“Fair Dinkum” Explored: Meaning and Origination
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009Fair Dinkum: (pronounced in true Aussie form as fay-ah ding-kum). Originally meaning “fair drinking” by a less-than-sober gentleman, “fair dinkum” is one of many intriguing pieces of Australian vocabulary that has only recently been explained to me. In the course of a conversation with an Australian, various foreign words and phrases are regularly interwoven through [...]
