DISQUS

banane: Kiwi-Isms

  • Count de Forez · 3 years ago
    since you asked ...
    >Feel free to add or correct.

    and since you're interested in
    19th cent england ...

    "Bob's your uncle" isnt from NZ.
    It's supposedly a reference to
    the nepotisic practices of
    Robert Cecil, the Victorian PM.

    --psb the obscure
  • anna · 3 years ago
    Seems to have a varied past, and is referred as Cockney slang, which was adopted by Aussies & Kiwis. Site: http://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/jerryp/bo...
  • tommy · 1 year ago
    1- "chocka", aka "chock full"