not after 10.30am.
Online courses - Australian Writers' Centre
Online Writing Courses. If you can read this webpage, then you have all you need to access our range of online courses at the Australian Writers’ Centre! We offer three kinds of online course: Online classroom. These courses begin on a set date, with an online tutor and other classmates learning at the same time. Online self-paced.
Furious Fiction - Australian Writers' Centre
The NOVEMBER Furious Fiction is now CLOSED. The next Furious Fiction challenge will go live on Friday 6 December 2024. 27 Days. 13 Hours. 14 Minutes. 48 Seconds. Be sure to sign up to the Furious Fiction Fan Club (click on the big blue button below) to be notified about each challenge and also for monthly creative inspiration!
Q&A: Practice vs practise - Australian Writers' Centre
Q&A: Practice vs practise. Dean Koorey. May 13, 2020. Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness.
Q&A: Program vs programme - Australian Writers' Centre
Jan 24, 2018 · A: Sure. First let’s get some context. The word “program” comes from Latin and Greek “programma” – meaning “public notice in writing”. And when it first debuted in English during the 1600s, everyone was spelling it “program”. It wasn’t until the 1800s that the UK started its love affair with French words and switched its ...
Q&A: Jail or Gaol – which is it? | Australian Writers' Centre
Apr 13, 2016 · A: Both are accepted – but “jail” is preferred. It admits that “in general, the spelling of this word has shifted in Australian English from gaol to jail”. However, it goes on to add that, “gaol remains fossilised in the names of jails, as Parramatta Gaol, and in some government usage”. Q: Yes, I guess some of those stone walls ...
Q&A: Why is it called a ‘dunny’? - Australian Writers' Centre
Q: Yes please! Lay it on me… so to speak. A: It dates from the early 1800s, Scottish in origin, from dung + ken (house) to give “dunnekin” as another name for the outhouse. Once the toilet moved inside, Australians and New Zealanders dropped the kin and kept with the dunny. Q: Well, that was a crappy description.
Q&A: Mould vs mold - Australian Writers' Centre
Jun 28, 2017 · Q&A: Mould vs mold. Dean Koorey. June 28, 2017. Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness.
Q&A: The origin of ‘vale’ - Australian Writers' Centre
Oct 18, 2023 · A: Yes, so the “vale” YOU are referring to actually rhymes more with “parlay” and comes from the Latin root word, valere, meaning to “be well, be strong”. In Latin times, it was used as a way to say “goodbye”, much like you might say to someone “travel safe” or “go well” etc. Q: Oh, yeah, I suppose we do say that.