Funny How It Seems

My Dear Princess & Dear Fellows,

I don't think I have become Kiwified. Not yet. Not really. I am surprised, because I'm a bugger for picking up the accents. 

Also, in my first month in NZ, I did pick up a decent accent. I think it is because I was based in the Bay of Plenty for most of that month, living in a Kiwi-intensive environment. But then, on moving here to Wellington, there are so many other accents around that it seemed to fade and the Yorkshire accent reasserted itself.

"You are SOOOO posh," Feefs told me. "You sound like Prince Harry."

Really. Prince Harry. These Kiwis have no idea.

However, I have picked up their over-use of the word "true". It's a bit like how the Scots over-use "just" which I just use just all the time just now. 

But with the Kiwis, they love a bit of "true". Obviously one might use it when someone makes a correct statement:

KIWI: Piers Morgan has a face that looks like smug arse-acne.
OTHER KIWI: True.

But one can also use it to indicate agreement:

KIWI: I effing hate that toe-rag Piers Morgan.
OTHER KIWI: Oooh, true!

You can also use it in a questioning way:

KIWI: I heard that Piers Morgan's willy looks like a mini Nigel Farage.
OTHER KIWI: True?

So that's me now. I quite like it. It is useful shorthand. I think "true" is a bit like the German "genau", except it makes me think of Spandau Ballet.

Ha ha ha HAAAAAAA ha. I know this much is TROOOOOOO...

S.