For the most part, there were no problems getting along linguistically with New Zealanders. After all, we do share the same tongue. Since the first European settlers came from Merrie Olde England only recently (in the nineteenth century), it stands to reason that the Kiwi tongue will be very much English in the pronunciation of... Continue Reading →
Trundler Park
America and New Zealand share the King’s English, but it’s always interesting how we develop our own colloquialisms and expressions. One of the first expressions we heard was “take-away,” where we’d say “take-out” here for food we want to take home. What are called flip-flops, clickers or zori are called “jandals” in NZ. Yep, it... Continue Reading →
Shopping in New Zealand
The current exchange rate is about NZ$ 0.7 to a US dollar. So, you would expect that things would be somewhat cheaper here for us as Americans. Not so. Our first introduction to this was when our daughter informed us that a new Honda Accord sells for NZ$ 60,000 (about $42,000 US). Here it is,... Continue Reading →
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