Kiwis?
I-Tech
11-12-2002, 02:44 PM
In my time on Automotive Forums I have often come across the definition Kiwi.. It seems that P-Man is a "kiwi" and others are as well.. My question is: What does "kiwi" mean? Do you say Kiwi when someone comes from New Zealand? :rolleyes:
Greetings
"The Kiwi n00b"
I-Tech
Greetings
"The Kiwi n00b"
I-Tech
DVSNCYNIKL
11-12-2002, 03:16 PM
Kiwi is just a nick for our fellow AF'ers from New Zealand.
Primera Man is the biggest of em all.:D :D :D
Primera Man is the biggest of em all.:D :D :D
darkness
11-12-2002, 03:43 PM
Yeah 'kiwi' pretty much means someone from New Zealand.
It's much like calling someone from the US a yank or yankee. Or an englishman being called a 'pom'
It's become the general slang for New Zealander
It's much like calling someone from the US a yank or yankee. Or an englishman being called a 'pom'
It's become the general slang for New Zealander
Rich
11-12-2002, 04:16 PM
Originally posted by darkness
Or an englishman being called a 'pom'
Oddly enough, I had never heard that one before :confused:
Or an englishman being called a 'pom'
Oddly enough, I had never heard that one before :confused:
YogsVR4
11-12-2002, 04:56 PM
People from Wisconson are Cheeseheads
People from Illinois are FIBs
People from the upper penninsula of Michigan are Yoopers
People from Illinois are FIBs
People from the upper penninsula of Michigan are Yoopers
ragt20
11-12-2002, 05:06 PM
Originally posted by HuMMerMan
Oddly enough, I had never heard that one before :confused:
well only the Aussies or Kiwis call us Poms......that could explain why you ain't heard of that...:)
Oddly enough, I had never heard that one before :confused:
well only the Aussies or Kiwis call us Poms......that could explain why you ain't heard of that...:)
speediva
11-12-2002, 08:00 PM
And never EVER mistake a Kiwi for an Aussie. :uhoh: TRUST me on that one. :eek:
If I have to explain Aussie, we're in trouble. :p
If I have to explain Aussie, we're in trouble. :p
higgimonster
11-12-2002, 08:11 PM
Originally posted by saturntangerine
And never EVER mistake a Kiwi for an Aussie. :uhoh: TRUST me on that one. :eek:
If I have to explain Aussie, we're in trouble. :p
Well, um, I am very aware that Kiwis are never to be compared to Aussies and I have come to accept that.
But maybe you could explain it to all the new people here. Not me, cause I already know, just the new guys. yeah....
And never EVER mistake a Kiwi for an Aussie. :uhoh: TRUST me on that one. :eek:
If I have to explain Aussie, we're in trouble. :p
Well, um, I am very aware that Kiwis are never to be compared to Aussies and I have come to accept that.
But maybe you could explain it to all the new people here. Not me, cause I already know, just the new guys. yeah....
slave
11-12-2002, 08:39 PM
Kiwi ia an ancient term meaning "He who seeks carnal knowledge of sheep."
higgimonster
11-12-2002, 08:43 PM
Originally posted by slave
Kiwi ia an ancient term meaning "He who seeks carnal knowledge of sheep."
:spit: :spit:
Kiwi ia an ancient term meaning "He who seeks carnal knowledge of sheep."
:spit: :spit:
speediva
11-12-2002, 10:01 PM
Originally posted by slave
Kiwi ia an ancient term meaning "He who seeks carnal knowledge of sheep."
Dayum!!! Give a girl some warning if you're posting really funny material like that!!! I almost spat my rootbeer all over my new keyboard and monitor!!! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
Kiwi ia an ancient term meaning "He who seeks carnal knowledge of sheep."
Dayum!!! Give a girl some warning if you're posting really funny material like that!!! I almost spat my rootbeer all over my new keyboard and monitor!!! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
YogsVR4
11-12-2002, 10:34 PM
Originally posted by saturntangerine
Dayum!!! Give a girl some warning if you're posting really funny material like that!!! I almost spat my rootbeer all over my new keyboard and monitor!!! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
Thats ok, then you can get an actual computer instead of a piece of fruit. :D But I agree, that was pretty damn funny :D :D
Dayum!!! Give a girl some warning if you're posting really funny material like that!!! I almost spat my rootbeer all over my new keyboard and monitor!!! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
Thats ok, then you can get an actual computer instead of a piece of fruit. :D But I agree, that was pretty damn funny :D :D
slave
11-12-2002, 10:36 PM
Originally posted by saturntangerine
Dayum!!! