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NZAmoeba · 07-20-2003, 08:30 PM

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I've always admired the New Zealand Kea - any bird that can dismantle a car with its beak *has* to be respected.

As long as it's not MY car, sure

Sauron · 07-20-2003, 08:36 PM

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Originally posted by NZAmoeba
As long as it's not MY car, sure

So I have a question for Kiwis out there:

1. Does the term "Kiwi" get old? Is that just an outsider thing, or do you use it yourself?

2. Do you get tired of hearing your country referred to as "Middle Earth"?

lunachick · 07-20-2003, 08:39 PM

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Originally posted by Sauron
So I have a question for Kiwis out there:

1. Does the term "Kiwi" get old? Is that just an outsider thing, or do you use it yourself?

We call ourselves Kiwis.

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2. Do you get tired of hearing your country referred to as "Middle Earth"?

LOL. That's a relatively new thing. Kinda cute, really. Although I tend to call my country Aotearoa - the *real* name of this country. (it means "The Land of the Long White Cloud").

Australia is Gondwana. (I think?)

kwigibo · 07-20-2003, 09:07 PM

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Originally posted by lunachick

Australia is Gondwana. (I think?)

sure.

lunachick · 07-20-2003, 09:11 PM

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Originally posted by kwigibo
sure.

Well, it could be if you'd only say you're sorry.

kwigibo · 07-20-2003, 09:18 PM

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Originally posted by Sauron
Funny. I've always thought of NZ as the paradise that Australia would never be. Australia is
* hot, dry, dusty, outback, with
* the world's most poisonous snakes;
* the world's most poisonous spiders;
* the world's most poisonous octopus (blue-ring);
* the world's most poisonous ants (jack jumpers);

Not the Australia where people actually live. There are large parts of New Zealand that aren't really habitable either.

kwigibo · 07-20-2003, 09:21 PM

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Originally posted by lunachick
Well, it could be if you'd only say you're sorry.

to the geologists?

lunachick · 07-20-2003, 09:21 PM

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There are large parts of New Zealand that aren't really habitable either.

Yeah. Like *Mt. Doom*

lunachick · 07-20-2003, 09:24 PM

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to the geologists?

Ahhh, I misunderstood you. I thought you were being facetious about it being an Aboriginal name, so I was thinking more in terms of John Howard not saying sorry.

kwigibo · 07-20-2003, 09:35 PM

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Originally posted by lunachick
Ahhh, I misunderstood you. I thought you were being facetious about it being an Aboriginal name, so I was thinking more in terms of John Howard not saying sorry.

I'm not sure that would be anyone's choice for a collective indigenous name in any case.

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