Are Kiwis different to us Brits?
Jan 27th 2010, 10:06 pm
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Are Kiwis different to us Brits?
Hello Everyone,
Having been in NZ since October living in Palmerston North and working here I have started to notice the Kiwis are not the same as the Brits. I cant put my finger on it, maybe its the x factor...?.
At first i thought it was just me but then my partner and other Pommys started to make reference to it too.
Has anybody noticed any differences and can you be more specific than I am?
To me their sense of humour is different and their personality appears quite stunted.....
Having been in NZ since October living in Palmerston North and working here I have started to notice the Kiwis are not the same as the Brits. I cant put my finger on it, maybe its the x factor...?.
At first i thought it was just me but then my partner and other Pommys started to make reference to it too.
Has anybody noticed any differences and can you be more specific than I am?
To me their sense of humour is different and their personality appears quite stunted.....
Jan 28th 2010, 6:23 am
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Re: Are Kiwis different to us Brits?
Hello Everyone,
Having been in NZ since October living in Palmerston North and working here I have started to notice the Kiwis are not the same as the Brits. I cant put my finger on it, maybe its the x factor...?.
At first i thought it was just me but then my partner and other Pommys started to make reference to it too.
Has anybody noticed any differences and can you be more specific than I am?
To me their sense of humour is different and their personality appears quite stunted.....
Having been in NZ since October living in Palmerston North and working here I have started to notice the Kiwis are not the same as the Brits. I cant put my finger on it, maybe its the x factor...?.
At first i thought it was just me but then my partner and other Pommys started to make reference to it too.
Has anybody noticed any differences and can you be more specific than I am?
To me their sense of humour is different and their personality appears quite stunted.....
Jan 28th 2010, 6:31 pm
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Re: Are Kiwis different to us Brits?
We could start a list for you if it helps -
-but one thing that may help is....................that they are from New Zealand and ermmmmm you aren't
-but one thing that may help is....................that they are from New Zealand and ermmmmm you aren't
Jan 28th 2010, 9:25 pm
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Re: Are Kiwis different to us Brits?
Hello Everyone,
Having been in NZ since October living in Palmerston North and working here I have started to notice the Kiwis are not the same as the Brits. I cant put my finger on it, maybe its the x factor...?.
At first i thought it was just me but then my partner and other Pommys started to make reference to it too.
Has anybody noticed any differences and can you be more specific than I am?
To me their sense of humour is different and their personality appears quite stunted.....
Having been in NZ since October living in Palmerston North and working here I have started to notice the Kiwis are not the same as the Brits. I cant put my finger on it, maybe its the x factor...?.
At first i thought it was just me but then my partner and other Pommys started to make reference to it too.
Has anybody noticed any differences and can you be more specific than I am?
To me their sense of humour is different and their personality appears quite stunted.....
Jan 29th 2010, 3:00 am
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Re: Are Kiwis different to us Brits?
I think most of the world has a different humour to us. And I do miss that great British banter. Also I think that beneath the exterior, most Kiwis are very shy.
Jan 29th 2010, 6:21 pm
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Re: Are Kiwis different to us Brits?
Would I want to?
Jan 29th 2010, 8:05 pm
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Re: Are Kiwis different to us Brits?
I read somewhere that Kiwis tend to take things literally and don't get different shades of humour. After a (humourous) comment I made to my adult daughter recently, and the misunderstanding that ensued, I'm afraid I have to give this theory some validity.
Jan 29th 2010, 11:05 pm
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Re: Are Kiwis different to us Brits?
Hello Everyone,
Having been in NZ since October living in Palmerston North and working here I have started to notice the Kiwis are not the same as the Brits. I cant put my finger on it, maybe its the x factor...?.
At first i thought it was just me but then my partner and other Pommys started to make reference to it too.
Has anybody noticed any differences and can you be more specific than I am?
To me their sense of humour is different and their personality appears quite stunted.....
Having been in NZ since October living in Palmerston North and working here I have started to notice the Kiwis are not the same as the Brits. I cant put my finger on it, maybe its the x factor...?.
At first i thought it was just me but then my partner and other Pommys started to make reference to it too.
Has anybody noticed any differences and can you be more specific than I am?
To me their sense of humour is different and their personality appears quite stunted.....
but then again I know some Brits who have no humour or personality so it applies everwhere!
Feb 2nd 2010, 10:47 am
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Re: Are Kiwis different to us Brits?
actually, NO-ONE on the planet are the same as the Brits. Get used to it.
I love the Brits and their sense of humour (it's unique!), and it took me a few years to get into the British psyche when we first moved to the UK, but that applies for people all over, not just in the UK.
Feb 2nd 2010, 11:34 pm
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Re: Are Kiwis different to us Brits?
Thanks to the last few entrys who made a decent insight into it and not so much to the buffoons at the start of the thread in their response to my reasonable question.
I do think there a some differences between us and agree that not all people are the same. As they said in the Life of Brian "your all individuals....except me".
I do think there a some differences between us and agree that not all people are the same. As they said in the Life of Brian "your all individuals....except me".
Feb 3rd 2010, 6:46 am
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Re: Are Kiwis different to us Brits?
Hello Everyone,
Having been in NZ since October living in Palmerston North and working here I have started to notice the Kiwis are not the same as the Brits. I cant put my finger on it, maybe its the x factor...?.
At first i thought it was just me but then my partner and other Pommys started to make reference to it too.
Has anybody noticed any differences and can you be more specific than I am?
To me their sense of humour is different and their personality appears quite stunted.....
Having been in NZ since October living in Palmerston North and working here I have started to notice the Kiwis are not the same as the Brits. I cant put my finger on it, maybe its the x factor...?.
At first i thought it was just me but then my partner and other Pommys started to make reference to it too.
Has anybody noticed any differences and can you be more specific than I am?
To me their sense of humour is different and their personality appears quite stunted.....
Just jesting before anyone has a go - my partner is a Kiwi and I wash him every day...