If you lived in New Zealand. . .
. . .you would SAY. . .
Trolleys instead of. . .
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Shopping carts
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Give Way instead of. . .
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Yield
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Toilets instead of. . .
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Bathrooms or Restrooms
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Tomato Sauce instead of. . .
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Ketchup (and they actually say tomato as "tAmato")
Rubbish instead of. . .
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Garbage
Motorway instead of. . .
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Freeway
Carpark instead of. . .
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| Parking lot |
Jelly instead of. . .
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Jello
Biscuits or Bikkies instead of. . .
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Cookies!!
Nappies instead of. . .
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| (you can see that they say "MUM" instead of mom aswell!) |
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| You guessed it, Diapers! |
Plaster instead of. . .
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Band-Aid
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More to come of the wonderful NZ lingo. I'm starting to get the hang of it a little better!
Thanks Mandy....good to know in case I ever live in New Zealand. No really, I like learning those kind of inside things about other people and their cultures. Fun stuff!
ReplyDeletethis is the best blog post ever. you are awesome.
ReplyDeletehaha I know mom. I thought you were moving down here next month? haha jk. I just wanted to put it all up because I think it is soooo interesting and fun! Thanks for reading :)
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks Mikaela!! It is so fun being here and seeing all the differences. I love it!!!
i posted a link to it on my blog, hope you dont mind! :)
ReplyDeleteyou're totally fine!!! That's awesome that you did haha :). I love it. And I love your blog. I really want to go for a run on that place that you guys did. Take me!
ReplyDeletePandy Wandy instead of...
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Oh whoops I forgot to put lol and hahaha! Love you Girl!
ReplyDeleteJosh got a hold of the computer. I should never have taught him how to leave a comment...
ReplyDeleteThat's such an awesome post! And, cool to see the different things they say! You're a great blogger, Mandy! Miss you!!!!
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