Yorick's Sig- Expanation Please!

Cloudbringer · 02-08-2001, 12:23 AM

Ok, it's been driving me nuts for a while. What the hey-ho-heck *does* "fair dinkum" mean?

I'm sure it's what the Russian's call 'bytovie' (loose trans: of or pertaining to life-- as in a particular area/place) but darned if I can figure it out. (sorry about the translation there, I don't have my dictionaries at lunch and no other word in English springs to mind for the concept). Maybe 'culturally dependent'?

Anyway, explanations welcome!

Cloudbringer

Hellfire · 02-08-2001, 12:32 AM

my guess is "good drink",anyone else wanna take a stab at it

Moiraine · 02-08-2001, 01:20 PM

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".

robertthebard · 02-08-2001, 01:28 PM

Call Ripley's, because believe it or not, I had a vague idea of what it meant. Not bad for a very untravelled bard!

Cloudbringer · 02-08-2001, 01:32 PM

Moiraine, thanks!

Cloudbringer · 02-08-2001, 01:37 PM

hmmmmm.....Sorta similar (by a stretch) to our "no way!" (as in , there is no way that's true/possible etc) and "way!" (yah,it is!)

Cloudbringer

Yorick · 02-09-2001, 06:50 AM

Oh well, so much for the 'secret' part of the handshake

There you have it Cloudbringer!

Cloudbringer · 02-09-2001, 08:23 AM

Well, Yorick, it was not a secret, insofar as I knew the country of origin, just not the precise meaning!

Jet lag hit you yet? You are definitely more adventurous than I, dear Bard, staying with someone you met on the plane! That's spontaneity of a major kind.

Hellfire · 02-09-2001, 08:31 AM

hey Yorick you gotta alot of trust for new people but if something happens you have alot of witnesses(yes i don't have a clue)but i still haven't forgotten my leason of spelling Australia,keep in touch,buddy

Yorick · 02-09-2001, 04:07 PM

(LOL) Yes I suppose it is Cloudbringer. Thanks. And thankyou Hellfire. You are a legend bro.

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02-08-2001, 12:23 AM	#1
Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	Ok, it's been driving me nuts for a while. What the hey-ho-heck does "fair dinkum" mean? I'm sure it's what the Russian's call 'bytovie' (loose trans: of or pertaining to life-- as in a particular area/place) but darned if I can figure it out. (sorry about the translation there, I don't have my dictionaries at lunch and no other word in English springs to mind for the concept). Maybe 'culturally dependent'? Anyway, explanations welcome! Cloudbringer

02-08-2001, 12:32 AM	#2
Hellfire Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Scott Depot,WV,US Posts: 21	my guess is "good drink",anyone else wanna take a stab at it

02-08-2001, 01:20 PM	#3
Moiraine Anubis Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Up in the Freedomland Alps Age: 60 Posts: 2,474	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".

02-08-2001, 01:28 PM	#4
robertthebard Xanathar Thieves Guild Join Date: March 17, 2001 Location: Wichita, KS USA Age: 61 Posts: 4,537	Call Ripley's, because believe it or not, I had a vague idea of what it meant. Not bad for a very untravelled bard!

02-08-2001, 01:32 PM	#5
Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	Moiraine, thanks!

02-08-2001, 01:37 PM	#6
Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	hmmmmm.....Sorta similar (by a stretch) to our "no way!" (as in , there is no way that's true/possible etc) and "way!" (yah,it is!) Cloudbringer

02-09-2001, 06:50 AM	#7
Yorick Very Mad Bird Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Breukelen (over the river from New Amsterdam) Age: 53 Posts: 9,246	Oh well, so much for the 'secret' part of the handshake There you have it Cloudbringer!

02-09-2001, 08:23 AM	#8
Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	Well, Yorick, it was not a secret, insofar as I knew the country of origin, just not the precise meaning! Jet lag hit you yet? You are definitely more adventurous than I, dear Bard, staying with someone you met on the plane! That's spontaneity of a major kind.

02-09-2001, 08:31 AM	#9
Hellfire Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Scott Depot,WV,US Posts: 21	hey Yorick you gotta alot of trust for new people but if something happens you have alot of witnesses(yes i don't have a clue)but i still haven't forgotten my leason of spelling Australia,keep in touch,buddy

02-09-2001, 04:07 PM	#10
Yorick Very Mad Bird Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Breukelen (over the river from New Amsterdam) Age: 53 Posts: 9,246	(LOL) Yes I suppose it is Cloudbringer. Thanks. And thankyou Hellfire. You are a legend bro.

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