If you lived in New Zealand. . .(Part 3)

If you lived in New Zealand. . .

. . .you would SAY. . .

Gumboots instead of. . .

Rain boots

Jelly instead of. . .

Jello

Candy Floss instead of. . .

Cotton candy

Singlet instead of. . .

Tank top/wife beater

Give me a "ring" or "ring me" instead of. . .

"call me" or "call"

You would dial 111 instead of. . .

911

You would drive on the left side of the road instead of. . .

The right. Which is pretty freaky and I'm still not used to it!

Confectionery instead of. . .

Sweets

Jumper instead of. . .

Jacket

You would also say. . .

• Tuckshop instead of "lunchroom"
• Sickbay instead of "nurse office"
• Dairy for "corner shop" (which is where we buy all our yummy hot pies :))
• **Tick instead of "check mark" --Mrs. Tararo always used to say this, "just put a "tick" here and a "tick" here if they get it right Mandy! 
• Mark or marking instead of "grade or grading" --in school teachers "mark" work not "grade" it.
• Pudding instead of "dessert"
• Bonnet instead of "car hood"
• Boot instead of "car trunk"
• Chemist instead of "pharmacy or drug store"
• Lemonade instead of "Sprite or 7Up"
• Nana instead of "grandma or grandmother"
• Tasty Cheese is sharp cheddar cheese
• Full stop instead of "period" (like the punctuation)

-"H" and "D" words are NOT swear words here. It always throws me off. It is so funny when Phil says  stuff like, "Heck no" because I have to remember that to him he's not really swearing haha!

Kiwi sayings that I love. . .

• "sweet as" --cool or awesome
• "up with the play" --up to date
• "have a go" --try it out
• "cheers" --goodbye or thanks or good luck
• **"choice" --very good (I love this one!)
• "aye" and "oi"
• "good on ya or good on ya mate" --well done or congratulations
• "wonky" --crooked
• "heaps" --lots and lots
• "flash" --looks really good (e.g. "that's flash")

Maori words commonly used. . .

• "kia ora" --greetings, hi, g'day, hello
• "kapai" --good or great job (usually said with exclamation)
• "paki paki" --clap or give this person a clapping hand
• "kai" --food
• "aotearoa" --New Zealand
• "whanau" --family
• "whaea" --showing/giving respect for a woman adult (e.g. a lot of the teachers at my school were called whaea Loo or whaea Brooke or whaea Mandy :))
• "Etu" --stand up (Mrs. Tararo always said this in class)
• "Anoho" --sit down
• "aroha" --love
• "Haere mai" --welcome
• "Haere ra" --farewell