On my travels with Stray I met some really fun, interesting people from around the world. Here are a few pictures of those friends. Colleen and Tracy (both have dark hair) are from Portland, OR. Lara and Ryan are from England, Ruth from Ireland and BP, our driver, is from Auckland. Everyone else is from all over. One of my favorite things to do during my travels was to ask everyone who was from a different country what the main differences were that they saw in me and how I talk and I would tell them of my observations. I have a notebook full of all these words and what they mean in different countries. Pretty funny! It's amazing how we might all speak English, but yet each country has it's own slang.
Some examples from NZ include:
"Keen"- excited or ready for it
"trolley"-shopping cart
"jumper"-sweatshirt
"jandals"-sandals
"togs"-swim suit
"Give way"-yield
"sunnies"-sunglasses
"mate"-friend
"cueue"-line up
"sweet as"-It's all good
There are plenty more differences, but I will list more later.
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