Sunday, March 6, 2011

Kiwi-isms, a public service announcement

Good day eh? As a public service for those of you who will either; run into a Kiwi at some point in their lives; travel here to New Zealand; or will be catching episodes of "Flight of the Conchords"; I have decided to provide some guidance in the form of a recurring blog post of Kiwi colloquialisms (say that five times fast eh?).

"sweet as" a very common phrase used to convey approval, that something is particularly worthy of praise. e.g. the surf today is "sweet as"; my holiday was "sweet as".

"Bob's your Uncle" roughly translates to 'there ya go - that's all there is to it!' Just press this big red button that says 'Launch Missile', and "Bob's your uncle".

"cackhanded" left handed, southpaw

Kiwi-isms are easy to learn once you try so just keep reading this blog and Bob's your uncle. 


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