Only one of you out there jumped on board with your guesses about the Kiwi vocabulary I listed. And you were actually pretty accurate with some of your guesses.
So, here are the words I listed, and their meanings/usages:
Flash - something very nice. As in "That's a flash house."
Togs - your swim suit
Jandals - flip-flops - an abbreviated version of Japanese Sandals.
Plasters - band-aids
Busting - used in reference to an urgent personal need. As in "I drank too much water and I'm busting!"
Boot - the trunk of your car
Mince - ground beef
Capsicum - a pepper, doesn't really matter the color. just say capsicum in the place of pepper, and tack the color on the front.
There you have it! A less than exhaustive list of words I no longer have a use for, now that I'm living with Grandma instead of Kiwis.
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Kiwi Vocabulary
After living with two different Kiwi girls for the last 3 years, I've had a number of additions to my vocabulary. Words that will no longer be particularly useful now that L. is leaving the country.
Before I reveal the meanings or usages, I'm curious to see how many of the following words you can guess. They're some of the major ones that I got used to mentally translating over the course of the last three years:
Before I reveal the meanings or usages, I'm curious to see how many of the following words you can guess. They're some of the major ones that I got used to mentally translating over the course of the last three years:
- Flash
- Togs
- Jandals
- Plasters
- Busting
- Boot
- Mince
- Capsicum
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