That's fantastic Celianne!


More of New Zealand culture:

Santa doesn't wear a great big red coat he wears flip flops, sunnies (sun glasses) and boardies (board shorts eg swim shorts). A swim at the beach and a barbeque is great on Christmas day.

Waitangi day (like Australian day) is a day of anger for alot of people (celebration of the day we all got together? I think not).

Words we like to use:

Another person- Bro, mate, dude
Names of teachers- Miss or Mistaah- apparently they don't have last names but then again I don't blame the students. What's wrong with being able to use a teacher's first name? Oh, right respect? or hierachy?

Mother- old lady
Father- old man

Our weather isn't in extremes- nice warm summers and winters that aren't freezing.

We're mostly a laid back/chilled people, we like fun and a good old chin wag.

Cecilia, that's awesome. I have to do it for my state.

You're from Colorado if----

You'll eat ice cream in the winter.

When the weather report says it's going to be 65 degrees, you shave your
legs and wear a skirt.

It snows 5 inches and you don't expect school to be cancelled.

You'll wear flip flops every day of the year, regardless of temperature.

You have no accent at all, but can hear other people's. And then you make
fun of them.

'Humid' is over 25%.

Your sense of direction is: Toward the mountains and Away from the
mountains.

You say 'the interstate' and everybody knows which one.

You think that May is a totally normal month for a blizzard.

You grew up planning your holloween costumes around your coat.

You know what the Continental Divide is.

You don't think Coors beer is that big a deal.

You went to Casa Bonita as a kid.

You've gone off-roading in a vehicle that was never intended for such
activities.

You always know the elevation of where you are.

You wake up to a beautiful, 80 degree day and you wonder if it's going to
snow tomorrow.

You don't care that some company renamed it, the Broncos still play at Mile High.

Every movie theater has military and student discounts.

Everybody wears jeans to church.

You actually know that South Park is a real place not just a show on TV.

You know what a 'trust fund hippy' is, and you know its natural habitat is
Boulder.

You know you're talking to a fellow Coloradoan when they call it Elitches, not Six Flags.

A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you.

When people out East tell you they have mountains in their state too, you
just laugh.

You go anywhere else on the planet and the air feels 'sticky'
and you notice the sky is no longer blue.

Go Rockies!!!

Haha, I love these! They are so true!!

I live in New Zealand now, but I was born in South Africa, and deep down my heart it still green and gold.!

Never mind what colour we are, our blood is all green. And we are soooo proud.

1. You eat Bar One, Not MARS

2. You used to drink "Red Juice" and "Green Juice" when you were a kid, some of you still do. And no-one reeeally knows exactly what it is.

3. You're familiar with 7de Laan, Isidingo, Egoli, Pumpkin Patch, Wielie Walie, Takalani Sesame, Noeleen, Felicia (on-"e" and Riaan Cruywagen. You know who Cherel is.

4. You know that McDonald's doesn't exist. It's Steers.

5. You know that snow is a memorable and freakish occurrence. Sometimes it's even fake.

6. You know that a "stompie" is a cigarette butt, and to "pick up stompies" had nothing to do with cigarette butts.

7. You know that some people pronounce "South Africa" like "Safrica" and call us "Saffas" and that's ok.

8. You know that while we call our friends 'Bru' and 'boet' we don't all speak English with bad Afrkaans accents, contrary to the way the we are portrayed in every American and British movie.

9. You've seen Tsotsi, The Gods Must Be Crazy, and every single film made by Leon Schuster (though you deny having watched any of them) and maybe even Crazy Monkey the Movie

10. It makes you happy when someone in Hollywood is actually South African... Charlize Theron, Arnold Vosloo, Richard E Grant, Stelio Savante

11. One word: Howzit.

12. You know that Ellis Park 1995 was one of our proudest moments in history. We just rock.

13. You know that you are not going to die of cholera or other Third World diseases (unless you go across the border)

14. We know that the Metric system will always be better than anything inches, feet, pounds and farenheit will ever offer

15. You drive on the left-hand side of the road.

16. You think of South Africa as being somewhat out of place within the African continent; surrounded by unstable ex-colonial nations who regard you as racist, imperialist, and unfairly wealthy.

17. You know there is some sort of bizarre rivarly between the cities of Cape Town and Johannesburg. You know that people from CT are "too laid back", and people from JHB are "too agro".

18. You know that you can't eat Chappies alone... Otherwise who will you play the 'Did you know...' game with when you're reading the wrapper?

19. You know that Cape Town should be the capital because Pretoria is a hole.

20. You're not really sure if your capital city is called Pretoria or Tshwane

21. You know that Americans think we all live in Mud Huts and have animals in our back yards.

22. You feel obliged to spread salty black stuff that looks like congealed motor oil on bread... and actually grow to like it. You've also squeeze Bovril through Provitas to make little Bovril worms.

