How to Talk Like a Kiwi (Part 3)
I learned a new Kiwi phrase today so thought it was time for the third installation of “How to talk like a Kiwi”. Here are a few new words and phrases for you:
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How to Talk Like a Kiwi (part 2)
Anything ‘as’: In our first lesson on how to talk like a Kiwi I covered ‘sweet as’. There are lots of similar phrases with the word ‘as’ – ‘cheap as’, ‘mean as’, ‘hard as’, ‘easy as’, etc. I was dealing with a difficult person this week and referred to him as ‘rude as’ – it was…
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How to Talk Like a Kiwi (part 1)
Kiwi English and American English aren’t that different — they are just as similar I think as British English would be. But no NZ blog would be complete without touching on some of the colorful language differences that make NZ special.
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Devonshire Tea
NZ used to be a British colony and there is a huge British influence here. Kiwis use British spelling for some words such as favour instead of favor and capitalise instead of capitalize. And British slang is common including words like bloody, chuffed, loo, whinge, and bugger. We have roundabouts rather than four-way stops. Four-way…
