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George.com wrote:
"with nowt pacific about it", you say. Hmmm. Now, few real Kiwis ever use the word "nowt". Are you SURE you're not really a "POM" yourself, Rob? :-) Lets put it another way. Christchurch will bludge off the hard yakka done by the Jafas. They have done bugger all to build the event up, and left the Auckland event to cark it. Fair go? Get of the grass. The jafas have to watch their event go bush down the boohai with some sheep cockies. No wonder the jafas packed a sad. An event that was grouse and used to be chocka with pacific influence will now have bugger all. Its a crook deal, enough to make a joker want to chunder. The cockies will have shit show of running a similar event. That said, the jafa council said they were strapped for cash and turned into a bunch of pikers. They had three fifths of five eights of **** all one minute, and then enough money for a flower hooley the next. And not wanting to send it to the south Auckland wops, the townies have the show in the original venue. I reckon something is puckeroo here. Got it sussed they reckon eh? Wouldn't know shit from clay? You are not wrong. Hee, hee, hee! Well done, Rob! As a person NZ-born of British parents, and with a masters degree in linguistics, I love this exhibition of very basic NZ vernacular! Well done! I shall cut and save it. It's a gem! Not many true-blue Kiwis could write what you've written - only somebody with some what we call "meta-linguistic ability" (in your case no doubt due to the strong English influence in your life) could do it. Anyway, let's get back to some civilised New Zealand English, . . . eh, mate? :-) Eddy. |
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"Eddy" wrote in message ... George.com wrote: "with nowt pacific about it", you say. Hmmm. Now, few real Kiwis ever use the word "nowt". Are you SURE you're not really a "POM" yourself, Rob? :-) Lets put it another way. Christchurch will bludge off the hard yakka done by the Jafas. They have done bugger all to build the event up, and left the Auckland event to cark it. Fair go? Get of the grass. The jafas have to watch their event go bush down the boohai with some sheep cockies. No wonder the jafas packed a sad. An event that was grouse and used to be chocka with pacific influence will now have bugger all. Its a crook deal, enough to make a joker want to chunder. The cockies will have shit show of running a similar event. That said, the jafa council said they were strapped for cash and turned into a bunch of pikers. They had three fifths of five eights of **** all one minute, and then enough money for a flower hooley the next. And not wanting to send it to the south Auckland wops, the townies have the show in the original venue. I reckon something is puckeroo here. Got it sussed they reckon eh? Wouldn't know shit from clay? You are not wrong. Hee, hee, hee! Well done, Rob! As a person NZ-born of British parents, and with a masters degree in linguistics, I love this exhibition of very basic NZ vernacular! Well done! I shall cut and save it. It's a gem! Not many true-blue Kiwis could write what you've written - only somebody with some what we call "meta-linguistic ability" (in your case no doubt due to the strong English influence in your life) could do it. Beaut mate, real bonza stuff. rob |
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"George.com" wrote in message ... "Eddy" wrote in message ... George.com wrote: "with nowt pacific about it", you say. Hmmm. Now, few real Kiwis ever use the word "nowt". Are you SURE you're not really a "POM" yourself, Rob? :-) Lets put it another way. Christchurch will bludge off the hard yakka done by the Jafas. They have done bugger all to build the event up, and left the Auckland event to cark it. Fair go? Get of the grass. The jafas have to watch their event go bush down the boohai with some sheep cockies. No wonder the jafas packed a sad. An event that was grouse and used to be chocka with pacific influence will now have bugger all. Its a crook deal, enough to make a joker want to chunder. The cockies will have shit show of running a similar event. That said, the jafa council said they were strapped for cash and turned into a bunch of pikers. They had three fifths of five eights of **** all one minute, and then enough money for a flower hooley the next. And not wanting to send it to the south Auckland wops, the townies have the show in the original venue. I reckon something is puckeroo here. Got it sussed they reckon eh? Wouldn't know shit from clay? You are not wrong. Hee, hee, hee! Well done, Rob! As a person NZ-born of British parents, and with a masters degree in linguistics, I love this exhibition of very basic NZ vernacular! Well done! I shall cut and save it. It's a gem! Not many true-blue Kiwis could write what you've written - only somebody with some what we call "meta-linguistic ability" (in your case no doubt due to the strong English influence in your life) could do it. Beaut mate, real bonza stuff. rob gees wayne, I forgot to add, strewth mate. rob |
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On 27/3/08 09:40, in article , "George.com"
