I am wailing with laughter again!
I haven't laughed so much in a long time!
Thank you so very much to everyone who entered into the spirit of my funny little quiz and had a go at speaking Aussie!
"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!
What are you going to name him, Susie? How about "Ennis"?! Yep, Ennis the koala! Sounds good to me!
Dottie gets an honourable mention with 66%
Everyone else got the first sentence right, with a resultant score of 33% each.
Thank you again to everyone for entering!