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What does Deadly unna? mean?????


Anyone know???

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it means something along the lines of "great isn't it?" it's just a way to say something is cool or awesome, I had to study the book in English this year and that's what my teacher told us it meant

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i'm pretty sure there's a comma. like deadly, unna. I'm not sure what it means though. I think the person above it's right.

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It is a shortened version of deadly serious. 'Unna' is a shortened version of 'isn't it' so it more or less is deadly serious isn't it. kind of like saying 'for real'. it marks something with a sense of pride or astonishment

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deadly, aint it

dumby and the other aborigines say if often through the film and book

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Okay, 'Deadly, unna?" is Aboriginal slang for "cool, isn't it?". It's also the name of the book that this movie was based on by Phillip Gwynne.

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