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Old 02-08-2001, 01:20 PM   #3
Moiraine
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Join Date: March 1, 2001
Location: Up in the Freedomland Alps
Age: 61
Posts: 2,474
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I can help ! I can help !

I asked the same question by mail to Yorick about a month ago,
and here is his answer :

>Fair dinkum is an Australian term for truth. Depending on the context it can
>be substituted for "Your kidding?"
>"The genuine article" or even "Honest".

>"The waves were six foot? Fair dinkum?"

>"This is fair dinkum leather mate"
>or

>"You didn't steal his wallet? I don't think you're being fair dinkum..."

>I put it as my signature as a sort of secret handshake hello to other
>Australians as it's very common here but unused elsewhere. It screams "I'm
>Australian".

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