• The_Decryptor@aussie.zone
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    1 day ago

    “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… 😅 )