I cant believe this happened to me today!
I took one of my duvets to a Launderette in Porirua to be cleaned.
I asked one of the women who worked there how much it would be and if they could do a service wash for me.
She looked at me like I was talking Swahili and she turned to her work mate and said:
"What the heck did she say?"
The other one translated for her.
(She had English parents although they were from somewhere I'd never heard of! lol )
We had a bit of a laugh when I told them both I have lived here for 12 years and don't think my geordie accent is very strong now!
Anyone else had similar "blank" looks when you talk to kiwis?