Sharon Burton
As a trained anthropologist, I’m delighted with the cultural bits. So I thought I’d cover some of the things I’ve notice that stand out while I’m in New Zealand.
While we share the same language, we also don’t. For example, skim milk is called trim milk. Fruit muffins are called Vegetarian. Obviously, an elevator is called a lift. But my favorite thing right now is the word “Flash”. It’s used to indicate something cool and good. As in “It’s flash.”
Coffee is really different. They have lots and I can’t really find anything like US coffee. But I like coffee very much so I’m enjoying exploring the differences.
The accent is generally OK, although with any accent, there are individuals I struggle to understand. To my ear, the accent is very high in the mouth and sometimes the wrong part of the word is accented. That can throw me, but people are nice when I ask them to repeat.
On another note
Today in the US is my son’s birthday. He’s older than I want to think about but I’m very proud of him. So- Happy Birthday, Matthew! May you have 60 more, my son.
The song goes “Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you.” WEATHER, not EARTHQUAKES! Hope you are alright!
So, like Great Britian we are two countries connected by history and culture but separated by a mutual language??? LOL I thought you had a larger view of the world. At least you should, after all, Italy is REALY foreign. Et Vero Cara??
T
Matt wants to know why he only gets to live until 92…