It's all a con!

[skyring]

You know these Kiwis and their odd vowel sounds? Well, I was sitting in Boreal's lounge while the rest of the organising committee discussed the arrangements for prizes and goodiebags and giveaways.

"What about the petches?" Boreal says.

"Petches?" Kiwijan and Rarsberry look blank. Beautiful, but blank.

"Putches!" Boreal emphasises, holding her hands a small distance apart.

"Pitches?" Kiwijan ventures, gazing around at framed things hanging from the walls.

"No, potches! You know, patches."

Ahhh. Sighs of comprehension. And a chuckle from me - these Kiwis can't understand each other's vowels!

Comments

At least they have vowels!

[tqd.livejournal.com]

Instead of one nice big dipthong!

You say petches/potches/putches/patches/pitches
We say paaaaaaaeytches

[Or do they have a dipthong too? Go through all those vowels at once? "Peaoiyches"? Saves time probably!]

[borealnz.livejournal.com]

LOL :-) We have lovely vowel sounds and can understand each other perfectly (most of the time) so there!!!

Chuckle

[woosang.livejournal.com]

Maybe a North Island vs South Island mis understanding??

[teotakuu.livejournal.com]

Wait until you meet me, my NZild is Maori flavoured all the time so I am always having to repeat what I say to fellowc NZ'ers!!!!

Apopo, tomorrow

[skyring.livejournal.com]

Very defensive about their vowels, all these Kiwis!

We'll have to get all the LJers together for a group shot. Looking forward to seeing you!

[rarsberry.livejournal.com]

I'll have you know that I knew what she meant exactly.
It was KiwiJan that was confused as to what the patches were, not the word.
We were talking about the 2006 BC patches, what to do with them.

[antof9.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Phone Post! Everyone says "what about the patches?"

:)

[resqgeek]

What a fun idea! I love listening to both the Kiwi and Oz accents!