What's your interpretation of "fair dinkum"..

When I see people wishing to put bans on things like summer driving in the Simpson - I think "Fair Dinkum- your not serious are you!".

It all depends on how you say it


Fair Dinkum, don't you know ?

Fair Dinkum she's a good sort

Fair Dinkum I'm annoyed

Is that Fair Dinkum ?

Fair F&^% Dinkum !!

And the list goes on

Fair dinkum = dead set.

Dinkum

1888, "hard work," Australian slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to Lincolnshire dialect. Meaning "honest, genuine" is attested from 1894.

Hi All

In my mind I think FAIR DINKUM is a way of saying, that's the
Honest Truth, or Genuine, or Real, as in saying He or She is a
Fair Dinkum Aussie, means they are Real Aussies.

Cheers
Daza

are you FAIR DINKUM? BL***Y oath i am.

What's your interpretation of "fair dinkum"..?

Fair Dinkum! What kind question is that Signman? you want to know what fair Dinkum is.?
Hmm
Fair Dinkum you must of fallen of you rocker. Fair Dinkum I kid you not, you've lost the plot.
Pull the other one, you can't be Fair Dinkum asking a question like that here. That's not a Fair Dinkum question.

Sorry I'll crawl back into my hole now. ;-) Fair Dinkum

Fair Dinkum=dead set,righteous,real,legit,the real thing,true,ridgy dij,absolute wazza,genuine article,true blue.

Fair Dinkum = Fair suck of the sauce bottle,

Self explanatory really!

Cheers

Signman.

From the SMH,


What are the origins of the phrase "fair dinkum" and how did it come to mean what it does?

January 22, 2005

According to Melvyn Bragg's The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language, "dinkum" comes from the English Midlands and meant work. "Fair dinkum" referred to a fair day's work and subsequently fair play.

The word "dinkum" was reputedly coined on the Australian goldfields. It comes from one of the Chinese dialects widely spoken at the diggings: "din" and "kum" loosely translating as "true gold".

Fair Dinkum was a response of the early Chinese goldminers to the question: "Are you finding a fair amount of gold?" because "din-gum" means "good gold". So over time the expression has become a positive response to a good news story.

Cheers,

Cruiser .

Signman, if you were fair dinkum, you would be dinky di. Simple

Unbelievable!! Are you guys Fair dinkum??? Michael

Fair dinkum mate i thought every True Aussie would know what 'Fiar Dinkum' meant.Lol
In a nutshell True Blue 'Honesty'.
Cheers Bob.

My pommy cousin visited a couple of years ago and I visited him in England a couple of years later.

He was taken with how I really did say 'fair dinkum' and 'crikey'.

Ever since he has tried his best to use 'fair dinkum'.... such as "Well Royce... I hope you have a fair dinkum trip home." or "Well that was a fair dinkum lunch.'

It just doesn't work. He can't say if properly, and he can't make it fit into real conversation. Fair dinkum... I give up!

its one of those 2 words that changes its meaning depending on the context. Its a bit like $hi7.(you can bs, be in the $%^&, give a $%& or dont give a $%^&.......etc)
synonyms could be
"bull$hi7"
"bloody oath"
"for real"
"you gotta be kidding" etc

or it can cover things like good, honest and truthful.
'ave a crack at this will ya!

You have all forgot to include "Ridgy Didge" - Fair Dinkum Mate!!