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To: carranza2 who wrote (104749)	7/11/2003 3:37:51 PM
From: marcos	Respond to of 281500

There are some great kiwiísmos, probably thousands in all, after eight or ten pages on the net just now i don't see anything like a comprehensive listing ..... one of my favourites is the use of 'wee' in the south island, especially around Otago and Dunedin ... it can be used to denote smallness in size, or as dimunitive term of endearment, but not always, in fact sometimes just the opposite - a bloke describing a spectacular road accident will say 'and then came a wee great bloody lorry round the corner' Something to do with perspective, maybe .... there is a lot of perspective in NZ, a sense of being as far from the trouble making centres of power as it is possible to get ..... very freeing to the mind, a clean green land of charming whackos - don't miss the Southern Capital of Country Music at Gore, it makes a fine loosener-upper after the rather stiff Christchurch, and you can just take the long way round to Queenstown ..... very few people who make the trek to Godzone regret it later ... and those who do, well bienvenue a Paree you big sook Oof, too scholarly this one, and no kiwi-yanqui glossary either - privatewww.essex.ac.uk