wmoore: Yes down in the deep south they tend to roll their R's. Also they have different words for some things. For example
A holiday home in the north island is usually called a Bach. In the south island it is called a crib.
That one is a gross over generalisation. We always called them a Bach (I'm from mid-Canterbury) and it was many, many years before I first heard on call a crib - and that was either in Wellington, Taupo or Dunedin. I've definitely heard it called a Crib by North Islanders, so I think the who Bach vs Crib thing varies right cross New Zealand and not just North vs South Island.
Here is a scary one - friends of ours, through and through kiwi's for generations, have a young daughter who speaks with what is clearly and American accent! Far too much US kids programmes me thinks.
The whole Liz/Les one I suspect was just someone getting lazy with their speech - something we kiwi's are apparently known for. (According to an Australian mate)
I'm from Glasgow, Scotland and my first day in NZ in Auckalnd 14 years ago it took me 15 minutes to get the checkout girl to understand what a bag (In Glaswegian it sounds like Baag) was. "You know the thing you put the shopping in to carry home" Oh a beg she said :-)
and cooking with pits and pens always cracks me up, and ok kids its time for bid!
wmoore: Yes down in the deep south they tend to roll their R's. Also they have different words for some things. For example
A holiday home in the north island is usually called a Bach. In the south island it is called a crib.
That one is a gross over generalisation. We always called them a Bach (I'm from mid-Canterbury) and it was many, many years before I first heard on call a crib - and that was either in Wellington, Taupo or Dunedin. I've definitely heard it called a Crib by North Islanders, so I think the who Bach vs Crib thing varies right cross New Zealand and not just North vs South Island.
Here is a scary one - friends of ours, through and through kiwi's for generations, have a young daughter who speaks with what is clearly and American accent! Far too much US kids programmes me thinks.
The whole Liz/Les one I suspect was just someone getting lazy with their speech - something we kiwi's are apparently known for. (According to an Australian mate)
Well there you go. I stand corrected. silly me.
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wmoore: Yes down in the deep south they tend to roll their R's. Also they have different words for some things. For example
A holiday home in the north island is usually called a Bach. In the south island it is called a crib.
That one is a gross over generalisation. We always called them a Bach (I'm from mid-Canterbury) and it was many, many years before I first heard on call a crib - and that was either in Wellington, Taupo or Dunedin. I've definitely heard it called a Crib by North Islanders, so I think the who Bach vs Crib thing varies right cross New Zealand and not just North vs South Island.
Here is a scary one - friends of ours, through and through kiwi's for generations, have a young daughter who speaks with what is clearly and American accent! Far too much US kids programmes me thinks.
The whole Liz/Les one I suspect was just someone getting lazy with their speech - something we kiwi's are apparently known for. (According to an Australian mate)
Well there you go. I stand corrected. silly me.
It's one of those ones where it would be interesting to see it mapped out across New Zealand. I suspect it will show, generally, North Island "Bach" with a lot of pockets of "Crib"; and South Island mostly "Crib" but with lots of pockets of "Bach"... A good project for some Geography student somewhere...
wdoa: I'm from Glasgow, Scotland and my first day in NZ in Auckalnd 14 years ago it took me 15 minutes to get the checkout girl to understand what a bag (In Glaswegian it sounds like Baag) was. "You know the thing you put the shopping in to carry home" Oh a beg she said :-)
and cooking with pits and pens always cracks me up, and ok kids its time for bid!
I like the radio ads for the companies that will remove your tixtured ceilings. What exactly is a tixture?
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