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Post by Jody on Sept 5, 2008 11:22:28 GMT -5
Megan, what an adventure. I know you'll be so happy when you get finally settled in your own place. I'm having trouble picturing a log cabin the the English countryside!
Why, mossie , are you trying to fix Megan up?
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Post by mossie on Sept 5, 2008 13:21:50 GMT -5
Not at all Demarais. I think she has her head screwed on as we say, and is more than capable of doing her own "fixing up". Horrible expression, by the way, and my son is a chip off the old block and would deliberately turn the other cheek.
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Post by Megan on Sept 15, 2008 4:02:45 GMT -5
Ha ha ha - not sure if my head is that screwed on - its in the clouds at the moment ( or still back in Paris ). It would take a brave person to 'fix me up' - and a brave man to put up with me !
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Post by Jody on Sept 15, 2008 6:36:06 GMT -5
''Six in a tint with sivin min''
- a OPF September get together weekend memory
Dare we ask?
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Post by mez on Sept 15, 2008 6:54:45 GMT -5
''Six in a tint with sivin min''
- a OPF September get together weekend memory Dare we ask? ;D ;D Spoken like a true Kiwi. Demarais, replace the letter 'i' with 'e' in the words six, tint, sivin and min and all will be revealed. |
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Post by Shoesy on Sept 15, 2008 6:56:38 GMT -5
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Post by Jody on Sept 15, 2008 7:00:58 GMT -5
I figured that out but I still wonder what they were up to!! Gitte will probably cersor that from her report!!!
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Post by Anne on Sept 15, 2008 7:17:54 GMT -5
Come on girls, there is nothing to censor here, this is NOT (I repeat : NOT) real life stuff, right  ? This is only a sentence that Megan worked out from some of the words that we were/I was unable to understand when spoken with her lovely (but very strange) Kiwi accent  ... |
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Post by Megan on Sept 15, 2008 7:43:02 GMT -5
Truly there was no six in a tint with sivin min iting fush and chups -
it is was all about the accent and the way NZers speak ( which is very different to Aussies ) and how we say our vowel sounds and this sentence was made up to sum it all up and caused great peals of laughter every time it was said . !! It was even funnier after carafes of red wine and champagne.
It caused great hilarity and Anne dared me to put it on the my profile. I think Anne only understood 3 words in 6 I said !!
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Post by Shoesy on Sept 15, 2008 7:57:52 GMT -5
Megan - I bet that I too would have had to make a great effort to understand you if you indeed pronounce those words the way you wrote them.
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Post by mossie on Sept 15, 2008 8:25:02 GMT -5
I think there are a lot of excuses going on here   |
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Post by Megan on Sept 15, 2008 9:13:43 GMT -5
I think that Anne and all Australians on the site can vouch for the fact that NZers do sound like that ( I don't believe it but thats what they say !) Driss = Dress Cheek -- Cheque "The cet set on the met"= The cat sat on the mat" If your companion likes eating "feesh and cheeps," he or she is Australian. If, on the other hand, they prefer "fush and chups," you are undoubtedly dealing with a New Zealander. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr1TUE1doJ8 |
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Post by sunshine817 on Sept 15, 2008 12:48:51 GMT -5
Megan, on a future GTG, I'll bring my Southern US drawl (which gets thicker when I drink) and we'll have made an absolute mess of the English language.
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Post by Shoesy on Sept 15, 2008 23:02:36 GMT -5
Boy, am I slow!  It has just dawned on me that a friend of mine (actually a casual acquaintance) is from NZ, and I've always had to stay on my toes to understand her. Aside from her very different pronunciation, she speaks extremely fast. Is that typical NZ or is that just the way she speaks? Next time I see her I'm going to give her the "six min in a tint with sivin min" test. ;D |
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Post by Megan on Sept 16, 2008 1:57:56 GMT -5
sunshine - Oh what fun we will have !
Shoesy - Yes we do talk fast and is a typical NZ trait - except from those in the Taranaki area who seem to talk reeeeeeeaaaaaaallllllyyyyyyyyyyy slow!
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Post by Katharine on Sept 21, 2008 9:09:02 GMT -5
Like Sunshine, I can bring a drawl with me. Originally from Charleston, SC where they speak a mix of Southern drawl, Boston and a hint of island gullah. Sometimes I can't even understand my brother! Megan, I would love the opportunity to listen to you and see if I can decipher what you are saying. Would that we might be in Paris at the same time.... I dare say that may be a while...  |
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Post by Shoesy on Sept 21, 2008 9:17:31 GMT -5
Since Megan is now residing in England, perhaps her accent will change.  |
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Post by geordy on Sept 21, 2008 9:30:38 GMT -5
I doubt it Shoesy...you can take the girl out of NZ...but you can't take the NZ out of the girl.... If anything the suburbs of London will take on a new sound... ;D Our Megan seems a force to be reckoned with as they say.... ps....keep driving Megan! |
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Post by annette on Sept 21, 2008 9:56:39 GMT -5
Megan, have you moved into your new place and gotten settled in? Hope it's going well |
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Post by Anne on Sept 21, 2008 11:00:34 GMT -5
Chouchou, Meegan with an Oxford accent wouldn't be Meegan anymore ... Geordy : ;D ;D ;D ! |
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It has just dawned on me that a friend of mine (actually a casual acquaintance) is from NZ, and I've always had to stay on my toes to understand her. Aside from her very different pronunciation, she speaks extremely fast. 
hahahha