If Australians wrote the language in the manner in which we speak, no-one would comprehend what we have written. There is an old book demonstrating this called

If Australians wrote the language in the manner in which we speak, no-one would comprehend what we have written. There is an old book demonstrating this called "Let Stalk Strine"/"Nose Tone Unturned" by the author Afferbeck Lauder and even for Australians, we have to speak what is written in this to be able to understand it. Brilliant book and funny as.