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  1. nicki442
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    I love Aussie stories! As an American, I set my Kindle dictionary to British English to understand MOST “Aussie-isms”, or use Wikipedia, and I thoroughly enjoy learning how the same language differs depending upon which country is speaking it. I’ll be keeping an eye out for the next books.

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    1. Lisa Henry
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      I hope you’ll enjoy this one, Nicki! I think there are a few words in here that even the British English won’t catch. One of my beta readers is from NZ and she wasn’t familiar with a couple of the words. 🙂

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  2. Tanja
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    I read all English stories, whether American, British or Australian. I love all the different names for the same thing. As English is not my first language I have to look up several words to get the exact meaning. For me that is a learning curve and I am trying to remember them all.
    Thank you for the little excerpt. For me it was a total hit. Looking forward to reading the book.

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    1. Lisa Henry
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      I still get caught out every time I’m supposed to be writing in American English. You’d think I’d know by now, but every time I still say “kitchen bench” instead of “kitchen counter”.

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  3. Purple Reader
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    Nice excerpt. I like it when kids think something is amazing when you think it’s work. I like the little things that authors can add to make something more authentic, b/c they know it. I just read M. Kei’s “Sallee Rovers” and the nautical stuff was on point and added so much b/c he’s actually a tall ship sailor. But authenticity can also require research, which I think I’d love as an author. I wonder, for you, what is your most favorite kind of research, and what is your least?

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    1. Lisa Henry
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      Kids can be amazingly enthusiastic about the things adults do every day! I don’t think I have a least favourite type of research – although historical is definitely harder work than anything contemporary. If I wasn’t really invested in doing the research for say, making a character a doctor, I’d just give him a different profession instead.

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  4. H.B.
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    I haven’t read many Aussie stories. Thank you for the excerpt, I’m looking forward to giving the book a read when it becomes available.

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    1. Lisa Henry
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      Thanks, HB! I hope you’ll enjoy it!

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  5. Sadonna
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    Yea for Aussie stories 🙂 Loved the panel last year talking about various “English speaking country” stories and the variation. Makes it all the more fun in my book 😀

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    1. Lisa Henry
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      The panel at GRL? That was fantastic! I still can’t get over the “frown” thing!

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  6. Trix
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    “Ambos and Hot Firies” would be a great story title…

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    1. Lisa Henry
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      Lol! I wonder if anyone outside Australia would know what it even meant!

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  7. Des livres
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    I’m really looking forward to reading this. I hope you explain the proper way we eat Vegemite. I’m interested to see how the qld systems differ from nsw and the act. I practised in both. I heard in qld you have some sort of order which keeps the man out of the premises?

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    1. Lisa Henry
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      Yes, we do! There are DVOs you can get with no contact conditions which prevent the respondent from going to the aggrieved’s place of work, home address, of making phone contact etc. Generally speaking, your run of the mill DVO with mandatory conditions just requires the respondent to be of good behaviour and not commit DV. Also, when a temporary order its taken out, it’s usually no contact between when that happens and the first court appearance. We don’t have AVOs here, but DVOs cover familial relationships or “enmeshed” people, so for neighbourhood disputes and things you’d need to go to court and get a peace and good behaviour order.

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  8. Des livres
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    We’ve been floating the “throw the dude out” amendments to AVOs for a while down here. There is always moaning about making the dude homeless, while at the same time being fine with the women and children been homeless, while the govt shuts down the refuges. We used to have separate orders for domestic relationships versus everybody else – but I think having it all one is better.

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