> I'd probably be confused with "bach" (NZ slang for a small apartment, Which part of NZ did you grow up in? To me (Auckland, ext. family from various places

> I'd probably be confused with "bach" (NZ slang for a small apartment, Which part of NZ did you grow up in? To me (Auckland, ext. family from various places on the South Island), bach doesn't mean small apartment, it means not-very-classy holiday home. This aligns with what wikipedia thinks[1], including disagreeing with your later assertion about bach being short for bachelor pad (which I also have not heard before and doesn't sound right to me) This is super interesting really, for the same reason the study is. Even in a tiny country like NZ we can think local words mean different things. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bach_%28New_Zealand%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bach_%28New_Zealand%29