Forum Archive Index - June 2003

[Robin Benson <rob@hammerheadmedia.co.uk>]

On Friday, Jun 27, 2003, at 05:09 Europe/London, Malcolm Cameron wrote:

> Alan what you need is a dictionary of NZ slang maybe somebody in NZ 
> could tell you how to obtain one .

http://www.chemistry.co.nz/kiwi.htm
http://www.nickhill.net3services.com/NZ/kiwi_slang.htm
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~sarah/content/slang.html

> chook I am not sure which sense he is usng this but i take it silly 
> fool would be a reasonable translation

Clue: "He was running around like a headless chook". You'll be chuffed 
if you get this one.

> bickie is money. Big bickies heap of cash. Small bickies Petty cash or 
> small change.

 From buscuit - cookie. "Tough bikkies" - hard luck.

Robin


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