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There is a particular sort of slang phrase I hear frequently in promotions on Australian youth music radio station Triple J and absolutely nowhere else: lines like "get across the latest new music", "This Summer has a bunch of cool concerts! Get amongst it!", "get around this new single" etc.
"Across", and "around" seem to be used interchangeably, with "get across/around this" = "learn about this". "Amongst" is possibly more literal eg "get amongst this concert" = "be amongst the people at this concert".
Attempts to google these usages just got me dictionary entries about getting across bridges or ideas etc. I couldn't find anything in the text promotions on the Triple J site, either, so I might be misremembering the exact wording used.
Has anyone else encountered this kind of slang? Is/was it ever actually common amongst (Australian?) young people or does someone working in the triple J advertising department just have an odd way of speaking? Or have I just been living under a rock?
It doesn't bother me, I think it's kind of cute, I'm just curious.
"Across", and "around" seem to be used interchangeably, with "get across/around this" = "learn about this". "Amongst" is possibly more literal eg "get amongst this concert" = "be amongst the people at this concert".
Attempts to google these usages just got me dictionary entries about getting across bridges or ideas etc. I couldn't find anything in the text promotions on the Triple J site, either, so I might be misremembering the exact wording used.
Has anyone else encountered this kind of slang? Is/was it ever actually common amongst (Australian?) young people or does someone working in the triple J advertising department just have an odd way of speaking? Or have I just been living under a rock?
It doesn't bother me, I think it's kind of cute, I'm just curious.
