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To: Tax-chick
My younger sister moved to New Zealand and was surprised when the hotel clerk asked when they should send someone around to 'knock her up' in the morning.

In NZ speak, that means to knock on the door to wake someone.

My sister, not knowing... she scheduled 3 wakeup calls for the same morning. ;)

/johnny

24 posted on 06/21/2014 4:42:29 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Heh, that’s a good one.


27 posted on 06/21/2014 4:44:22 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Cynicism is a far greater spiritual danger than naivete." ~ Stephen Webb)
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