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Even within English, there are untranslatable words. I've never found a satisfactory translation for "daggy" or "ta" for non-Australian English speakers and mos
by shalmanese 10y ago
Even within English, there are untranslatable words. I've never found a satisfactory translation for "daggy" or "ta" for non-Australian English speakers and most translations of "bogan" miss the subtle shadings that make the word distinctive.
Anyone who spends sufficient time in Australia ends up absorbing the meaning of those words by osmosis but any attempt to communicate the meaning, except via immersion ends up frustratingly not fully capturing the nuance.
- ZenoArrow 10y agoWith regards to 'ta', isn't it just a casual way of saying 'thanks'? That's what it means in British English. In Britain, it's mostly used in the North of England. Here's an example of it being used from a British advert from the 90s: http://youtu.be/XEEU1nQeGNA http://youtu.be/XEEU1nQeGNA As for 'daggy', it strikes me that it's the kind of loosely-defined word that ends up being a useful filler word. Much like 'cool', I suspect you can't really define it without knowing the context in which its used. Would you say daggy has one meaning or multiple overlapping meanings?