what\'s digging?

English translation: What's up?

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English term or phrase:What's digging?
Selected answer:What's up?
Entered by: Andrea Bullrich

12:47 Jan 18, 2002
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / conversation
English term or phrase: what\'s digging?
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naruhitoi
what's up?
Explanation:


HTH
Andrea
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Andrea Bullrich
Local time: 08:14
Grading comment
Thanks a lot

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4what's up?
Andrea Bullrich
3what's going on?/what's bothering you?/what's bugging you?
Liv Bliss (X)


  

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what's up?


Explanation:


HTH
Andrea


    own experience
Andrea Bullrich
Local time: 08:14
Native speaker of: Spanish
Grading comment
Thanks a lot
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what's going on?/what's bothering you?/what's bugging you?


Explanation:
Since Andrea comes from personal experience, I'd go with her explanation, if it works in your context.

I'd never heard that phrase used in that way, so did a bit of digging of my own, in Google, and found:

http://www.virtue.nu/misanthrope/stories/conversation_at_daw...

'...Zeke just plain didn't seem right.

"What's digging you?" I finally asked, after what seemed to be a very long time.

"My mom," he answered without hesitation.'



Liv Bliss (X)
Local time: 04:14
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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