Kiwis/New Zelanders

[RoadRaven]

"Once Were Warriors"... or another good movie giving a different perspective of whanaungatanga (family) is "Whale Rider"

Both of these movies will give you a good idea of NZ accents... not to be confused with Aussie accents please... Australians and NZers sound not at all alike, as I'm sure my neighbours across the ditch will confirm.

[heliotropenz]

Or see The World's Fastest Indian . Should be in a cinema near you sometime soon. Mind you the accent is the regional Southland accent but my grandfather who was born in Southland spoke like that.


The World's Fastest Indian is about bikes, albeit motorbikes, and a man called Bert Munro who set speed records on his 1926 Indian in 1966 and they still stand!

[Lise]

Hey all ya Kiwis (and the transplanted Canuk),

I tried replying twice this morning, and AOL quit on me both times. Let's see how I do now...

I loved Whale Rider. I think I could handle OWW (I read the description at Amazon). Yes, even I can distinguish the NZ from the Oz accent. Or, I should say, I can always pick out an Aussie accent. An Irish accent. An English accent. When I hear NZ, I sort through in my brain, discarding all other possibilities, and then I say, Oh yeah! NZ!

About the wind in Chicago--it's just nutty. This morning it didn't look that windy (the trees outside my window weren't blowing around too much). I took off on my bike to test out some new cold-weather clothes combos, and to check the mileage on a run I want to do. I rode around a city park at one point. Going north, I was riding 18 mph. Coming back south, I was at 8 mph. And it's not really a windy day. It was just a windy moment.

I don't think I've ever watched ER all the way through. My ex loved it, but I got banished from the room when it was on for making sarcastic comments about how unrealistic it was, from a medical perspective. So. I have no idea how they presented Chicago!

Surely there's snow in NZ, Cc! I mean, we all saw Gandalf, the hobbits, and the delicious Viggo Mortensen trudging through snow! So, there you have it. Unimpeachable facts about NZ from Lise in Chicago.

L.

[Trekhawk]

Hey all ya Kiwis (and the transplanted Canuk),

I tried replying twice this morning, and AOL quit on me both times. Let's see how I do now...

I loved Whale Rider. I think I could handle OWW (I read the description at Amazon). Yes, even I can distinguish the NZ from the Oz accent. Or, I should say, I can always pick out an Aussie accent. An Irish accent. An English accent. When I hear NZ, I sort through in my brain, discarding all other possibilities, and then I say, Oh yeah! NZ!

About the wind in Chicago--it's just nutty. This morning it didn't look that windy (the trees outside my window weren't blowing around too much). I took off on my bike to test out some new cold-weather clothes combos, and to check the mileage on a run I want to do. I rode around a city park at one point. Going north, I was riding 18 mph. Coming back south, I was at 8 mph. And it's not really a windy day. It was just a windy moment.

I don't think I've ever watched ER all the way through. My ex loved it, but I got banished from the room when it was on for making sarcastic comments about how unrealistic it was, from a medical perspective. So. I have no idea how they presented Chicago!

Surely there's snow in NZ, Cc! I mean, we all saw Gandalf, the hobbits, and the delicious Viggo Mortensen trudging through snow! So, there you have it. Unimpeachable facts about NZ from Lise in Chicago.

L.

Hey Lise - There is definitely snow in NZ but CC is living in Western Australia at the moment (my home state) and she would be missing snow there as its weather is very similar to Southern California. I think it has snowed there once in my lifetime down in the southern part of the state on the very top of one small mountain and probably melted away just as quickly as it came. No snow but plenty of beautiful beaches.

[Lise]

Hey Lise - There is definitely snow in NZ but CC is living in Western Australia at the moment (my home state) and she would be missing snow there as its weather is very similar to Southern California. I think it has snowed there once in my lifetime down in the southern part of the state on the very top of one small mountain and probably melted away just as quickly as it came. No snow but plenty of beautiful beaches.

Ahhhh....thanks for the explanation. I'll bet the beaches are phenomenal. L.

[crazycanuck]

The beaches in WA are booooeeetiful...(except for the sharks, blue jellyfish & other odd things in the water). Í'll let you know more about them as we discover WA...

One more thing lise....other than NZ films, ozzie films are good too....My faves are The Castle, Muriel's Wedding, Priscilla queen of the desert (hollywood tried to copy it but did a horrible job), The Proposition (very new) & Walkabout.

Aha..WA's weather's the same as SOCAL hey...ya learn somethin new everyday...

c

[Trekhawk]

Aha..WA's weather's the same as SOCAL hey...ya learn somethin new everyday...
c

Well Perths anyway the rest of the state is pretty varied. The Kimberley pretty much just has a wet and dry season and down in the South West its a lot wetter and a bit cooler than Perth. A fairly big range I guess but thats what happens in a big state. Another bit of trivia Western Australia is three and a half times bigger than Texas.

[margo49]

Born in Aotearoa-New Zealand I can agree it is beautiful and the people too. Biking is amazing (well it was 25 years ago when I did)
That said one of my motto's is :
Everything you do on your bike has been done before by an intrepid Englishwoman on a Raleigh Sports with 3-speed Sturmey-Archer gears and a canvas pup-tent on the "carrier" [back rack]

[crazycanuck]

hey tw..where in perth did you live?? I'm in west leederville..(renting...house prices in the area are ) ONly a short train, car or bike ride to cottesloe...I'm eager to get the boogie board out & kick some sharks away...

c

[Trekhawk]

hey tw..where in perth did you live?? I'm in west leederville..(renting...house prices in the area are ) ONly a short train, car or bike ride to cottesloe...I'm eager to get the boogie board out & kick some sharks away...

c

CC - a few different places around the city, got married in Fremantle and had our wedding reception in Cottesloe. My Mum and Dad live in Safety Bay and thats where I grew up. Its pretty big and hideous down that way now but when I was a kid it was a sleepy little town and the only way to get to Perth was along the coastal road thru Freo.

Happy shark free boogie boarding.

[RoadRaven]

One more thing lise....other than NZ films, ozzie films are good too....My faves are The Castle, Muriel's Wedding, Priscilla queen of the desert (hollywood tried to copy it but did a horrible job), The Proposition (very new) & Walkabout.

c

Just gave my partner "The Castle" on DVD... brilliant movie, don't have a clue how many times I have seen it...watched it twice already since his birthday... very very wekk made understated little movie.

Will look out for The Proposition and Walkabout.

Hey CC, if you liked that, you might also enjoy "Stiff Upper Lips", "Mighty Wind", "Waiting for Guffman" and "Best in Show" ... not EnZed or Ozzie movies, but subtley funny and clever like "The Castle"