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New Zealandese
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English
Etymology
From en New Zealand ese.
Proper noun
1
en informal The variety of English spoken in New Zealand.
en 1990 Allan Bell; Janet Holmes New Zealand Ways of Speaking English 34 The language we speak is New Zealandese, with its own idiom and pronunciation, and is just as distinctive as the language spoken by Americans, South Africans, Australians and Canadians.
en 2005 Wolfgang Klopfer Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race 227 He also won three bottles of champagne, or in New Zealandese, champers.