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I've been keeping track of a bunch of words/phrases that are different in New Zealand! I'll be updating this post as I go, because let me tell you, sometimes I feel like my students or family are speaking a different language! It's fun to decode words and laugh if I say something that doesn't make any sense here. :)
NZ word: US word
bush: forest
marking: grading (school work)
torch: flashlight
mat: classroom carpet
singlet: camisole
boot: car trunk
rubber: eraser
maths: math class
tick: check mark
clicking: snapping (fingers)
lolly: candy
takeaway: take out food
Vivid: brand of permanent marker
Jovie: brand of crayon/colored pencil-like drawing tool
There plenty of other different words that I will add as they come to me!