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Need help from New Zealand!



feyaN
Russian Federation

Need help from New Zealand!
 

Hello:) Dear teachers from New Zealand, I need your help. We are doing a project about your country and we need some words that are  used only in NZ (to compare with British English).

We �d really appreciate your help)))))))

 

19 Feb 2014      





Terri Lawson
New Zealand

Here �s some kiwi slang taken from the book "The Beaut Little Book of Kiwi Slang"
 
stiff kumara (hard luck)
to suck the kumara (to fail or lose out)
in the nuddy (naked)
bonzer ( outstanding, fine, beaut)
boohai ( a remote distrcit or area)
box of birds (fine, happy, going well)
brewer �s goitre (a beer-gut or pot gut)
chook (a fowl or chicken)
chunder (to vomit)
cockie (a farmer)
a cow-cockie (a dary farmer)
crook (ill; awry; broken)
cuz (zy), cuzzy bro (a term of address or reference used mainly among young Maori)
dag (an amusing character)
the demons, the dees (detectives)
dole bludger (an offensive name for those on State support, especially those on family or unemployment benefits)
puku (stomach from Maori)
sickie (a period of sick-leave from work, often caused by �Mondayitis �)
loopie (a tourist)
 
I hope this helps :-))

19 Feb 2014     



feyaN
Russian Federation

Thanks a lot) Surely it will help))))

20 Feb 2014