who dis

Russian translation: кто там?

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English term or phrase:who dis
Russian translation:кто там?
Entered by: rns

05:22 Apr 25, 2019
English to Russian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: who dis
new phone, who dis. (slang, humorous) Assertion that the recipient of a communication does not recognize the sender of the communication, implying that the
Maxim Polukhin
Local time: 09:26
кто там?
Explanation:
There's a slang phrase "new phone, who dis" (new phone, who is this) that started when people would get new phones that didn't have their contact info in it. When someone would text them, they wouldn't know who it was, so they would say, "New phone, who dis?"
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Спасибо!
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4 +2кто там?
rns
3 +1Ето хто? (либо: ты хто?)
Angela Greenfield
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Кто это?
Elena Doroshenko

  

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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
кто там?


Explanation:
There's a slang phrase "new phone, who dis" (new phone, who is this) that started when people would get new phones that didn't have their contact info in it. When someone would text them, they wouldn't know who it was, so they would say, "New phone, who dis?"
https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/5097654

rns
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 8
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Спасибо!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Natalie
1 hr
  -> Спасибо.

agree  Erzsébet Czopyk: :) funny
1 hr
  -> Awright. :) Thank you.

neutral  Tatyana Leshkevich: "Там" как-то не очень вписывается в телефонный контекст.
11 hrs
  -> Да, здесь ведь речь об обмене короткими текстовыми сообщениями.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Ето хто? (либо: ты хто?)


Explanation:
Коллеги правильно перевели, но не передали «необразованное» звучание фразы. Даю в качестве отдельного варианта

Angela Greenfield
United States
Local time: 02:26
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Valeria Kamphaus: this is clearly "pidgin english", so ideally the translation will keep the same register
9 hrs
  -> right on :)) Thank you.
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Reference: Кто это?

Reference information:
New phone, who dis?
When a person asks you a question you don't want to answer you say "new phone, who dis" to avoid answering. From vine Wellington Boyce.
Side chick: babe
You: Wuts up ?
Side chick: I love you;)
You: new phone, who dis?
Side chick: what!?
You: NEW PHONE, WHO DIS!? NEW PHONE, WHO DIS!? https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=New phone, w...

who dis?
1. A phrase used by people getting texts from unknown numbers.
2. A way to reject people by making it look like a mistake.
3. A way to ask people who they are.
1. Them: Hey Tom! Great work on your science project! We'll totally win the science fair!
You: Who dis?
2. Him: Hey baby! It's me, John from the bar! Wanna smash tonight?
Her: Who dis?
3. Them: Hey, is this Andrew's number?
You: Who dis?
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=who dis?

Whodi
Whodi - slang expression - used to refer to one's friends, aquaintances, or commrades. ALT SPELLINGS - whoudi, whoady, whardi (r is very soft), whardie, woady. SYN: folks, peeps https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=who dis?

Elena Doroshenko
Russian Federation
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Vladyslav Golovaty: обычно: Это кто? спрашивает неребенок, или: Ты кто? спрашивает ребенок
1 hr
  -> Спасибо! Я обычно задаю именно этот вопрос, вполне взрослый))
agree  Tatyana Leshkevich
11 hrs
  -> Спасибо поддержку, Татьяна!
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