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sky Oct 27th 2006 11:37 pm

Kiwi ways of saying stuff
 
Kiwis don't move house .... they 'shift'
And the teachers don't tell my son off at school ... he says they 'growl' at him.

karonious Oct 27th 2006 11:42 pm

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Originally Posted by sky
Kiwis don't move house .... they 'shift'
And the teachers don't tell my son off at school ... he says they 'growl' at him.

My colleagues use brought instead of bought. Threw me a bit when one of them said he had brought another house, cos I have seen the mobile type houses that you can actually move :confused: I know now!!

P2L Oct 27th 2006 11:42 pm

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Originally Posted by sky
Kiwis don't move house .... they 'shift'
And the teachers don't tell my son off at school ... he says they 'growl' at him.


Got given a copy of the Beaut Little Book of New Zealand Slang at the expo in London the other week. Thats got some corkers in it such as

Egg shell blonde = Bald man!!!! :D

cherry Oct 28th 2006 7:57 am

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Yis :)

jueinnz Oct 28th 2006 8:12 am

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Originally Posted by cherry
Yis :)


Pin and Pen
You write with a PEEEEENNNN?????
Sounds to us like Pin???

poppets Oct 28th 2006 8:15 am

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Mountain Oyster: A sheeps testical.

Jack The Lad Oct 28th 2006 8:16 am

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Originally Posted by jueinnz
Pin and Pen
You write with a PEEEEENNNN?????
Sounds to us like Pin???

My wife is looking fowards to getting a nice big dick :rolleyes:

MAybe one around the back of our house.


Sorry I couldnt resist dick=deck :D

poppets Oct 28th 2006 8:21 am

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eh: Said like the letter 'a', this is often used at the end of sentence to prompt a question. For example, "That's a pretty cool car eh". Also replaces the word 'what?' if you didn't hear someone.

jueinnz Oct 28th 2006 8:22 am

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Originally Posted by poppets
eh: Said like the letter 'a', this is often used at the end of sentence to prompt a question. For example, "That's a pretty cool car eh". Also replaces the word 'what?' if you didn't hear someone.

Sweet bro :D

Jack The Lad Oct 28th 2006 8:23 am

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Originally Posted by poppets
eh: Said like the letter 'a', this is often used at the end of sentence to prompt a question. For example, "That's a pretty cool car eh". Also replaces the word 'what?' if you didn't hear someone.

Sounds like Carlisle :rolleyes:

Everything end in 'Eh' :)

poppets Oct 28th 2006 8:29 am

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Brist - part of human anatomy between "nick" and "billy" ;)

jueinnz Oct 28th 2006 8:44 am

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Originally Posted by poppets
Brist - part of human anatomy between "nick" and "billy" ;)

Hope you all been praticing your UE's
said u e as one word...
(Your u turns what you do when you realise you are driving down the road the wrong way!!!!)

cottageinthesky Oct 28th 2006 9:07 am

Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
 

Originally Posted by sky
Kiwis don't move house .... they 'shift'
And the teachers don't tell my son off at school ... he says they 'growl' at him.

Here we go again....

How to Speak New Zulander
(for bist effict, rid these out aloud)

Milburn - capital of Victoria
Peck - to fill a suitcase
pissed aside - chemical which kills insects
pigs - for hanging out washing with
pug - large pink animal with a curly tail
nin tin dough - computer game
munnwe stroney - soup
min- male of the species
mess kara - eye makeup
mcKennock - person who fixes cars
Mere - Mayor
leather - foam produced from soap
lift - departed
Kiri Pecker - famous Australian businessman
kittle crusps - potato chips
Ken's - Cairns
jungle bills - Christmas carol
inner me - enemy
guess - vapour
fush - marine creature
fitter cheney - type of pasta
ever cardeau - avocado
fear hear - blonde
ear - mix of nitrogen and oxygen
ear roebucks - exercise at gym
duffy cult - not easy
amejen - visualise
chuck - very young poultry
bug hut - popular recording
bun button - been bitten by insect
beard - a place to sleep
sucks peck - half a dozen beers
Ear New Zulland - an extinct airline
beers - large savage animals found in U.S. forests
veerjun - mythical New Zealand maiden
one doze - well known computer program
brudge - structure spanning a stream
sex - one less then sivven
tin - one more then nine
iggs ecktly - precisely
cuds - children
cuttin - baby cat
sivven sucks sivven - large Boeing aircraft
sivven four sivven - larger Boeing aircraft
earplane - large flying marchine
beggage chucken - place to leave your suitcase at the earport











karonious Oct 28th 2006 9:08 am

Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
 

Originally Posted by jueinnz
Hope you all been praticing your UE's
said u e as one word...
(Your u turns what you do when you realise you are driving down the road the wrong way!!!!)

As we came through immigration the Kiwi on the PA was asking for someone to go disc sux, took me ages....ahh desk 6 :D
Also like kuds for kids etc and if you are anything like me, you have to try it out for yourself :)

poppets Oct 28th 2006 9:29 am

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Root - have sex, get sex

'rooting' through the cupboard could suddenly become fun ;)


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