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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Translation Request: Aussie to U.S. English

Posted: 3/11/2006 11:54:14 AM EDT

Not sure where else to put this, since there's no HTF for Aussies or even a big general one like "Rest of the World". Also, there's the off-chance that it has British origins and isn't just something they made up out of whole cloth.

My 2 year-old daughter is a huge fan of the ambiguously gay children's entertainers "The Wiggles". These "blokes" are obviously Aussie (not Brit/English), and I can translate via context clues most of what they say, but this one has me stumped: "Beauty cobber."

I Googled it, and only returned about 49 results (most from msg boards), none of which helped any.

Posted: 3/11/2006 12:03:04 PM EDT

[#1]

O wise one,
cobber = mate/friend/pal
beauty = good/superb/outsanding!

Posted: 3/11/2006 1:12:15 PM EDT

[#2]

Aussie Slang Dictionary

Posted: 3/11/2006 1:25:05 PM EDT

[#3]

Thanks, lads (is that hamming too much?).

Any idear (that's Texan

) on the origin/etymology of "cobber"?

On one msgboard, I ~~was~~ saw "cobbers and cobberettes," IIRC. It was something that had masculine/feminine versions.

Posted: 3/11/2006 1:33:45 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Thanks, lads (is that hamming too much?).

Any idear (that's Texan ) on the origin/etymology of "cobber"?

On one msgboard, I ~~was~~ saw "cobbers and cobberettes," IIRC. It was something that had masculine/feminine versions.

Well I just read that Coober Pedy (the town) translates from the aborigini as 'white men down holes'… so I guess Cobber is just the Aborigini word for 'white man'…

www.walkabout.com.au/locations/SACooberPedy.shtml

Now d'ya know what a dunny spider is?

Posted: 3/11/2006 1:40:27 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Thanks, lads (is that hamming too much?).

Any idear (that's Texan )

Nah mate. ( Aussie ) It ain't no thang. ( Texan )

Just make sure you spell properly....Colour...Tyre...etc.

Wally

Posted: 3/11/2006 11:54:19 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Thanks, lads (is that hamming too much?).

Any idear (that's Texan )

Nah mate. ( Aussie ) It ain't no thang. ( Texan )

Just make sure you spell properly....Colour...Tyre...etc.

Wally

And next week you will learn the real meaning of the word "pissed".
Ans it's nothing to do with being angry

Posted: 3/12/2006 7:51:52 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Thanks, lads (is that hamming too much?).

Any idear (that's Texan )

Nah mate. ( Aussie ) It ain't no thang. ( Texan )

Just make sure you spell properly....Colour...Tyre...etc.

Wally

And next week you will learn the real meaning of the word "pissed".
Ans it's nothing to do with being angry

Can you say Boozer

The famous words of Mike Myers......"Lets get pissed"

Posted: 3/12/2006 8:41:59 AM EDT

[#8]

So that's roughly the Texan equivalent of "piss drunk" or "piss-ass drunk"?

Posted: 3/12/2006 9:13:43 AM EDT

[#9]

OK then we're gonna bet bladdered

Posted: 3/12/2006 11:13:18 AM EDT

[#10]

this could turn into a slang thread

how about 'I'm just going to shed a tear for Nelson'

Posted: 3/12/2006 11:29:22 AM EDT

[#11]

Can't beat a drop of 'Nelsons Blood'…

Posted: 3/12/2006 2:42:37 PM EDT

[#12]

Lord Nelson

Posted: 3/12/2006 2:59:57 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Lord Nelson

'Nelson's Blood' is the Navu slang for Rum…

Pussers Rum ~ 150 degrees Proof!!!

Posted: 3/12/2006 3:26:53 PM EDT

[#14]

So, I was close eh ???

One fine Admiral he be...Now give me some rum

Posted: 3/24/2006 8:04:02 PM EDT

[#15]

Cobber from the old English Cob - to take a liking to.

Posted: 3/26/2006 8:32:25 AM EDT

[#16]

Thanks for all the help, folks.

So anyone want to take a stab at this next one?

A "wooly jumper"?

I looked in the slang dictionary and didn't find it.

Posted: 3/26/2006 6:25:08 PM EDT

[#17]

My first night in England, I went to an Australlian pub in Brighton ( I was doing a study abroad program a few years ago when I was in college) and a guy there said you're pretty pissed aren't you? And I was a little confused and said I wasn't angry at all. That's when he explained to me that pissed means drunk there.

That was my first experience of Brit English.

Cheers!

Posted: 3/26/2006 10:19:35 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
Cobber from the old English Cob - to take a liking to.

Nope…

If someone said they had a cob on with me I'd know they were pissed at me…

…"She had a right cob-on when I told her I'd spent all our holiday money."

English Slang Dictionary

Posted: 3/26/2006 10:26:28 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Thanks for all the help, folks.

So anyone want to take a stab at this next one?

A "wooly jumper"?

I looked in the slang dictionary and didn't find it.

"wooly jumpers" are very popular with the Welsh…

Posted: 3/28/2006 12:26:07 AM EDT

[#20]

Well we've gotta keep warm one way or another....

now a "lumpy jumper" is a different kettle of fish altogether....

Taffy

Posted: 4/2/2006 7:21:02 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:

"wooly jumpers" are very popular with the Welsh…

So that's slang for "Tom Jones"?

BTW, the old crooner just got his Knighthood, didn't he?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Translation Request: Aussie to U.S. English

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