I absolutely love to hear Kiwi and sayings! for instance, I was just made aware of the saying "being an egg" from a story on nzherald.com http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10653826 being an egg? that is classic! I'm going to start using that one. I'm assuming that it means being an a-hole. My 2 other favorites that I like, and use are "she'll be right mate" and "sweet as!" What are some other kiwisms that you can think of?
Kia Ora Ni Hao! This one has been on my mind! I was watching a Jay Leno interview with the Hell's Kitchen host, and he calls a 'piece of butter' a 'knob of butter' and pronounces it 'knob o' buhh-ahh'! I know he is not a Kiwi, but maybe Kiwis have borrowed this saying from the Poms? Cheers!
I'm struggling to think of anything Kiwi and all I can come up with is Maori...Lord of the rings film shoots and a really good movie about an abusive father that I can't remember the name but it won lots of awards I think at International movie festivals
Kia Ora! I have noticed this a lot listening to the BBC, but Poms will frequently add an 'er' to words that end in the letter 'a'. They call it the United States of 'Americer' and China turns to 'Chiner'. Around the time of the Chch quake, on a BBC radio show, a Pom interviewed a Kiwi and I payed close attention to the differing accents, and I can somewhat differentiate, but I failed to pay attention to the Kiwi pronunciation of ending-in-a words. Do Kiwis also put an 'er' on the end of words that end with 'a'? I absolutely love your Kiwi accents by the way. Cheers!
I just said the words outloud, to me it sounded more like I was saying Chiy-Neh and Americeh, didnt sound like I was emphasising an R, but I certainly wasnt emphasising an A
Kia Ora! Off topic random question: Do you, as a Kiwi, eat 'marmite' a lot? What american food does it taste like? While visiting a Kiwi blog, I noticed that they kept talking about this marmite stuff on sandwiches and making it sound like it were the greatest thing in the world. Cheers!
Yeah I eat it somewhat regularly. When I was a kid I thought it was absolutely vile, but last year my flatmate insisted i try it again and its a decent spread . I dont know how to describe it. its not at all sweet, maybe bitter? I dont know. Its really fucking intense on its own so I have to mix it with like butter or some other spread. I cantt think of anything to compare it to, sorry
'u rat bag' what some adults say to cheeky children lol 'bro'(as in mate), 'sup'(as in whats up), a new one that i hate 'skux'(as in something cool)
Kia Ora Ni Hao! I know you have the word bloke (probably most commonly used, no?) for men, but what is your most commonly used slang for women? do you call them chicks too? If not, you just learned some american slang. Cheers!
I love it when kiwi's agree they say 'true' and 'hey' after almost every sentence aww i miss the land of the long white cloud-
I heard a Pom use the saying "out to lunch" which == "a little batty" in america. Also, do Kiwis eat as much cabbage as Poms ?
Here's a link that gives a fairly good idea of Kiwi slang - http://www.nz-immigration.co.nz/lifestyle/slang-words.html Oh, and calling someone an egg, or a wally, is saying they're a clown or silly person. L.
don't forget telling someone they're a 'dag.' (dried sheep shit on their wool!) and of course "good as gold" I miss NZ too, ex-pat Kiwi, Simon :sunny:
Che Bro - yeah man Yeah Nah - Maybe Heaps - Alot Choice - cool Egg - Dickhead Tu Meke - Awesome Ace - Awesome Stink - dumb Clag - foggy Vegas - means a town that thinks its cool but isn't like Rotorua is called Rotovegas or Ashburton is called Ashvegas Tron - see above Hamilton is called Hamiltron
heaps choice - very good chur bro - thanks mate aks - as in can i aks you a question cuz - cousin i should be able to think of heaps more haha too much time in australia!
