Aug 20, 2010: Kiwi - Page 4

classicman · 08-23-2010, 09:10 AM

thanks xob.

ZenGum · 08-23-2010, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

When I was a teen working at my hometown bakery, one of my cow orkers was a New Zealander who said 'ducky' a lot. Is that particular to the county or just an all around British term?

The main way to tell the New Zealand accent is by the short i sound, like in six, bit, etc. which comes out sounding like a short u like in sucks, but and so on.

If it sounded like ducky he was calling you dicky.

casimendocina · 08-24-2010, 03:40 AM

SG, Jim Robinson was a long-time Neighbours cast member wasn't he?

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