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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. |
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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 |
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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:07:11 +0000, 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? Any New Zealander. Every Maori I've met (and I married one of them) has identified as a "Kiwi". > (And is it in fact capitalized? Usually one does not capitalize brit.) It's used a proper noun, so I'd capitalize it. But I'd also capitalize Brit, Yank, and Aussie ![]() |
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Horry > wrote:
>On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:07:11 +0000, Steve Pope wrote: >> So is a Kiwi a New Zealander of European descent, or any >> New Zealander? >Any New Zealander. Every Maori I've met (and I married one of them) has >identified as a "Kiwi". Thanks, I will take this as definitive. :-) Steve |
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On Jan 20, 11:03�pm, 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 . Are there any other than two legged birds, you dodo. |
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On Jan 21, 10:07�am, (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.) That would depend on whether one is a marine biologist or a dumb *******... in your case I strongly suspect the latter. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brit |
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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 |
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