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Thread ID: 116627 2011-03-13 01:22:00 Where'd the "Bro" thing come from bro? tuiruru (12277) PC World Chat
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1185601 2011-03-13 01:22:00 I'd naturally assumed it was a Kiwi thing since it was one of the language things that was immediately apparent when I first came over here, but i"ve been "talking" to a software developer in Switzerland of all places (I'd found a bug in a bit of his software) and he'd always associated it with America. I'd never really thought about it 'til now.

So, is it another piece of American dross that's been imported from the States along with McDs, KFC and Rap? :ban
tuiruru (12277)
1185602 2011-03-13 01:23:00 Yes. Snorkbox (15764)
1185603 2011-03-13 01:46:00 Thanks cuz! :D :groan: tuiruru (12277)
1185604 2011-03-13 02:07:00 No worries cuzzie bro. :) Snorkbox (15764)
1185605 2011-03-13 02:29:00 I think the addition of cuzzie is NZ. Cicero (40)
1185606 2011-03-13 02:40:00 Some of our local brothers like to copy their africa-american bruthas, so yes, arguably the use of bro has its origins in the US - where they're all bruthas and sistas.

Kind of odd in a way, since there's practically no cultural , historical or genetic relationship between the two groups.

Our local brothers would likely have more heritage with the French and the Spanish.

Hola bro!
Paul.Cov (425)
1185607 2011-03-13 03:30:00 I usually associate those who use the term with low intelligence. wotz (335)
1185608 2011-03-13 03:43:00 I usually associate those who use the term with low intelligence.


And you would be correct
prefect (6291)
1185609 2011-03-13 04:10:00 aw bro! this ain't no good ay. My cuzzie is gone burger as and me sista geeshed her car on a sign out side of kaitoke. her arms got a funny bodangie

Gone Burger, geeshed and bodangie are all part of "bezza's" (Mr Berry's) tech block language. He's a bit "gone burger" as it were, too much sniffing of solvents after hours. probably sticks his head in the extractor outlets for funs :D

We are pretty sure bezz has his own language. His classes are crack up.

I think bro is some sorta american slang. Accent is everything. Maori blokes do it better than most.

Have we got any proper NZ slang? So far I could count a word in but I have no idea how to spell it and it's meaning is probably left unsaid for the greater good of the forums.
The Error Guy (14052)
1185610 2011-03-13 04:13:00 Bro is only used by people with minimal intelligence. goodiesguy (15316)
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