G A M E - Things are not as they seem - You Dag!
I have noticed a couple of comments about the term dag that I seem to have a penchant for using from time to time.
Now if you looked up 'dag' in an English dictionary you might get something like this:
A dag is technically matted sheep droppings and dirt mixed with the wool on the sheep's backside.
Ie: the brown crusty bits that dangle off a sheep's backside.
Which, at first look, might not seem at all friendly when applied to a person but to put your minds at rest this is actually an affectionate term 
This from Wikipedia:
Dag is an Australian slang term, often used as an affectionate insult[1] for someone who is, or is perceived to be, unfashionable, lacking self consciousness about their appearance and/or with poor social skills yet affable and amusing.
In New Zealand we go one step further and if someone quite fashionable with amazing social skills says something quite 'out of the box' that we find amusing then we'll laugh and say "you're such a dag" and we'll mean that we love them all the more for it! We wouldn't say it so much if we heard something funny but it was something that we might well have thought of ourselves. It's more for occasions when the person has said (or done) something that we find quite amusing but we would never have looked at it that way ourselves.
Well I hope that makes it clearer and that gave me the idea for a game but this could be my most ambitious game yet.
We'll need alot of cooperation between the native speakers of all the various languages we find here
I suggest that we post the following: (please let me know if these Spanish headings could be improved)
If we speak Spanish
Refrán:
Parece que dice:
Significa:
Refrán ingles equivalente:
OR
If we speak English
Saying: You dag.
Sounds like: You crusty brown bit that hangs off the back of a sheep.
Means: That's so funny for you to say that and who would have looked at it that way - I like you!
Equivalent Spanish Saying :
Then if we don't know the equivalent saying, native speakers can come along and in the comment section offer the equivalent saying in Eng/Spanish as needed. The author can add the best one to their post a little later.
(or if people forget to come back I'll do my best to keep them up to date).
Shall we give it a go? (you can tell us where the saying is in use too if you like )
13 Answers
Refrán: ¡Qué mono!
Parece que dice: Pareces un animalito del zoológico.
Significa: ¡Qué lindo, qué gracioso, qué bonito!
Refrán ingles equivalente: How nice (you look)!
Spanish Saying: Hola, gordita! (said to a child)
Sounds like: Hello, you little fat one.
Means: Hi, cutie.
Equivalent English Saying : I don't think that there is one that wouldn't cause great insult!
Saying: You're bad!
Sounds like: you are disapproved of and your reputation should suffer for it
Means: You're good. (or, you're naughty in a fun way)
Equivalent Spanish Saying: ¡Eres bueno!
Saying: You dag.
Sounds like: You crusty brown bit that hangs off the back of a sheep.
Means: That's so funny for you to say that and who would have looked at it that way - I like you!
Equivalent Spanish Saying : (how about) Ser un cachondo / una cachonda
The following only works in some parts of the U.S. You'll know which meaning by the context.
Saying: He is a beast!
Sounds like: He is a big, hairy, dangerous, wild animal!
Means: He is very good in a something, a specific activity (ex. He is a beast in basketball)
Equivalent Spanish Saying: ¡Es muy bueno/talento (en algo)!
Saying: Choice! (also a common NZ interjection )
Sounds like: There's a few to choose from.
Means: Excellent! Awesome!
Now that is interesting,!
Here in England we can use choice in this way, but very often we use it to mean something rude or disgusting.
Eg., somebody farts at the dinner table, we'd say 'How choice', usually with a grimace. Or:
That guy used some rather 'choice' language in his talk.
Refrán: ¿Y tu abuela dónde está?
Parece decir: ¿Where's your gandma? (Does say that, in fact)
¿Qué significa? "Everyone in this place has some mixed-race blood in their ancestry. This is used in some of the Caribbean Islands, at least, and it's used in reference to pretentious, silly people who give undue (and stupid) importance to appearing to be "White".
Equivalente en Inglés: I don't know. Race is another sensitive thing in English. Interestingly, Puerto Ricans have another colorful related saying: "Todos somos satos" - "We're all mutts"
Saying: Choice! (also a common NZ interjection )
Sounds like: There's a few to choose from.
Means: Excellent! Awesome!
Equivalent Spanish Saying : ¡Padre! (I'm guessing this is a similar one) or ¡Padrísimo!)
Mexican saying: ¡A todo Madre!
Sounds like: "All mother!" with bad grammar
Means: Awesome!
English equivalent: whatever kids are saying for awesome these days
Refrán: Chockers
Parece que dice: No sé! ...una manera rara para decir chocolate?
Significa: Estar lleno
Refrán español equivalente: Abarrodada
Saying: Estás repuestico(a) / Te ves respuesta(o)
Appears to mean: You have recovered - you're looking better
Actually means: Yoy have gained some weight! / You're looking fat.
English Equivalent: Veeeerryyy tricky. This is an extremely sensitive issue at least in the US. It might be something a bit like "I see you have filled up a bit", or some such.
Saying: We did some fierce dancing last night.
Sounds like: We danced in an aggressive, frightening way.
Means: We danced really well.
Equivalent Spanish Saying: El baile de anoche estuvo de miedo.
This one doesn't quite fit the intent of the game, but since Kiwi Girl is a Kiwi, I have to post this one:
Saying: Bogan
Sounds like: (Australian and New Zealand slang, no literal meaning)
Means: low-income white trash, someone out of fashion (heavy metal music and mulet haircuts)
Equivalent Spanish: ???
I only know this one because my friend heard a Kiwi use it in a bar, and that became our band's name:
