Visitor Info Line - Kaipara Konnection - Dargaville.BIZ
Visitor Info Line - Kaipara Konnection - Dargaville.BIZ
Visitor Info Line - Kaipara Konnection - Dargaville.BIZ
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Mail your packages early so the post office<br />
can lose them in time for Christmas. --Johnny Carson<br />
Wot A Strange Language Is English<br />
Some New Zealand Slang. D - H (More next Year)<br />
D<br />
Dairy – corner store<br />
Dear – expensive<br />
De Facto – a couple who live together but are not married<br />
Ding – small dent in a vehicle<br />
Dressing gown – bathrobe<br />
Dob in – to inform the authorities of someone who is breaking the law<br />
Drongo – term of abuse, idiot<br />
Dodgy – unreliable<br />
Dole – unemployment benefit<br />
Down trou - dropping ones trousers<br />
Down under - New Zealand, as seen from the northern hemisphere<br />
Dux - the highest academically achieving student<br />
Duvet - quilt<br />
Dunny - toilet<br />
E<br />
Eh - used at the end of a sentence when expecting a response; pronounces “A?”<br />
Electric jug - electric kettle<br />
Engaged - busy phone line<br />
Exercise books - school work books<br />
Eye fillet - beef tenderloin<br />
F<br />
Fancy – something attractive<br />
Feed – meal<br />
Fizzy drink – soda<br />
Flick – movie<br />
Flat out – full speed<br />
Flat – an apartment<br />
Flat mates – people who live together in a flat or house<br />
Flash – something that looks new<br />
Flog – steal<br />
Footpath – side walk, pavement<br />
Fortnight – two weeks<br />
Footy – rugby<br />
Freezing works – meat processing factory<br />
Fringe – bangs<br />
Frock – dress
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