Showing posts with label kiwi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kiwi. Show all posts

Friday, July 22, 2011

quicko: jandals

New Zealand slang for flip-flops.  One of the rare differences between New Zealand English and Australian English.  Evidently someone tried to market flip-flips as "Japanese sandals" and the name got abbreviated.

The primary other NZ-Australian difference I'm aware of is "duvet" (NZ) for "doona" (Australian).  (It's a "comforter" in America.)