This what is vs "This that is"?

Question

Came across the following choice of words from a British-Australian writer. It is not very recognizable to me, and am wondering if it's a question of dialect, or was just a mistake/typo: - All **this what is** happening is self-evidently well organising itself. Vs (the more recognizable choice, to me, as a U.S. speaker): - All **this that is** happening is self-evidently well organising itself.

Answer 1

While that may not be what is perfect English as we know it, it is probably more a colloquial way of speaking in Australia. In rural Indiana, for example, it's far more common to say "He has ran in many marathons" instead of what we would, in perfect English, say, "He has run ..."