On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:07:11 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

> Horry > wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:03:01 +1300, bob wrote:
>
>>> On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:55:34 +0100, (Victor Sack)
>>> shouted from the highest rooftop:
>
>>>>A few handy hints: a kiwi is a bird, the little thing in your grocery
>>>>store is called a kiwi fruit.
>>>
>>> Correction: a kiwi is not only a flightless, two legged bird native to
>>> New Zealand, it is also the name used for a flightless, two legged human
>>> inhabitant of New Zealand.
>
>>They're Kiwis, not kiwis.
>
> So is a Kiwi a New Zealander of European descent, or any
> New Zealander?
>
> (And is it in fact capitalized? Usually one does not capitalize
> brit.)
>
> Steve

i think in australia and n.z., 'brit' is usually spelled 'pommy *******.'

your pal,
blake