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Gudday Y'all - translation, weather glee, and the government.

  • Sep. 20th, 2009 at 2:26 PM
kiwiana

Since making my read-aloud chapter for [info]sounis, I've been told that the New Zealand accent is odd - so here, my dear American/English flist people, is the answer. Presented for your perusal, the New Zealand Herald guide to translating Noo Zilland.  I leave it to you all to decode. As always, click on the image to see it bigger (You need to read the text to get the joke).




It was a full-page advertisement I pulled out and hung on my wardrobe door. The Green Party stickers are incidental to the translation.  :)

(Sorry, my attempts to post myself reading out the poster all failed because LJ has no voice-post service for NZ. Grrr.)
 

( Blue sky + daffodils = happiness )( TA has an afternoon lecture cancelled, and decides to spend her free 2 hours visiting the Government... )

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  • Dec. 28th, 2008 at 9:19 PM
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I was having an argument with my History teacher and it got me thinking.

Of course you'll all know the old question about the tree falling in the forest. Well, I have a different question about a tree.

Q. If a tree falls in a forest, and no-one saw it fall, DID IT STILL FALL?

...this is not a trick question. Really, it's not. Myself, I'm positive about the answer. But my teacher disagreed, and I wonder... what does everyone think? Can anyone help?

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