On pages 316-317, Annabeth and Grover argue over who gets left behind. Percy ended up taking both of them.
Australians? White australians were brought over by the British. They were moved over there on ships if they were criminals it was a sort of massive prison where they would get them to do manual labour and help to colonise the country and take over from the aboriginals I believe.
That, I believe, would be dialect.
Example: (I parked the car)
Boston: I paakked tha kaaa!
Britain: I pocked the coh.
New York: I pawked the caw.
The second one is the answer