By Max Cryer
ISBN-10: 1458779521
ISBN-13: 9781458779526
‘The Godzone Dictionary’ is a concise A – Z of the phrases and words that make our New Zealand language and speech styles so various. Language specialist Max Cryer examines quite a lot of phrases and words, laying off mild on their origins and supplying precious definitions. Slang phrases and expressions characteristic seriously, whereas one of many distinctive gains of this publication is the massive variety of Maori phrases that experience turn into a part of our universal language in recent times. The directory additionally contains the preferred names of our activities groups (so frequently confused!) and an appendix of universal New Zealand acronyms completes the book.
From Rotovegas to the Naki, either Kiwis (or may still that be Pig Islanders?) and viewers to our shorelines will locate the lingo of Godzone defined easily and properly. by no means stuffy or educational, Max Cryer brings his professional wisdom and dry wit to a booklet that's certain to be a reference for a few years to return. ‘Sweet as!’
Max Cryer is a widely known author, broadcaster and entertainer. In a protracted occupation, he has been a schoolteacher, a compere and tv host, in addition to a performer at the opera degree in London and in cabaret in Las Vegas and Hollywood. Now a full-time author he has written many books, together with ‘Who acknowledged That First?’, ‘Love Me Tender’, ‘Preposterous Proverbs’ and ‘Curious English phrases and Phrases’.
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