wrote: "Eddy" wrote in message ... George.com wrote: "with nowt pacific about it", you say. Hmmm. Now, few real Kiwis ever use the word "nowt". Are you SURE you're not really a "POM" yourself, Rob? :-) Lets put it another way. Christchurch will bludge off the hard yakka done by the Jafas. They have done bugger all to build the event up, and left the Auckland event to cark it. Fair go? Get of the grass. The jafas have to watch their event go bush down the boohai with some sheep cockies. No wonder the jafas packed a sad. An event that was grouse and used to be chocka with pacific influence will now have bugger all. Its a crook deal, enough to make a joker want to chunder. The cockies will have shit show of running a similar event. That said, the jafa council said they were strapped for cash and turned into a bunch of pikers. They had three fifths of five eights of **** all one minute, and then enough money for a flower hooley the next. And not wanting to send it to the south Auckland wops, the townies have the show in the original venue. I reckon something is puckeroo here. Got it sussed they reckon eh? Wouldn't know shit from clay? You are not wrong. Hee, hee, hee! Well done, Rob! As a person NZ-born of British parents, and with a masters degree in linguistics, I love this exhibition of very basic NZ vernacular! Well done! I shall cut and save it. It's a gem! Not many true-blue Kiwis could write what you've written - only somebody with some what we call "meta-linguistic ability" (in your case no doubt due to the strong English influence in your life) could do it. Beaut mate, real bonza stuff. rob Box of fluffies. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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George.com wrote:
gees wayne, I forgot to add, strewth mate. Strewth mate, ya did, didn't ya! One of the most used expressions of all. Sacha, "box of fluffies"? Eddy. |
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"Eddy" wrote in message ... George.com wrote: gees wayne, I forgot to add, strewth mate. Strewth mate, ya did, didn't ya! One of the most used expressions of all. Sacha, "box of fluffies"? Eddy. bottler, even if you are a blouse Eddy. rob ps you can still get eskimo pies, trumpets, choc bombs & milk bottles. Unfortunately we no longer sell candy cigarettes which I reckon were great. |
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George.com wrote:
bottler, even if you are a blouse Eddy. A bottler and a blouse in the same go, Rob? Don't quite know how to take that, mate! ps you can still get eskimo pies, trumpets, choc bombs & milk bottles. Unfortunately we no longer sell candy cigarettes which I reckon were great. Great. And chocolate fish? And hokey-pokey ice-cream? Yep, I remember the little white candy cigarettes (basically solid icing-sugar!) with a dip of red food-colouring on the end. My parents smoked like chimneys so I guess that was probably why I always somewhat disapproved of the candy cigarettes. Anyway, re. the word "candy" (or "sweets"), the NZ word was always "lolly" or "lollies". On special occasions we had "lolly scrambles" - which involved a teacher or parent throwing handfuls of lollies into the midst of a bunch of kids on a lawn and then watching each child desperately scramble (and fight!) to grab as many as possible. Very uncivilised and somewhat cruel really. Had to do an internet search for the meaning of "box of fluffies". Never ever heard it throughout my childhood and youth in NZ Apparently, it originated amongst Maori people and is used to describe feeling great, as in "She's like a box of fluffies this morning", or "I was like a box of fluffies". There's a suggestion it's close to "like a box of birds", which suggests it may derive from the image of a box of newly-hatched chicks. Eddy. |
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In article , Eddy writes: | George.com wrote: | bottler, even if you are a blouse Eddy. | | A bottler and a blouse in the same go, Rob? Don't quite know how to | take that, mate! | | ps you can still get eskimo pies, trumpets, choc bombs & milk bottles. | Unfortunately we no longer sell candy cigarettes which I reckon were great. | | Great. And chocolate fish? And hokey-pokey ice-cream? Yep, I remember | the little white candy cigarettes (basically solid icing-sugar!) with a | dip of red food-colouring on the end. ... I am no longer allowed to post the names of all of the sweets that used to be popular in my childhood - seriously :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 28/3/08 10:05, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote: In article , Eddy writes: | George.com wrote: | bottler, even if you are a blouse Eddy. | | A bottler and a blouse in the same go, Rob? Don't quite know how to | take that, mate! | | ps you can still get eskimo pies, trumpets, choc bombs & milk bottles. | Unfortunately we no longer sell candy cigarettes which I reckon were great. | | Great. And chocolate fish? And hokey-pokey ice-cream? Yep, I remember | the little white candy cigarettes (basically solid icing-sugar!) with a | dip of red food-colouring on the end. ... I am no longer allowed to post the names of all of the sweets that used to be popular in my childhood - seriously :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. "Ag please Daddy .............." -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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In article , Sacha writes: | | I am no longer allowed to post the names of all of the sweets that | used to be popular in my childhood - seriously :-) | | "Ag please Daddy .............." All six, seven of us, eight, nine, ten .