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WCDT: 2651-2655 (March 3-7, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
pwhodges:
The Oxford dictionaries give the origin of dinkum as "unknown", but all imply that it originated in Australia or New Zealand.
Akima:
The Australian National University on the origin of dinkum. Melvyn Bragg takes the same line in his book The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language.
It seems that American dialect map offers different qustions if you take it more than once. I took the quiz again and got this result, even more polarised to New York and Los Angeles. I wonder if my foreignness is breaking the quiz?
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: Schwungrad on 05 Mar 2014, 13:22 ---
--- Quote from: NilsO on 05 Mar 2014, 03:42 ---I would guess all non-Brits end up being "Spectacularly South-East", but in the wrong country :-D
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Yup, me too. I suppose the South-East just speaks the most "vanilla", "standard" English.
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It pretty much defines what "standard" English is. Oxford BBC Announcer.
For those of us born there, it's just the local dielect, no better or worse than any other.
It can cause problems overseas though, as many think we're putting on airs and graces. Faking it.
One place I did find where it was an advantage was in Honkers. My badly butchered Cantonese with a SE UK accent apparently made me sound like a native.
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: Akima on 05 Mar 2014, 14:23 ---Nowadays "dinkum" used alone in Australia is just an abbreviation of "fair dinkum" and means "genuine", usually in the expression "Dinkum Aussie". Sadly, the sort of person who uses that expression generally would not apply it to Australians like me.
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Yes, that sort are not Fair Dinkum.
Detachable Felix:
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 05 Mar 2014, 17:21 ---
--- Quote from: Akima on 05 Mar 2014, 14:23 ---Nowadays "dinkum" used alone in Australia is just an abbreviation of "fair dinkum" and means "genuine", usually in the expression "Dinkum Aussie". Sadly, the sort of person who uses that expression generally would not apply it to Australians like me.
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Yes, that sort are not Fair Dinkum.
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