Here are some NZ words that we use all the time now. Tell me via posting on the blog what you think they mean, AND NO CHEATING by using the Internet etc... Just make guesses based on your experiences and what you think they might be. Most of them are really pretty easy:
1. Nappies
2. Plasters
3. Rubbish
4. Trolley
5. Crisps
6. Capsicum
7. People Mover
8. Tui
9. Tuatara
10. Jacket potato
11. chips
12. Trolley Parking
13. FTPOS card
14. Lift
15. rubbish bin
16. Sultanas
17. If someone tells you to "Bring a plate" what does that mean?
18. "Sweet As" What does this mean?
19. wholemeal
20. mum
21. Stay date
22. staycation
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Davis rocks
11 years ago
5 comments:
1.Diapers
2.Uh..bandaids
3.garbage/trash
4.bus?
5.potato chips?
6. No clue
7. Train or bus
8. ???
9. ???
10. ?
11. french fries
12. park and ride
13. ?
14. Elevator
15. garbage can
16. bananas?
17. Bring a dish like to a potluck?
Fun Ash..you're learning another language over there! miss you guys!!
Hey! Cool idea!
Ooh boy. If these are supposed to be easy then I'm in trouble. Most of these are guesses and some I couldn't even come up with a decent guess. haha
1. Diapers
2.
3. Garbage
4. Bus
5. Chips
6. Bell pepper
7. Escalator
8.
9.
10. Chip bag
11. crackers
12. Bus depot
13. Identification
14. Elevator
15. Garbage can
16. Bandanas
17. Bring a side dish to something
18.
19. Cornmeal
20. Mom
21. A lazy day at home
22. Vacation where you stay home
1. Thong underwear
2. Recreational drugs
3. Garbage
4. Car
5. Chips
6. Pepper
7. Bus
8. A guy I know
9. Spider
10. Potato served with skin on
11. French fries
12. Car parking
13. Credit card
14. Elevator
15. Garbage can
16. Bananas
17. To actually bring a plate
18. AKA cool, sweet, or awesome
19. Oatmeal
20. Mom
21. Date where you stay at home
22. A cation (an atom with a positive charge) that doesn't move.
1. diapers
2. ??
3. garbage
4. bus
5. chips
6. ??
7. van
8. fish?
9. seafood... maybe
10. baked potato
11. fries
12. bus stop
13. ???
14. ???
15. trash can
16. crackers
17. something to share... potluck
18. sweet as in something to eat
19 oatmeal
20. ??
21. play date with friends
22. non traveling vacation
Answers:
1. Diapers
2. Band-Aids
3. Garbage
4. Grocery cart
5. Chips
6. Bell Peppers
7. mini-van type cars
8. A fantastic bird that makes lots of different sounds.
9. an Iguana type lizard they are famous for.
10. baked potato
11. french fries
12. grocery cart parking
13. Debit card
14. elevator
15. garbage can
16. a type of raisin.
17. Bring a dish to share
18. "sweet As" is a saying they use but never finish. ex. you say I can't hang round this weekend I am going camping. They say "sweet as" meaning "right on"!
19. whole wheat. They have whole meal bread or whole meal flour. Nothing says wholewheat. I went into a bakery for bread and asked if wholemeal was the same as whole wheat and they looked at me like I was speaking another language. One girl said "I don't know. I don't know what that is"
20. mom
OK Garrett just made up 21 and 22.
stay date is when you stay at home for date night. And a staycation is a vacation you spend at home ;)
Thanks for playing!
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