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 28/3/08 22:25, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote: In article , Sacha writes: | | I am no longer allowed to post the names of all of the sweets that | used to be popular in my childhood - seriously :-) | | "Ag please Daddy .............." All six, seven of us, eight, nine, ten .... Only 8 hours....! Poor Daddy! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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"Eddy" wrote in message ... George.com wrote: bottler, even if you are a blouse Eddy. A bottler and a blouse in the same go, Rob? Don't quite know how to take that, mate! fair suck of the sav Eddy. Eskimo pies & choc bombs are bottler/bottla. So stop being a sheilas blouse about it. ps you can still get eskimo pies, trumpets, choc bombs & milk bottles. Unfortunately we no longer sell candy cigarettes which I reckon were great. Great. And chocolate fish? And hokey-pokey ice-cream? Yep, I remember the little white candy cigarettes (basically solid icing-sugar!) with a dip of red food-colouring on the end. My parents smoked like chimneys so I guess that was probably why I always somewhat disapproved of the candy cigarettes. Anyway, re. the word "candy" (or "sweets"), the NZ word was always "lolly" or "lollies". On special occasions we had "lolly scrambles" - which involved a teacher or parent throwing handfuls of lollies into the midst of a bunch of kids on a lawn and then watching each child desperately scramble (and fight!) to grab as many as possible. Very uncivilised and somewhat cruel really. We can also still get jubes, wine gums, topsies, pebbles & smarties, though not in 10 cent mixtures any more. Hard case eh. The cookie bear seems to have carked it mind. Ches n dale, those blokes have also shot through. I have not seen tingles last time I had a squiz in the dairy. That was yonks ago mind. Might still be able to get some if you have a good root around. Had to do an internet search for the meaning of "box of fluffies". Never ever heard it throughout my childhood and youth in NZ box of fluffy ducks. Bobs your uncle mate. Thanks for the yack. rob |
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On 28/3/08 09:49, in article ,
"Eddy" wrote: snip Had to do an internet search for the meaning of "box of fluffies". Never ever heard it throughout my childhood and youth in NZ Apparently, it originated amongst Maori people and is used to describe feeling great, as in "She's like a box of fluffies this morning", or "I was like a box of fluffies". There's a suggestion it's close to "like a box of birds", which suggests it may derive from the image of a box of newly-hatched chicks. Eddy. That's the one! A friend of mine worked as a doc. In NZ for some time with Maori people. Friend was English and thought he should learn a few of the local expressions and sayings to integrate better. One morning, he had an incredibly nervous male patient and as the minutes of the examination ticked past the patient's nerves made my friend nervous, too. He wanted to say something cheery to reassure the poor man and knew it involved some kind of container and some kind of animals. To his own horror and amazement he heard himself say "No problems, mate. Bucket of fish", whereupon the terrified patient shot off the couch and legged it as far away as possible from this obviously deranged medic. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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George.com wrote:
We can also still get jubes, wine gums, topsies, pebbles & smarties, though not in 10 cent mixtures any more. Hard case eh. The cookie bear seems to have carked it mind. Ches n dale, those blokes have also shot through. I have not seen tingles last time I had a squiz in the dairy. That was yonks ago mind. Might still be able to get some if you have a good root around. Yikes, thing HAVE changed! I've heard the exasperated expression "Who do you have to ***** for a drink in this place!" . . . but in order to get a little paper bag of tingles, Rob? (I'm presuming that the main meanings of the verb to root in NZ and in the UK are still quite remarkably different . . . and so let's not go any further on this this one! :-) - particularly in a group meant for discussing good things to do in the garden! :-) Eddy. |
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Sacha wrote:
That's the one! A friend of mine worked as a doc. In NZ for some time with Maori people. Friend was English and thought he should learn a few of the local expressions and sayings to integrate better. One morning, he had an incredibly nervous male patient and as the minutes of the examination ticked past the patient's nerves made my friend nervous, too. He wanted to say something cheery to reassure the poor man and knew it involved some kind of container and some kind of animals. To his own horror and amazement he heard himself say "No problems, mate. Bucket of fish", whereupon the terrified patient shot off the couch and legged it as far away as possible from this obviously deranged medic. Interesting tale, Sacha. I wonder if there actually is an expression "like a bucket of fish" amongst Maori! By the way, I noticed last night there's a programme on the BBC on Monday night which you and I may find interesting, regarding recent revelations about Jersey. Eddy. |
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