• itslola@lemmy.world
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    Yeah, I think “dinged” and “bingle” are pretty interchangeable. And a hospital trip from a prang is probably more for whiplash or a sprain - not broken bones in traction or being admitted to ICU… You can definitely have an injury-free prang, though, I agree.

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      “dinged” when your car gets hit by a trolley, “bingle” when you back into a bollard, “prang” when you get rear-ended at stop lights.

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        This interpretation is solid. I’ve lived in various regions over about a 2000km span of the east coast, and noticed usage varies a bit depending on where you are.

        (Kind of jarring when you find yourself talking cross purposes with someone of the same nationality and almost identical accent - like when I moved to Qld and discovered some people up there have a very different interpretation of the word “toey” from what we do down south… 😅 )