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Tue 11 Jan, 2005 11:33 pm
Many of us are familiar with the fine nation of New Zealand - indeed many have visited or even had the delight of meeting one of it's citizens. Unfortunately, conversation can be somewhat confusing as the average Kiwi uses a vernacular and accent that may leave the ordinary speaker of English lost.
For the interest and education of those on A2K I will help you through this communicative mine-field*......
*and take the piss most severely!
DUCTIONARY: book of words with spellings and meanings.
THUCK: not thin, the NZ accent can be described as 'thuck'.
UNSIGHTS: mental leaps
HEV: an adverb, as in 'Hev you got a ductionary?'
UT: pronoun, 'Ut's on the table'.
SENDLES: open shoes
GUESS: flammable vapour or propellant, also 'nitcheral guess' or 'ULL-PEE'
SEX: number between five and seven
CUSS: to caress with the lips
Sux = Sex
Six
Sucks
Socks
SHEARING: not a procedure connected with wool-collecting, to portion out or hev in common - 'a shearing of unsights'.
BUGGER: to denote something larger in size
BITTER: to denote something of superior quality
DIMMERKRETZ: those who believe in democracy
ERROR BUCK: the language spoken in nations like Surria and E-Jupp
COLOUR: a murderer
Was New Zealand perchance settled by a dissident group from Arkansas. As in Ar-can-saw?
Uh, sorry, MMS
No.
Accents go where they will......
NZ: HOME OF GOURMET FOODS
BUSKETS: bakery treats, eaten with a cup of tea
FITTER-CHEENEY: long, flat pasta
RUGGER-TONY: large, round pasta
STUCK AND IGGS: a breakfast dish
ERROR ROUTE: appears in a famous busket, 'Arnotts Mulk Error Route"
TON OF PEERS: when opened, and served with cream, a dessert item
CRUCKET: a national sport
BETTING: there's plenty in crucket, 'betting gloves' are worn by betsman when out on the whucket
RUGBY: the national religion, enthusiastically embraced by the Maori (indigenous) population for its uncanny resemblance to warfare as practised prior to European settlement
God, they sound almost as ridiculous as you Aussies!
Watchit.
There're more of us here.
littlek wrote:God, they sound almost as ridiculous as you Aussies!
Walkin' the thin line, there - 'K
Ooooohhhhh, sorry. I remember moondoggy trying to get a Kiwi friend to say 6 for me. I had the fun of trying to get a Kiwi I met here to say 6 in front of my friends - a rock band no less. Neither panned out.
Quote:God, they sound almost as ridiculous as you Aussies!
I had no idea that littlek was capable of such a vicious, unwarranted attack on our fine Australian friends.
I believe we are witnessing the emergence of K's dark side.
Hadda happen some time.
Little k's darkside sux.
heehee
Love yer new avatar, Stilly.
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