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#3388463 1-Jul-2025 02:35

Geektastic:

A great deal reported in the Herald today.

“New World has the pricey butter listed on their website for $16.49, with a club card deal dropping it to $16.49.”

I know that sometimes Kiwi English has different meanings from the actual meaning, but I must say that I did think dripping in this context still meant lowering! Apparently not.

If only they checked before publishing :)

Or are you just confusing your spreads?

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#3388466 1-Jul-2025 06:20

MikeFly:

Geektastic:

A great deal reported in the Herald today.

“New World has the pricey butter listed on their website for $16.49, with a club card deal dropping it to $16.49.”

I know that sometimes Kiwi English has different meanings from the actual meaning, but I must say that I did think dripping in this context still meant lowering! Apparently not.

If only they checked before publishing :)

Or are you just confusing your spreads?

If they're passing off dripping as butter they could be on a very slippery slope.

And if they're selling dripping and butter at the same price, as a former finance pro, I'd say there would be a much better spread in dripping than there would be in butter.

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#3393728 14-Jul-2025 09:35

Just saw this headline on our local newspaper web site: John Jenkins: Empire State another jumper on the rise

It is about horse racing but I honestly thought it was about suicide. I believe the Empire State Building in New York appealed to jumpers at one point. It seems an odd phrasing to me.

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#3393730 14-Jul-2025 09:57

A lack of plain English, I see

Headline: "Hawke's Bay 'architectural jewel' seeks new custodians as family downsize"

Reality: "Owners are selling large house in Hawkes Bay"

Custody don't imply ownership. It implies a legal right or duty to take care of something. But reading the article clarifies the family is selling the house. If you really want this long headling, at least use "seeks new owners".

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#3393817 14-Jul-2025 13:47

freitasm:

A lack of plain English, I see

Headline: "Hawke's Bay 'architectural jewel' seeks new custodians as family downsize"

Reality: "Owners are selling large house in Hawkes Bay"

Custody don't imply ownership. It implies a legal right or duty to take care of something. But reading the article clarifies the family is selling the house. If you really want this long headling, at least use "seeks new owners".

The problem here is that you are confusing "English" (or "New Zealand English") with "Real Estate Agents' English".
While there are some superficial similarities, these are in fact completely different dialects, where adjectives, descriptive nouns and even some verbs have completely different meanings.
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#3393818 14-Jul-2025 13:50

PolicyGuy:

freitasm:

A lack of plain English, I see

Headline: "Hawke's Bay 'architectural jewel' seeks new custodians as family downsize"

Reality: "Owners are selling large house in Hawkes Bay"

Custody don't imply ownership. It implies a legal right or duty to take care of something. But reading the article clarifies the family is selling the house. If you really want this long headling, at least use "seeks new owners".

The problem here is that you are confusing "English" (or "New Zealand English") with "Real Estate Agents' English".
While there are some superficial similarities, these are in fact completely different dialects, where adjectives, descriptive nouns and even some verbs have completely different meanings.
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Sure, forget the fact Stuff is not a Real Estate mouhpiece.

Oh, wait.

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#3393891 14-Jul-2025 14:45

Loads of waffle about "treasured family home". They've only been there 7 years. If you drove up with wads of cash and a bulldozer would they say no?

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#3393901 14-Jul-2025 15:05

Bung: Loads of waffle about "treasured family home".

Realestatespeak for hope you're not fussy about all the minor repairs needed?

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#3396097 22-Jul-2025 09:26

Radio NZ appear to not know the difference between Sky TV in NZ and the unrelated Sky TV in the UK, as they have used a picture of the UK company's logo in their report...

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#3396985 25-Jul-2025 10:24

Behodar:

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Serious crash in Bay of Plenty closes part of State Highway One

At no point does SH1 enter the Bay of Plenty.

A few months later, let's do it again!

Person critically injured in crash, State Highway 5 closed in Bay of Plenty

The listed places (Te Haroto and Pohokura) are in Hawke's Bay, not the Bay of Plenty.

Two months later, things are improving slightly, as it's only an implied, not explicit, statement this time.

"The police are urging Bay of Plenty drivers to extra care on the roads in the region.

A person has been critically injured following a serious crash in Atiamuri, partially closing State Highway 30."

Atiamuri is in Waikato.

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#3398237 30-Jul-2025 12:37

BREAKING NEWS from RNZ: No tsunami threat to NZ after earthquake near Russia.

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#3398391 30-Jul-2025 16:20

Just contradicted by a Mobile phone emergency alert. I've just been risking my life on the beach taking a dog for a walk. Lucky!

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#3398438 30-Jul-2025 16:31

My phone only mentioned Strong currents and unpredictable surges. No need to evacuate.

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#3398443 30-Jul-2025 16:38

Bung:

Just contradicted by a Mobile phone emergency alert. I've just been risking my life on the beach taking a dog for a walk. Lucky!

I'd classify this as an abuse of the Emergency Alert system.

There's no actual tsunami expected, it's "expect strong and unusual currents and unpredictable surges at the shore"
These effects are expected after 12:30am tomorrow morning
It's 30th / 31st July: it's the middle of winter and the weather is crappy. Nobody in their right mind will be at the beach.

Yes, people living on boats need warning, so do people working around the water's edge, but the general public not really.
In fact, it'll probably actually increase the general danger as some stupids will be inspired to go for a look, when if they hadn't got the Emergency Alert they probably would have remained blissfully ignorant of the whole affair.

Bah, humbug! 😠

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#3398444 30-Jul-2025 16:39

I would argue that it is the bank that holds the mortgage, not the borrower.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/30/record-number-of-mortgage-holders-switching-lenders/

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