Justcol

Rugby clubs and teams being called "Franchises" how can anyone support a franchise??
"Take a concrete pill"
People saying "True" instead of really

markoneswift

This made me laugh, especially as I haven't been in NZ to fully adopt some of them. I've heard most of them, but it does depend on the environment you work in a lot - construction, forestry, etc.

I particularly like how everything is 'golden', I always refer to things as 'sweet as' now, I refer to vacuums not 'hoovers', I sit on a couch not a settee, I eat dinner not tea, I boil a jug not a kettle, I eat lollies not sweets, I eat ice blocks not ice lollies, I eat chips not crisps, I also eat hot chips not just chips and apparently I amuse everyone at work with my accent ( broad Yorkshire ).

I aim to open a retail store one day, bringing together all aspects of soft beddings and calling it 'Manchester United'

Above all else, remember one thing - 'she'll be right'

SSky

I feel your pain lol
I would love to know what my accent sounds like to a kiwi.
I keep telling them, it's you lot who have the accent, not me! :-)

RobClubley

I grew up in Wakefield. I insist to kiwis that I don't have an accent and this is also how the queen really speaks.

Polly 3

SSKY, Here in OZ, some of the UK reality programmes and a few news clips have subtitles so the locals can understand, not kidding!!

Bo-Jangles

No different to here in NZ then.

Bo-Jangles

I got a bit of a giggle today, I overheard a guy calling out in lisping camp queen style: 'And so, how was the sex for you hun?'






I was trying on the size twelves in the next cubicle.

Charismatic

I've never got that either:
Ireland National Lottery Winner Longford - YouTube

moonie2011

Offered my plasterer a cup of coffee yesterday, reply 'yep I'll have a a roadie' 'I'll have one before I leave' ah you'll have one for the road

Perry Groves

Tough Biccies

Cool bananas

Bo-Jangles

or just 'coolies' for short.

Another one that's a bit of a throwback to the olden days that I hear a said quite a lot 'He/she just about had a conniption'.

'That's pretty stink.' Pretty much everything is non-committal or moderated downwards to be pretty something or another.

scrubbedexpat094

I'm ashamed to say that I say Cool Bananas . I'd like to apologise here and now. "I'm very sorry"

RobDon

Glad it's not just me!!

SSky

I thought the weather had 'turned to custard' this morning the wind was that strong but it's looking nice now

Persephone

I have picked up the habit of saying things are flash or not flash. I blame the other half.

I'm still working on his inability to pronounce women as anything other than woman