Referring to the way English is spoken on a certain continent, "Strine" is an alteration of this word
as... [DOC] [TLE] "Strine," Immigration, and the Australian Identity - JStor [PAR] (2) the use of the national dialect called "Strine" (a much slurred version of the 
word "Australian"), said to be a variant of southern British English but .... from the 
rest of the English-speaking world, not counting New Zealand, which they see, 
with ... Their huge continent, the sixth biggest country on earth by area but only 
the... [DOC] [TLE] BBC - Have Your Say: Do you say 'aitch' or 'haitch'?