02-12-2021, 01:56 AM
I mentioned time spent on an off shore island in the early 1970s. A couple running the accomodation where I stayed had moved there 20 or so years prior and retained all the expressions current when they went there. To get a move on "rattle your dags". "What a dag" (character) "Corker" (notable), " root", plus many from then common use by maori and purloining of now considered very non PC. "korero" protracted discussion, "taiho" later, procrastination (a notable characteristic) "puckeroo" broken , "rangatira" influential boss man, and more which would get me excommunicated.