This would really be the perfect point for someone new to start perusing this forum to see what it's like.
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I figured about the only safe thing to say to a female colleague was "I like your new hairstyle". Then I said it one day to a co-worker and she...
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How can you hate tacos and chocolate? That's just wrong, like enjoying chocolate and peanut butter mixed together.
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Wait, we have a toolbox?
And there's the hockey team, the black sticks. Cricket - black caps Ice Hockey - ice blacks It keeps going...
My country produced the All Blacks. Greatest rugby team in the universe, literally. RESPECT! Also - [img]
Yeah, but they're wrong. I realize that could come across as mildly provocative, but prove it isn't the case...
Vegemite is Australian. You really want to risk going with something from a country that has more deadly creatures in it than a Peter Jackson film?
One, lies, and two, even if, marmite is what fuels the All Blacks, so nyah.
Says the guy who thinks Reese's are edible.
Psst, @Randomacts , you're up...
NSFW Yeah, it's got a completely different connotation in New Zealand. It just means you're talking about somewhere remote and away from...
One time someone got a bit upset when I used the word "crook" to mean "feeling sick". Can't remember the exact sentence, but you can see that...
Mildly NSFW The first time I ever got a strong reaction was using the word wops talking to an Italian American co-worker.
Cannot tell you how many times I've gotten into trouble because an innocuous word in New Zealand culture is, umm, not innocuous here. I also like...
Man, that stopped that conversation dead in its tracks, didn't it.
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