In Zild (and I'm sure that either MaxQ or I have mentioned it before) we get round the whole problem of what to call our holiday homes by using not one, but TWO completely different words for them.

In the North Island, holiday homes of all descriptions, from driftwood-and-corrugated-iron shacks to $2 million architecturally-ruined and aesthetically-challenged multiplexes are called baches.

In the South Island, the self-same holiday homes of all genera are called cribs.

If you talk about a bach or a crib, anyone in New Zealand will understand that you mean a holiday home, although they will not necessarily have any idea about its quality. There are entire books and whole TV documentaries dedicated to the humble and not-so-humble crib/bach. A cottage industry, really ...


The idiot also known as Capfka ...