Baka Dasai wrote:Zapruda wrote:I hate that the use of the word bushwalking is dwindling. Everyone refers to it as hiking now. We go bushwalking in Australia not hiking! We should be proud of our unique word.
I find myself saying "hiking" more often than "bushwalking". The latter seems so...hokey. Usually I hang on to Australianisms rather than succumb to bland internationalisms, but not this time.
But whatever...language changes and life goes on. C'est la vie and vive la différence!
I work in a retail store that sells some outdoor gear. Don't think I've heard anyone under 30 say "bushwalking". That said, I'm from NZ, and it's been hard to let go of 'tramping'. We do get older seasoned types in, and they all seem to have "walked" the Camino de Santiago, or "trekked" in Nepal.
As an avid reader, with a broad repertoire of language compared to most folks, dumbing down what I'm saying and using internationalisms has become a way of life.