如何听懂新西兰英语？

• Ankle-biters:  Children
• Buttie: Sandwich made from buttered bread
• Flat white: Similar to a café au lait but uses microfoam instead of steamed milk
• Mate: Friend, buddy, pal
• Mince: Ground meat
• My shout: My treat
• No joy: No luck
• Oz: Australia
• Pakeha: Maori word meaning a non-Maori person
• Partner: Significant other. Typically someone will ask if you have a partner, versus asking if you have a boyfriend or girlfriend.
• Piss off: Go away! Shut-up
• Rellies: Relatives
• Root: Sexual intercourse
• Sweet-as!: Cool! Awesome!
• Take-aways: Establishments that sell take-away or to-go food
• Toastie: Toasted sandwich
• Tomato sauce: Ketchup ( Do not try asking for Ketchup. You will be met with alien looks.)
• Zed: How Kiwis pronounce the letter “Z”

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