Wanted: Kiwis or Aussies

[skoolgrrl_69]

Hi, I'm writing a story involving a New Zealander and I have pretty much no idea of the kind of slang my character would use. If you're from Down Under or you just have a strong grasp of their slang, please help this girl from Canada, eh?

 

[Desamy]

Aussie girl in Canada

I just did a quick google search and came up with this webpage - Aussie Slang. Have a look at the Aussie Slang Dictionary they have there.
Us Aussies have a LOT of slang for bodily functions and various naughty body parts - you'll probably find a lot you can use. And we do love to abbreviate.
Oh, also Aussie Slang Basics
You'll be right mate!

 

[oggbashan]

New Zealanders are NOT Aussies.

To suggest they are is like calling a Texan a Yankee.

You need KIWI slang, not Aussie slang.

Og

 

[Desamy]

She did say kiwis or aussies
If you have some kiwi slang to share - go ahead!

 

[oggbashan]

Kiwi Slang

Too right, Sheila.

She made the mistake many of us do - assuming Kiwis and Aussies talk the same. The title of the thread may be wrong but the first post makes it clear that it is New Zealand Slang that is needed.

Here is a link:

http://www.chemistry.co.nz/kiwi.htm

Og (who speaks 50 year-old Strine and understands Diggers' slang but hasn't a clue about 21st Century Strine.)

 

[Desamy]

Mmn, took a peek, an awful lot of those slang words are exactly the same as Aussie ones!
Personally I think the NZ accent is cuter, but then I can't hear my own. Since I've been out of Australia for going on 6 months now, I can hear and recognise Australian accents in others (it's really weird).
On a side note, maori men.. meow.

 

[oggbashan]

Mmn, took a peek, an awful lot of those slang words are exactly the same as Aussie ones!
Personally I think the NZ accent is cuter, but then I can't hear my own. Since I've been out of Australia for going on 6 months now, I can hear and recognise Australian accents in others (it's really weird).
On a side note, maori men.. meow.

When I lived in Australia I could tell a South Australian accent from a NSW one; a QLD one from a WA one and so on. A New Zealand accent was very different. Now I can still tell an Australian from a New Zealander but not the separate Oz states.

Og

 

[doormouse]

We talk differently from state to state??

I can really tell the Aussie accent when I speak with older country men.

They use the 'old' talk.

bloke
Bloody Hell
Dunny
Roger
shiela
blazers.

We don't use those words.

 

[skoolgrrl_69]

In my own defense, I'd like to say that being from Canada, I don't much like to get lumped in with the larger (population-wise, at least) and more famous nation next door, but I also realize that we do share a lot of their slang! Thanks for all the website ideas, they help, altho what I really need is "Kiwi sex slang" i think, and maybe a little "Kiwi drug slang" as well. Are there terms I should be using instead of "joint" "weed" "toke" (or the more Canadian "hull") etc? Also, can anyone tell me if there's a specific New Zealand equivalent to the US drug slang term "shotgun" (that is, exhaling marijuana smoke into someone's mouth while they inhale, a transparent ploy used when you're smoking pot and want to make out with someone ), because I'd feel pretty dumb to have my Kiwi saying shotgun when he wouldn't actually know what it means.

Thanks

 

[oggbashan]

We talk differently from state to state??

I can really tell the Aussie accent when I speak with older country men.

They use the 'old' talk.

bloke
Bloody Hell
Dunny
Roger
shiela
blazers.

We don't use those words.

Aussies USED to have variations in accent state by state and even within states but TV and education have made the Aussie accent more national than local.

One of my father's friends survived Gallipolli and the Western Front and he was a fascinating person to talk to. His accent was rural Victoria (near Ballarat). He and his brothers went to the school I was attending. All his brothers died in WWI.

He spoke like C J Dennis' poetry 'The Sentimental Bloke'. I still have a 1915 edition of that book.

Og

PS. Your 'older' country men are probably my age, and speak as my rural Aussie relations still do.

 

[ferociouskittycat]

Just don't use 'crikey' or 'g'day' in your story!!

Paul Hogan and Steve Erwin make me cringe..

(We don't really talk like that!!

 

[tolyk]

Just don't use 'crikey' or 'g'day' in your story!!

Paul Hogan and Steve Erwin make me cringe..

(We don't really talk like that!!

CRIKEY! Now whats all dat aboot eh??

 

[doormouse]

CRIKEY! Now whats all dat aboot eh??

strewth. you'd think you were beyond the black stump the way you Canadian larikins carry on.

You're as stubborn as a brick shithouse. (j/k)

The dunny door's always open, just watch out for those blasted redbacks

 

[Guest]

No worries - No Drama

One of my friends was constantly using phrases like "No worries" and "No Drama" when I was there in '96. Are those still part of the vernacular?

 

[TheEarl]

No drama was still a big one when I was last in Australia, which was Autumn 2002. Kiwi slang is often similar to Aussie, but with the owrds having slightly different meanings. For the life of me, I can't think of a good example. Where's WSO?

The Earl

 

[Desamy]

I use 'no worries', not so familiar with 'no dramas' .
Speaking of which, I was talking to one of my new Canadian friends today and she asked me what I meant when I said I wasn't 'fussed' about something.

It's so hard to explain a word I consider as normal in my vocabulary!

 

[Kiss Me]

Well I usually just get told I litter my speech with damn, shit and bugger. No probs seems to be far more common around here than no worries though who can really go past "Who gives a shit?"

 

[Desamy]

I used to say 'bloody hell' quite avidly, but it's too alarming to Canadians. I think I used it like they use 'crap', but they take 'bloody hell' to be as crude as 'fuck', or something.
Weird

 

[Desamy]

You know what, on second thought, maybe it's because they're super religious (the people I'm around anyway, augh), and they take offense to my casual use of the word 'hell'
Unlike us heathen Aussies!

 

[Kiss Me]

I used to say 'bloody hell' quite avidly, but it's too alarming to Canadians. I think I used it like they use 'crap', but they take 'bloody hell' to be as crude as 'fuck', or something.
Weird

Yep I think we're just too rough for most of them. For the life of me I don't think I could stretch myself to say "Oh goodness!" when something goes wrong. Too many other words spring forth automatically to my mothers shame.

 

[Desamy]

How about these?
'Holy cow!'
'Sugar!' (instead of shit, heh)
Don't know if they're unique to Canadians, but I hear those quite a bit.
It's funny how.. any word used in place of a swear word is becoming that person's swear word, but they dont' seem to realise it.. it's the same intent behind it!

 

[doormouse]

Well I usually just get told I litter my speech with damn, shit and bugger. No probs seems to be far more common around here than no worries though who can really go past "Who gives a shit?"

LOL

too true.

Fair dinks

 

[Lord DragonsWing]

Since meeting my love almost two years ago, who is from Oz. I'm now saying loo. She has the most sexy accent I've ever heard and she's gorgeous to boot. But I'm saying loo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[doormouse]

You want to go potty LDW??

What is this language you speak?

 

[Lord DragonsWing]

You want to go potty LDW??

What is this language you speak?

Go potty? No way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll just tie it in a knot.