Need help! - some "SLANG WORDS" from the movies

Post by **Uncle Entity** » Tue Sep 17, 2002 5:14 pm

Okay guys,

Just admired those two masterpieces, both THE ROAD WARRIOR and BEYOND THUNDERDOME, for the millionth time !!!! - never tired to re-watch them, for Christs sake!

'cause long time ago I purchased the DVD editions, now I can "taste" the magnificent original dubbings... tryin' to understand as many things as I can catch.

I noticed:

1- in RW, when Max and Gyro Captain stayed on the top of the cliff, watching Refinery & Dogs of War from the higher place of the valley ... well, Gyro said something like "I studied the thing for many days - drinking tea, playing MAH-JOG with the snakes..."

What? I don't really remember the right spelling of the word (MAH-JOG or something)...what is it? an Aussie game?

2- At the beginning of THUNDERDOME, Water-seller calls Max as "shcmuck"... what fukking ? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? In the Italian dubbing, Water-seller calls Max as "hey big hairy man..."

That's all for now...

Post by **Foxtrot X-Ray** » Tue Sep 17, 2002 6:35 pm

"Three days I's up here takin' tea, playin' Mah-jongg, living off the snakes. Thinking how was I gonna get in an' get the GAS"

(Not quite right, but as close as I can remember at the moment)

Mah-Jongg: From Dictionary.com

"A game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with tiles

resembling dominoes and bearing various designs, which are

drawn and discarded until one player wins with a hand of four

combinations of three tiles each and a pair of matching tiles."

"Step up Schmuck, let's get some dealin' done!"

Schmuck: From Dictionary.com

"A clumsy or stupid person; an oaf."

Seems to me the Waterseller is jokingly saying that anyone who passes up his "Good Deals" on water is a fool..

Post by **Uncle Entity** » Tue Sep 17, 2002 6:48 pm

Oh it's beautiful !

If you read the section "M.F.P THE CHRONICLES" written by Randy and based upon my theories, you'ld know I came off with the theory saying Australia was an ASIAN protectorate since 1981/2 - in the MAD MAX space-time continuum, of course!

Have you noticed how many "Japan references" in MAD MAX 1? and Gyro in both MAD MAX 2 and 3 revealed that certain "asian flavour" which infused Australia's pre-apocalyptic society (Mah-jongg reference OR when he screamed to Max "Sayonara" in Mad Max 3)

And what's about TON TON TATOO, the japanese female Guard, the japanese child in the tribe and... at last but NOT LEAST... IRONBAR BASSEY's TOTEM ????????????

Post by **Uncle Entity** » Tue Sep 17, 2002 6:55 pm

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=Salvage

HIM THAT CAME TO THE SALVAGE - oh oh oh, Now it makes more sense for me - Miller is a genius !!!!!!!!!

Post by **Dmala** » Wed Sep 18, 2002 5:03 am

Quote: Originally posted by Uncle Entity on 18 September 2002

Oh it's beautiful !

If you read the section "M.F.P THE CHRONICLES" written by Randy and based upon my theories, you'ld know I came off with the theory saying Australia was an ASIAN protectorate since 1981/2 - in the MAD MAX space-time continuum, of course!

Have you noticed how many "Japan references" in MAD MAX 1? and Gyro in both MAD MAX 2 and 3 revealed that certain "asian flavour" which infused Australia's pre-apocalyptic society (Mah-jongg reference OR when he screamed to Max "Sayonara" in Mad Max 3)

And what's about TON TON TATOO, the japanese female Guard, the japanese child in the tribe and... at last but NOT LEAST... IRONBAR BASSEY's TOTEM ????????????

Huh?

Post by **Uncle Entity** » Mon Sep 23, 2002 9:16 am

Dmala,

What's the problem?

Post by **FalconGTHO** » Mon Sep 30, 2002 10:05 am

Whats funny, is I never caught on to what the Gyro pilot is saying there, UNTIL I got a job involving PCs and software. After shuffling various Mah Jongg software titles, the next time I saw MM2, I FINALLY realized what the HELL he was saying.

Post by **Mitch** » Tue Oct 01, 2002 2:39 am

"Lingerie. Remember lingerie?"

So what does "Very toey (towey?)"mean?

Mitch

Post by **Uncle Entity** » Tue Oct 01, 2002 11:56 am

Yeah, Mitch is right. What does it mean?

Post by **Wrinkles** » Tue Oct 01, 2002 8:58 pm

Sometimes these phrases need to be brought to your attention to make you realise that they mightn't be understood by others... and they can be bloody difficult to explain! I've always just accepted 'toey' as an expression - and now, trying to explain it to you is making me scratch my head... .....let's see...

anxious, eager, edgey (on edge), keen - that sorta thing.

"toey as a roman sandal"

It's all in the delivery and context that can make the difference - it is generally used in reference to a person, but it can also be an expression for a vehicle... "she's pretty toey" (Goodness gracious me, this vehicle has an impressive amount of power)

...or, "she's not very toey... wouldn't pull a greasy stick out of a dog's arse" ( my, but I can't help but feel this vehicle has an apparent lack of power)