Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Things said in New Zealand that are different from the States:

Trous -trousers/pants
Buiscit – cookie
Brekkie – breakfast
Car park –parking lot
Chips –french fries
Chippy –carpenter
Cotton buds –q tips
Eh –used at the end of like every sentence
Fizzy drink-pop
Flannel –wash clothe
Good on ya –not really sure what that means, maybe like good job
Heaps -Lots
Ice block –popcicle
Jandles –flip flops
Knickers –underwear
Lollies -candy
Mate –friend
Nappy –diaper
Netball –similar to basketball…but not
Rubbish –trash
Serviettes -napkins
She’ll be right –it’s ok, not a problem
Sweet as -awesome
Ta –thanks
Take away –take out food
Torch –flashlight
Wonky –crooked

And I’m sure there are many many more…but these are just the one that I know of.

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