Sooo... I got this AWESOME package in the mail, complete with Kiwi phrase magnets. The only problem was, I didn't know what half of them meant. With a little help from my Kiwi translator, you can now expect to hear all of these worked into my every-day American conversations:
sweet as - cool
choice - cool like, that's choice = that's cool
jandals - flip flops aka 'japanese sandals'
hokey pokey - the stuff inside of a cadbury crunchy... it's used in icecream and candy bars etc
kumara - type of potato thing that grows in NZ
kai - maori word for food
carked it - effed it up
l&p - type of soda in NZ
pack a sad - it's like when you are disappointed by something... like, i really wanted to go skiing this weekend but the mountain was closed so i packed a sad and went home
piker - someone who bails on plans
scull - chug (as in beer)
tiki tour - driving around aimlessly on a nice day
suss - figure something out = to suss it out
gum-boots - rain boots / wellingtons
chilly bin - cooler or the refrigerator
togs - swimsuit
There are a few more still coming, so stay tuned!
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- Home Away
- One day while chatting on the phone
A question posed: why do we roam
Move by friends and feel complete
However this would be a feat
From coast to coast, north to south
I can crash on many a couch
Quite at home I can seem
But truly at home I’ll never be
Once my final day has passed
Then I will be at home at last
Until that day are many things
The ups and downs and in betweens
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2 comments:
those are a riot! How come wonky isn't in one of them? I just assumed that they use that term everywhere but the US. :)
i already say choice! I like suss, pack a sad, and carked it! I will try to start adding those into my everyday vocabulary too! who knows maybe we will start a fad together tera ;)
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