irnbru14

Just listening to one of my Kiwi colleagues have a conversation with someone on the phone, no idea what it was about, but basically the one side I heard went something like:

Hey Mate
Yeah
Sweet
Thats Sweet As
Yeah Choice Bro
Wicked
Yeah
Sweet, Bro
Sweet, Dude
Yeah
Yeah
Sweet As, Mate
Yeah
See Ya

I tried not to giggle

Ted Logan

choice !!

Marika 38

I love it, I'm suprised "Mean as" was not thrown in there somewhere

irnbru14

I think there may have been an "awesome" in there too that I missed out

Ted Logan

There would have to be an awesome, It's one of NZ's most used words

happynz

That's a fairly economical use of the language. I must learn to practice that.

simonmarkellis

Thats 'Good as Gold'!

Kiwiprincess

Hehe my grandmother uses Good as Gold so frequently it is AWESOME.

Marika 38

An over heard Cornish Conversation would go like this :


Alright Maid,

Proper job

Where's he to ?

Where's that to ?

Ansom,

Right O'

Proper,

See ee Dreckly.

This will sound funny when you try to repeat it in different accents, but in a cornish accent, its just ansom.


Thankfully my cornish accent isn't that broad, but people have said thay can tell where I am from,

Isn't it great all the different local dialects, and accents.

Does anyone else have an overheard conversation in their local dialect ????

happynz

Yello?

Dude!

Whoa...duuuuuude.

Like, no way.

Dude.

Bogus.

Totally, like cha!

Uh-huh.

Chillin'...

Uh-huh.

Fer sure.

Uh-huh.

Later.

(This accent can be sampled by putting on your kids' Finding Nemo DVD. Fast forward to where Nemo's dad is with the sea turtles in the [EAC] East Australia Current. That's a pretty close approximation of the accent I grew up with in California.)

Steve and Julie

You should get a mate to phone you and do it all very British

Marika 38

Thanks hppynz,
Thats so funny, I repeated in that "totally cool" Californian accent,
you made me laugh, as did the original post by irnbru, am having a day of hugely mixed emotions, so all laughs are appreciated.

irnbru14

Or...

Good Afternoon, Wellington 4351, to whom am I addressing?
Ahhh, well good day to you Sir Nigel
Yes it is a spiffing day
Whats that you say?
A filly?
Reallly?
In your conservatory?
What the Dickens?!?
*Snort*
Rather old chap!
Ah ha ha ha, mustn't tell the ol trouble and strife you know
Why Yes
Yes
Yes
Rather
Indeed!
Thats what dear mamma used to say!
In a trilby?
With a blasted Land Rover?
Playing croquet on the lawn?
Pimms???
Ahh of course my dear chap
Indeed
Chin chin
Toodle Pip

Steve and Julie

Well that gave me a chuckle, what, what !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God have`nt heard a convo like that in years, with a plum in my mouth!!!!!!!!!

See yaz

Ju

luvwelly

OK yaaaah!