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Offline dr_whenTopic starter

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What's all this Kammagottsa stuff, anyway?
« on: November 10, 2021, 04:22:40 pm »

Dave uses the line "this sh#t has gone Kommagottsa" or something to that affect. It always drives me nuts because I cannot think of what that might reference (Star Trek?). If he means Komagata (Maru)... then I don't get it. Splain?
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Re: What's all this Kammagottsa stuff, anyway?
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2021, 04:26:17 pm »
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Re: What's all this Kammagottsa stuff, anyway?
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2021, 04:31:14 pm »
You need to understand how we speak in Straya, he is saying "come a gutsa/gutser"
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=come-a-gutsa
 
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Re: What's all this Kammagottsa stuff, anyway?
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2021, 04:42:28 pm »

Well, I'll be darned. Would not have guessed it was an Aussie thing.. but then again...

Thanks! Now I can use it safely in mixed company :phew:
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Re: What's all this Kammagottsa stuff, anyway?
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2021, 04:56:22 pm »
Be on your guard.  These easygoing 'strayans will get you in a heap of trouble.  Especially the last one.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/bradesposito/outrageous-words-that-are-said-every-day-in-australia

 

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Re: What's all this Kammagottsa stuff, anyway?
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Re: What's all this Kammagottsa stuff, anyway?
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2021, 05:37:38 pm »
“Come a gutsa” is colloquial slang for “come a cropper” (slang from here in England), I’d think. It means you’ve slipped up, made a mistake or something has turned out not as expected, usually in the negative . Yeah, English is a weird language, but I’ll give my Ozzie brothers one thing - at least they can speak PROPER English, unlike our other cousins 
 

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Re: What's all this Kammagottsa stuff, anyway?
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2021, 08:37:16 pm »
Damn, what a disappointment. I thought I was going to see a post in the style of Bob Pease...
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Re: What's all this Kammagottsa stuff, anyway?
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2021, 02:13:23 am »
“Come a gutsa” is colloquial slang for “come a cropper” (slang from here in England), I’d think. It means you’ve slipped up, made a mistake or something has turned out not as expected, usually in the negative . Yeah, English is a weird language, but I’ll give my Ozzie brothers one thing - at least they can speak PROPER English, unlike our other cousins

And which other cousins would that be, pray tell.
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Re: What's all this Kammagottsa stuff, anyway?
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2021, 02:27:19 am »
As kids come a gutsa was generally reserved for when we fell off pushies(bicycles) and skate boards
 

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Re: What's all this Kammagottsa stuff, anyway?
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2021, 01:48:53 am »
“Come a gutsa” is colloquial slang for “come a cropper” (slang from here in England), I’d think. It means you’ve slipped up, made a mistake or something has turned out not as expected, usually in the negative . Yeah, English is a weird language, but I’ll give my Ozzie brothers one thing - at least they can speak PROPER English, unlike our other cousins

And which other cousins would that be, pray tell.

😁 The ones who cannot spell nor pronounce words properly, and make zero effort to do so, even when they know full well that they’re saying it incorrectly.  We all know who they are - don’t pretend.
 


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