Archive for September, 2008
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
new to new zealand
We have a new bloke in the New Zealand office, Robert MacDonald. He comes all the way from nearly-tropical Glasgow, Scotland. To introduce Robert to the rest of the team and expose him to a bit of kiwiness, I put a simple Kiwiness Exam to him. It is very scientific, there are 10 questions, each [...]
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
new ‘kiwi as’ passport design
Despite our national symbol and colloquial namesake being a small flightless bird, kiwis love to fly. Many kiwis take off on their Big OE as soon as they’re old enough to spread their little wings, we also like to regularly fly over to Australia and whinge about the low quality and high price of their [...]
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
timezoneone sweet as
Sweet as! – A kiwi colloquialism meaning ‘cool’, ‘awesome’, ‘yes’, ‘okay’ or ‘I agree with your statement’. Basically, anytime you want to respond affirmatively or describe something in a positive way, it’s ‘sweet as’. The only exception to that rule is demonstrated in the dialogue below… “D’youse fellas need a ride?” “Na bro, sweet as” [...]
