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Australia's mother tongue is English.
However, the peculiar version of English spoken by the inhabitants of the Great Southern Land is often convoluted and sometimes downright weird!
Here's a quote written in Aussie-speak. Every Australian would know exactly what it means, Heath included.
"G'Doy, moyt! You true-blue-dinky-doy? Yeah? Beaudy-bottlah, cobb-ah!"
What do you think it means?
Hint - Say it out loud to get that true Aussie sound. Be sure to place a pronounced upward inflection on the final word of each sentence. And try to make your voice sound as nasal as possible. :laugh:
I'll post the translation in a couple of days, at which time a magnificent prize will be awarded to the nearest correct entry!
Have fun! :D
Please no entries from Aussies, 'cause you'll give away the answer! :-\ ;)
"G'Doy, moyt! You true-blue-dinky-doy? Yeah? Beaudy-bottlah, cobb-ah!"
What do you think it means?
That doesn't look like English one damn bit! Are you sure you didn't make this up Kerry! ;)
Well.... :-\
Good Boy (something or another. Maybe their name name is Moit.) Are you a true blue dinky toy? ??? Yeah? Beautiful butler, cobb on.
It STILL doesn't look like English! It doesn't make a damn bit of sense! :laugh: :-\
I think Kerry is picking on us! ;) :D
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I am wailing with laughter again! :laugh:
I haven't laughed so much in a long time! :laugh:
Thank you so very much to everyone who entered into the spirit of my funny little quiz and had a go at speaking Aussie! :D
"G'Doy, moyt! You true-blue-dinky-doy? Yeah? Beaudy-bottlah, cobb-ah!" can be divided into three sections:
"G'Doy, moyt!" is how an Australian pronounces "Good day, mate!" Everybody got this right in some form or another.
"You true-blue-dinky-doy? Yeah?" is a little more convoluted. Doing away with the pronunciation, it asks "You true-blue-dinky-di (pronounced as one word)? Yeah? "True-blue" means "patriotic" and "dinky-di" means "the real thing, genuine." However, when used in this context, any Australian would immediately recognise, "You true-blue-dinky-doy? Yeah?" to mean, "You Australian? Yeah?" To an Australian, someone who is "true-blue-dinky-di" is Australian! It means one and the same thing! An Australian can also be simply referred to as "true-blue" alone, or "dinky-di" alone, without having to resort to the tautology of "true-blue-dinky-di." Only Susie got this correct with, "Are you Australian? Really?"
"Beaudy-bottlah, cobb-ah!" Again doing away with the pronunciation, it says, "Beauty-bottler, cobber!" Both "beauty" and "bottler" mean "good" or "excellent" in the Australian vernacular. This tautological double-whammy means the speaker is really very excited! "Cobber" is a word for "mate" or "friend." Susie and Dottie got this correct with "That's great, buddy," and ""Excellent, friend," respectively.
So here's what it means:
"Good day, mate! You Australian? Yeah? That's fabulous, cobber!"
Or in American-English:
"Yo, dude! Are you an Aussie? Yeah? Excellent, bud!"
Congratulations to Susie for getting a perfect score (over 3 attempts). Your First Prize is a cute lil cuddly koala! :D What are you going to name him, Susie? How about "Ennis"?! Yep, Ennis the koala! Sounds good to me! :D
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Dottie gets an honourable mention with 66% :D
Everyone else got the first sentence right, with a resultant score of 33% each.
Thank you again to everyone for entering! :D
YAY!! I got there in the end :P..... and now I've got my very own little Koala :D ... I've always wanted one of those!! "Ennis" sounds perfect ... unless it's a little girl koala, in which case I'll have to call her "Sheila"! :D
Thanks Kerry! That was fun!
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Susie and Ennis ;D ;D ;D
Congrats, Miss Susie!! ;D ;D ;D I didn´t have a clue, but I laughed my ... off. I´m still chuckling, guess I will be chuckling for the rest of the day. ;D
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Susie :D
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