Do any other Californians have any idea what is being referred to in the last panel of this comic? I am clueless as to what "nah brah" is supposed to mean and why it should be stereotypically Californian.
Yes, it is surf culture slang for "no, bro". It's originally hawaiian pidgin for the same thing. You don't hear it a lot outside of the surfing subculture really. The part of that area where I grew up hanging out ranged from the Dana Point area beaches (Doheney) up to the Redondo Beach area (I grew up near Long Beach until I was 15 then moved to Orange County near Newport and Huntington where they used to have the OP surfing championships).
then again, we crazy Canuckleheads just plain have strange ideas, like legalised gay marriages, medicinal pot and universal health care, so thinking it's a way of saying 'no bra' is right up there (but I can see how it could also be 'no bro' as well, even is it's hard to imagine it used in a sentence like that)
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Date: Dec. 16th, 2004 05:08 pm (UTC)From:I have no idea why that's considered Californian, either.
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Date: Dec. 16th, 2004 05:56 pm (UTC)From:Everyone knows all Californians are surfers, right? /sarcasm
I didn't think Californians spoke Pidgin....
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Date: Dec. 17th, 2004 05:15 am (UTC)From:then again, we crazy Canuckleheads just plain have strange ideas, like legalised gay marriages, medicinal pot and universal health care, so thinking it's a way of saying 'no bra' is right up there (but I can see how it could also be 'no bro' as well, even is it's hard to imagine it used in a sentence like that)
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Date: Dec. 17th, 2004 09:12 am (UTC)From: