{"id":232,"date":"2014-09-14T14:53:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T02:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jbrown.threehats.co.nz\/?page_id=232"},"modified":"2021-01-31T15:50:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T02:50:58","slug":"kiwi-speak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justinbrownbooks.com\/newsite\/books-for-adults\/kiwi-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwi Speak"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Print version published by Penguin Random House – 30,000 copies sold.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2008 <\/strong>Kiwi Speak (green cover) is released and spends 10 weeks on the bestsellers list.<\/p>\n

2018\u00a0<\/strong>Kiwi Speak (orange cover) upsized and updated and goes straight to the bestsellers list.<\/p>\n

Who knew this little book would survive two Rugby World Cups? Tumeke!<\/p>\n

Here is Justin talking about Kiwi Speak on TVNZ,<\/a> RNZ<\/a>, and here’s<\/a> where you can buy a copy. Oh, and don’t forget to have a gander inside the book<\/a>. Or just read the intro below.\u00a0Chur!<\/p>\n

New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote. It\u2019s also the only place on Earth where builders eat pie sandwiches for lunch. This land of plenty invented the jet boat, spreadable butter and the electric fence. It\u2019s also the only place where jandals and shorts are considered \u2018semi-formal\u2019. This is the home of tiny bathroom basins and 20 million traffic cones, where courgettes are zucchinis, flannels are face cloths, cling film is glad wrap, a dairy is a shop, swimming shorts are togs, sweets are lollies, and where homes are insulated by a solitary heated towel rail.<\/p>\n

Welcome to Kiwi Speak, a book that toasts the way New Zealanders yarn. It celebrates the vowel-flatteners and noun-nasalers among us. There are sayings we used to say and sayings we shouldn\u2019t. There are put-downs, pick-me-ups and things you can yell in the pub. You\u2019ll discover how Kiwis lose their rag on the road, in the bach and up over the backblocks. The little toerags have their own lingo too. (When they\u2019re not wagging, that is. Or is that bunking?).<\/p>\n

Maybe you\u2019re new to New Zealand. Maybe it fits like an old pair of Stubbies. Whatever the reason, why not pull on your ugg boots, jump in the La-Z-Boy, grab an L&P and check out a few of these beauties. And don\u2019t sweat it if you\u2019re not a big reader \u2014 you\u2019ll knock this bastard off in no time. PS: Though these sayings aren\u2019t all exclusive to New Zealand, they are used in everyday speech, often having been passed down generations. Some youngsters born after Helen started running the joint won\u2019t know some of the old ones. Conversely, your nana probably reckons the \u2018Street Speak\u2019 section sounds as ludicrous as fart tax. One thing\u2019s for sure: New Zealanders, we\u2019re different. So let\u2019s have a shandy and celebrate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Print version published by Penguin Random House – 30,000 copies sold.\u00a0 2008 Kiwi Speak (green cover) is released and spends 10 weeks on the bestsellers list. 2018\u00a0Kiwi Speak (orange cover) upsized and updated and goes straight to the bestsellers list. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-232","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Zealand slang words<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/justinbrownbooks.com\/books-for-adults\/kiwi-speak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Zealand slang words\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Print 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