American -> New Zealand Dictionary: sprinkling

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We've needed rain in Texas for a while!  I went out for a run this morning, and when I got back, the Kiwi Flatmate asked me about the weather.  
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"It wasn't too hot or humid," I said.  "It's sprinkling a little bit, so that kept me cool."
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"Sprinkling!"  she said.  "What's that?!"  
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"Like rain.  Just a little bit of rain.  What would you say?"
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"Spitting.  It's spitting a bit."
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Spitting!  Who wants to go outside when someone's hawking loogies?  Hmmm...does that mean that when it's poring rain in New Zealand that it's drooling?
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Signed,
American Roomie