Re: JJ Abrams new series "Fringe"

tracker · by tracker on Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:18 pm

StitchExp626 wrote:Isn't it funny but being used to the word sheila, I had never thought of it as being slang! Fair dinkum!

Stitch

For my Non- Aussie brothers and sisters

Fair dinkum
adjective (pos=fair dinkum, -)

(context, Australian English, slang) genuine, honest, fair and square

Are you ?. - are you telling me the truth ? ; do you really mean that ?
Etymology: An anon wrote: I've been told that this term orginated in the Victorian Goldfields during the goldrush of the 1850'sMany Chinese immigrated to Victoria during the goldrush years.Dinkum derives from a chinese slang phrase meaning "is it real gold" whichwas adopted by the white anglo-saxon prospectors....the plausibility of this is bruised by 'real gold' not having much to do with the meaning of dinkum, which is 'work'-->

God I love this site! I learn more words every day. Fair Dinkum!

spirit_of_jazz · by spirit_of_jazz on Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:02 pm

strueth, stitch... i walked down williams street to flagstaff station on the way home from work, myself. love the guy there spruiking the big issue! Very Happy

**SunburnedPenguin** · by **SunburnedPenguin** on Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:45 pm

"No worries"........dont ask me why, but ever since I was a little girl I have used the term "no worries" in place of "your welcome" or "understood". And always with an Aussie accent. I have been asked many times, when saying it, if I am from Oz lol. Maybe I was a kangaroo in a past life.

**StitchExp626** · by **StitchExp626** on Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:59 pm

I would say one too many episodes of Skippy

**SunburnedPenguin** · by **SunburnedPenguin** on Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:06 pm

haha yes you could be right Very Happy

CosmicJewels · by CosmicJewels on Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:41 pm

For anyone interested in Fringe.

There is a Fringepedia at:

http://fringepedia.net/index.php?title=Main_Page

and also a site for MassiveDynamics leading from there:

http://fringepedia.net/index.php?title=MassiveDynamic.com

I really enjoyed the first Fringe and think my husband did too because he asked if there was a "Lostpedia" for it. Smile

No ..........but there is Fringedia!

All the "good stuff" mind control, teleportation, invisibility, astral projection (aka "out of body" experiences), genetic mutation and reanimation.

dabiatchishere · by dabiatchishere on Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:52 pm

CosmicJewels wrote:For anyone interested in Fringe.

There is a Fringepedia at:

http://fringepedia.net/index.php?title=Main_Page

and also a site for MassiveDynamics leading from there:

http://fringepedia.net/index.php?title=MassiveDynamic.com

I really enjoyed the first Fringe and think my husband did too because he asked if there was a "Lostpedia" for it. No ..........but there is Fringedia!

All the "good stuff" mind control, teleportation, invisibility, astral projection (aka "out of body" experiences), genetic mutation and reanimation.

CosmicJewels, I just took a look at the site! They sure didn't waste any time, getting it up there! Many thanks for posting this! Smile

CosmicJewels · by CosmicJewels on Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:15 pm

[CosmicJewels, I just took a look at the site! They sure didn't waste any time, getting it up there! Many thanks for posting this! Smile

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You're welcome!

JWLost · by JWLost on Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:59 pm

LOL, you so found that button and the "fringe" that the button means is most definately the fringe that bikers wear, which makes the whole thing even funnier.