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David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on July 20, 2006, 02:22:00 am ---ok...ok.....ive been giving you easy ones to translate....heres a few harder ones....
1.....ridgie-didge......ridgie didgeI wouldnt lie to you
2.....gone troppo.....that bloke has gone troppo
3.....true blue........that bloke is true blue
4.....dunny........Im just goin' to the dunny
5......chunder.......he's pissed, he better no chunder in my car
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These are harder!
"Ridgie Didge" .... hmmmm.... Does it mean "honestly" or "I swear" as in "Honestly I wouldn't lie to you" or "I swear I wouldn't lie to you"?
"Troppo"..... crazy? "That guy has gone crazy"?
"True Blue".....legitimate, or for real? "That guy is legitimate"?
"Dunny".... toilet or bathroom? "I'm going to the bathroom"?
"Chunder"... puke or vomit? "He's drunk and he better not puke in my car"?
Well....remember I'm a yank... and a Hoosier Yank too! You can't expect too much from a country boy living in Indiana. :D
David In Indy:
I just thought of another possibility....
Gone Troppo... disappeared? "That guy has disappeared?
Okay... I give up.
Somehow, I think I'm going to get an F on this test. ???
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: David925 on July 20, 2006, 06:07:58 pm ---Gone Troppo... disappeared? "That guy has disappeared?
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Like Italian for 'too much?' Or gone to the Tropics?
Anyway, this thread is bonzer! (Anybody want to guess where I learned that word?)
Katie77:
David.....I think you are a "closetted" aussie......
You got em all right......I reckon you would now be classed as a dinki-di, fair dinkum aussie bloke.....very good....
And Ellemeno..."bonzer", that is an ausie term too.....you must have got it from Crocodile Dundee, or Barry Humphries......
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on July 20, 2006, 07:01:56 pm ---And Ellemeno..."bonzer", that is an ausie term too.....you must have got it from Crocodile Dundee, or Barry Humphries......
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Nope, but thanks for playing! It might be a source only Americans know, believe it or not. I'll give them a hint - bloomin' onions.
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