23. . You've ever used the words - lekker, "the bomb", 100's, rad, schweet - to mean good. And then you place 'fokken' in front of it when you REALLY mean it.

24. You know there is NO SUCH THING as a barbeque. It is a BRAAI. BBQ'ing is for sissies.

25. You know that the braai is a political arena; the person holding the tongs is always the boss and usually a man. And the women make the salad.

26. The private lives of rugby players and high-up politicians become more important than any other local and national news stories.

27. You know the national anthem, but still don't understand half of what you're singing. And you're ok with that.

28. Boerewors rolls & Rusks. End of story.

29. You really hope 2010 works out, worry that it won't and have already decided to blame the government if it doesn't.

30. You have a story that somehow involves an excessive consumption of witblits... but you can't remember.

31. You've eaten a Spur Burger - and name it as the one thing you miss when you're overseas.

32. You've heard the President dismiss anyone who disagrees with him simply as 'racist', and that's enough to make us sit down and shut up.

33. You know that the value of a public holiday is measured in terms of alchohol. And you thus love April.

34. You know that South African swimsuite models are the hottest on the planet, and no-one can tell you otherwise.

35. You remember Simba Kreols. And you know what Nik Niks are.

36. You've ever hated or loved the TV adds for the "Goue Sokkie Dans Treffers 3" CD

37. You've ever sung along to "Hier Kommie Bokke"

38. The word "yes" has long ago been replaced with "ja" or "yebo"

39. You have caught yourself questioning someone's statement with "Se-Ri-Ous!?"

40. You know who "Van Der Merwe" is

41. You have used the word "Eish!" to express surprise... or disappointment..... or confusion....

42. You've tried to imitate the way Nelson Mandela speaks

43. You've not been able to find a particular place/ street/ building/ town/ city/ province because it's been renamed and no-one informed you.

44. You drink Klippies and Cola

45. You get thrown WITH a stone.

46. You wear Jean Pants

47. You've ever had to explain to a foreigner that maids are NOT slaves

48. You don't know how to put petrol into your car. The first time you go overseas and have to put in your own petrol, it is a very strange experience.

49. You know that: a red ROBOT means stop. A green robot means go. An orange robot means drive like the devil is behind you to get through before it turns red. What the hell is a traffic light?

50. You know the difference between 'now', 'now-now', 'just now', 'right now' and 'later'!

51. Ja-Nee

52. A roundabout doesn’t exist. It’s called a circle.

New Zealanders are the hardest people in the world to understand.
They talk to fast and have incredible amounts of slang:

Big = mammoth, hearty
Eat a meal = have a feed
Red hair = Ginj, Ranga, Ginga
Awesome = mint, mean
Screwed up = munted
Cheap = budget
Hey = oi
Shitty = whorey
Funny = crack up
Disappointed = gutted
Get angry = get agro, go nato
Friend = mate
Steal = nick, tuck
Dinner = tea
Get lost = bugger off
Getting grumpy = packing a sad, having a cry
When something stops working = packing a sad (eg my fridge packed a sad)
Really? = Actual?
Totally = fully

Add "as" and "aye" (said like the letter "a" to the end of words/sentences:
sweet as, cool as, it's cold as, that was mean aye etc

Abbreviate and shorten everything:
(and say the abbreviation/shortened word, not the actual word)
As soon as possible = ASAP
Average = av
Possible = poss
Retard = tard
Gutted = gutts
Family = fam
Anorexic = ano
Breakfast = brekkie
Cousin = cuz

Call everyone:
Bro...everyone

ItsKatie wrote:
[quote]
16. You think of South Africa as being somewhat out of place within the African continent; surrounded by unstable ex-colonial nations who regard you as racist, imperialist, and unfairly wealthy.
quote]

All South Africans think this?

ItsKatie wrote:

QUOTE:
New Zealanders are the hardest people in the world to understand.
They talk to fast and have incredible amounts of slang:

Big = mammoth, hearty
Eat a meal = have a feed
Red hair = Ginj, Ranga, Ginga
Awesome = mint, mean
Screwed up = munted
Cheap = budget
Hey = oi
Shitty = whorey
Funny = crack up
Disappointed = gutted
Get angry = get agro, go nato
Friend = mate
Steal = nick, tuck
Dinner = tea
Get lost = bugger off
Getting grumpy = packing a sad, having a cry
When something stops working = packing a sad (eg my fridge packed a sad)
Really? = Actual?
Totally = fully

Add "as" and "aye" (said like the letter "a" to the end of words/sentences:
sweet as, cool as, it's cold as, that was mean aye etc

Abbreviate and shorten everything:
(and say the abbreviation/shortened word, not the actual word)
As soon as possible = ASAP
Average = av
Possible = poss
Retard = tard
Gutted = gutts
Family = fam
Anorexic = ano
Breakfast = brekkie
Cousin = cuz

Call everyone:
Bro...everyone

"Yeeep that's the one", "Aw too much girl" lol.