"Do you understand?" or "Do you comprehend".
The general usage of the term
DIG as an indicator of understanding "do you
dig" / "
dig me" (as in "do you understand") comes from non-English speaking
Irish immigrants in the USA speaking
Irish to each other.
"An dtuigeann tú?" (pronounced "On digging two") means "Do you understand?".
Also used in a short form "dig it", "dig me" etc.
Used in the 50's by the beatniks, the 60s and 70s saw it enter into the AAVE lexicon, the used of the term was widely popularised in blacksploitation movies such as Shaft, and later movies such as "The Warriors".
Lets not go there, the music sucks and the
people are assholes. Way
better craic in the old bars, can you dig it?
"You dig it"
"Pretty cool music man, like, look at Stacy... she digs it!"
