![]() If an Aussie tells you something is 'dinkum' he means its' real and true.ĭingo is a native dog about the size of a labrador. In the 50s, someone would say something and the person he said it to woudl say "really? fair dinkum?" meaning "is that really true?" Over the years 'Fair Dinkum' has become shortened to just 'dinkum'. Look it up.ĭinkum is another word for real, fair, true. Gove is in the far north, way up in the tropics, so far north they dont even have four seasons each year. It's as dinkum as the dingo and the dahlia and you spell it with a g apostrophe a d a y It's a greeting that you'll hear across Australia. Makes a wonderful low booming sound that most people around the world will recognise instantly as being an identifiable Australian sound. The Cockatoo - white parrot, found in large numbers flying wild through skies of most parts of the countryĬork Hats - a tourist cliche now - to keep flies off the face, the early settlers had corks hanging from strings from the wide brim of their Akurbra hatsĭidgeriedoo - Aboriginal musical instrument - made from a hollow tree branch. Australians are very confusing to a lot of foreigners. In most places it's a supreme compliment to be called a silly old bastard. Aussies use what a lot of people think as insults as terms of endearment. A lot of people think it's a kind of insult, but it isnt. It's sometimes funny to see an American southerner meet Aussies for the first time and hear himself referred to as a Yank. To an Aussie, anyone from north America is a ' Yank', even if they're from Mississippi. ![]() When you meet an aussie ten to one here's what he'll say. While the Pommie will shake your hand and say 'how do you do' now watch our for a frenchman or he'll kiss yaīut in the land of the cockatoo cork hats and the didgeridoo ![]() The Yanks invented 'hi' and 'see ya later' The blokes all like to hug each other too Now when Italians speak they all go crazy You're a Dinkie-die Aussie if you behave just as an Aussie would under the circumstances. ' Dinkie-die' is an old fashioned term for true, the real thing. The pub is a bar, nearly always part of a hotel, rarely a stand-alone drinking establishment, although in most of the pubs I know, the rooms are hardly ever used by paying guests. Havin' a yarn means a conversation, telling a tall tale or two, passing the time of day. Īussies buy things in 'shops' not 'stores'. If you wanna be dinkie die why dont you give it a try Stoppin' and havin' a yarn with people that you meet ' She'll be right" is a rather dated expression now, meaning 'dont worry, hang loose, chill out.' The poms (British) often use it as a rather snooty kind of farewell, and thats perhaps why Aussies started saying it - to poke their tongues out at the British. ![]() Just say g'day g'day g'day and she'll be right.ĭespite appearances to the contrary, ' G'day' is a greeting not a farewell. G'day G'day - written by Rob Fairbairn, sung by Slim Dusty. But there's lots of strange idiom and slang in the song, so for the benefit of our non-Australian listeners, here's what the song means, more or less. It's an iconic song, and nearly all Aussies know at least the chorus even if they have to muumble the verses. During our show which went to air in Sydney on 3 February 2006, I played a song by Australian country music legend Slim Dusty called "G'day G'day".
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