A bug thenk yoe to those who contrubuted. Hair nairw is the first edution:
Air – how
Air gun? – How are you going?
An enemy – anemone
Another thing coming – another think coming (my own mistake!)
Any fink – anything
Ardest – artist
Asterix – asterisk
Athol eat – athlete
Awso – also
Axe – ask (African American)
Bairww – bell
Baww – ball
Beer – bare
Biww – bill
Bling cut – blanket
Blowen – blown
Bug – big
But – bit
Buww – bull
Can date – candidate
Car mourn – come on
Ceremoany – ceremony
CerVIEcal – cervical
Cheer – chair
Chlorine – clawing
Cloyed key – Clyde Quay
Coined – kind
Congradulations – congratulations
Cooww – cool
Cruel accounting – accrual accounting
Cut – kit
Cut shin – kitchen
Deer – dare
De tier rating – deteriorating
Deteriating – deteriorating
Devoid – divide
Droring – drawing
Ella funt – elephant
Every fink – everything
Fear – fair
Febree – February
Febuary – February
(Jeanette) Fitzsimmons – Fitzsimons
Foyt – fight
Foined – find
Floin – flying
Freud – fried
Freud chuckin’ – fried chicken
Freud eh – Friday
Furs day – Thursday
Godiv Neigh Shuns – God of Nations
Goid – guide
Growen – grown
Head – had
Hedant – hadn’t
Heenious – heinous
Heenis – heinous
Hoy – high
Hoyts – heights
Hunt – hint
HurriCANE – hurricane (hurrikin)
Hut – hit
I head the baww – I had the ball
Kea – care
(John) Keys – Key
Kil-omm-etre – kilometre
Kim Yoon Tee – community
Knowen – known
Larva – lover
Lectral ptishun – electoral petition
Lemming tin – lamington
Lenth – length
Liberians – librarians
Lieberry – library
Loin – line
Luddle butt – little bit
Mischievious – mischievous
Moined – mind
Moyle – mile
Muwk – milk
Myzild – misled
Nigh – no
Noyce – nice
Nucular – nuclear
Optune tea – opportunity
Perogative – prerogative
Piss cryption – prescription
Pitcher – picture
Problee – probably
Pronounciation – pronunciation
Quoits – kites
Renumeration – remuneration
Reuter – writer
Sad day – Saturday
Saline – sailing
Sheer – share
Showen – shown
Shovelry – chivalry
Shut – shit
Sidiv – sort of
Sievin’ – seven
Skier – scare
Sko – let’s go
Skoda bed – let’s go to bed
Skoi – sky
Skunk – skink
Slut – slit
Smaw -small
Spaykung – speaking
Spear – spare
Spoyce – spice
Sput – spit
Stray Leah – Australia
Sut dairn – sit down
Taww – tall
Thenk yoe – thank you
Tier – tear
Toyah – tire, tyre
Troy – try
Try Athol on – triathlon
Uk setra – et cetera
Un – in
Unvoice – invoice
Voice – vice
Vunrubble – vulnerable
Excellent!
But one looks like a typo?
Myzild – misled
And pronouncing a ‘d’ instead of ‘t’; a favourite of two former female Prime Ministers, who would refer to the Labour Pardy, and the National Pardy. It’s now rife on television and radio. Curiously the spelling remains unchanged.
And pronouncing a ‘d’ instead of ‘t’; a favourite of two former female Prime Ministers, who would refer to the Labour Pardy, and the National Pardy. It’s now rife on television and radio. Curiously the spelling remains unchanged.
Almost forgot. New Zillund!
Tea Amoota – Te Awamutu
Noo Zillund!
A favourite of my third form French teacher
Rugby commentator: e’s gorgeous under the post (he’s scored just under the post)
Advocado – avocado
Nothink and somethink
Thanks for your suggestions. I feel an update coming on. Some others:
Adeline – out of line
Air dune – How are you doing?
At – out
At a bairns – out of bounds
At there – out there
Byood fooww – beautiful
Conf dunce – confidence
Crayon – crown
De velp munt – development
Ear – air
Ear Nyo Zullund – Air New Zealand
Geoww – girl
Gurww – girl
Hez tate – hesitate
Mare car – America
Mezh munt – measurement
Munster – minister
Munstruther Crayon – Minister of the Crown
Nesh noow – national
Nyo – new
Nyo Zullund – New Zealand
Pap ram – Paraparam
Pardy piwws – pills
Prog div – prerogative
Pry Munster – Prime Minister
Pudder puddumu – Paraparaumu
Stiss diss dicks – statistics
Unta nesh noow – international
A nuvva – another
Arks – ask
Blend – bland
Bovva – bother
Bruvva – brother
Duvva dind – dividend
Ewes – you
Festival – first of all
Foiled – filed
Oiland – Ireland, island
Muvva – mother
Nuff ink – nothing
Oil – I’ll
Pier – pair, pear
Prostrate – prostate
Puck din – Picton
Response baldy – responsibility
Tea ah mood ooh – Te Awamutu
The Hawk’s Bay – Hawkes Bay
Un – in
Ut – it
Uvva – other
Woolington – Wellington
Woy rapper – Wairarapa
Is is “I” raq or “E” raq please? I hear both options on the radio and television.
“Fella’s” or “felluhs” for fellows. Usually preceeded nowadays by “ewes”.
Tea Tie Bay for Titahi Bay
Pard’n nui for Pauatahanui
How could I forget Pie Cock for Paekakariki
irregardless
Further to my post above re Iraq – “I/Erark” or “I/Erack”
Pacific for Specific
Hi John, these would make great t-shirt printed captions, you should sell them to whomever paints the sayings on t-shirts! Dale
Oh gosh, this is hilarious! I am an English major in college (just like my mother was) but as a kid I was so afraid to say “ask” b/c it either sounded like “ass” or “ax”. When I was five I would become so afraid if my first grade teacher called on me to read out loud and I noticed the word “ask” somewhere in the sentence. I pretty much went the next couple of years avoiding the word. I’m not sure when I stopped doing that exactly but by third grade I could say “ask” properly. Whew!
So when I saw “ask (african american)” on your list I had to laugh!
this is a great list, I’ll add one further:
Ish-shoes – issues