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  • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

    Today I learned that New Zealand "supper" seems to be more like what I'd imagine hobbits eat for meal number 6 (cheese, crackers, fruit, cookies) than Saskatchewan supper (the full meal you eat at the end of the day after a lot of hard farm labour)

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    @sundogplanets Quick question - do you know if the lecture tomorrow night in New Plymouth needs an advanced booking? Very keen to attend

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    • mattwilcox@mstdn.socialM mattwilcox@mstdn.social

      @AmeliasBrain @sundogplanets Interesting. In the Midlands of the UK we use “breakfast, dinner, tea” for the three main meals. But other bits of the country would use “breakfast, lunch, dinner”.

      It’s a mess of a language.

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      @mattwilcox @AmeliasBrain @sundogplanets

      Dinner is the main meal. So it depends if that's in the middle of the day or towards the end.

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      • ali@river.geek.nzA ali@river.geek.nz

        @sundogplanets Quick question - do you know if the lecture tomorrow night in New Plymouth needs an advanced booking? Very keen to attend

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        @Ali Sorry I have no idea how it works, it's organized by the local group.

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        • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

          Today I learned that New Zealand "supper" seems to be more like what I'd imagine hobbits eat for meal number 6 (cheese, crackers, fruit, cookies) than Saskatchewan supper (the full meal you eat at the end of the day after a lot of hard farm labour)

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          More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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          • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

            More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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            @sundogplanets Love the ambiguity of "do not encourage feeding … on anyone"

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            • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

              Today I learned that New Zealand "supper" seems to be more like what I'd imagine hobbits eat for meal number 6 (cheese, crackers, fruit, cookies) than Saskatchewan supper (the full meal you eat at the end of the day after a lot of hard farm labour)

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              @sundogplanets Your idea of supper matches that of what we had at the end of the day. A.K.A. Dinner.

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              • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

                More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                @sundogplanets I love so much the dumping rubbish one! 😆

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                • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

                  More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                  @sundogplanets Have you heard slip-slop-slap? Not as funny as "don't be a tosser" but another bit of local culture.

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                  • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

                    More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                    @sundogplanets As a French person, I can’t tell you how funny it is to read “big bite” and “breeding season” on the same poster.

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                    • sundogplanets@mastodon.socialS sundogplanets@mastodon.social

                      Observations from a Canadian visiting New Zealand:

                      -Making NZers say "Saskatchewan" is kind of hilarious
                      -Roundabouts work really really well when everyone is used to them
                      -Drip coffee apparently does not exist here (espresso-based coffee drinks only. Even at the one Dunkin Donuts I saw in a hideous mall I had to go inside in Auckland).
                      -NZ signs do not play around (see example below)

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                      @sundogplanets don't know if you're still around there, but i had excellent filter coffee at Daily Daily Coffeemakers when I was in Auckland

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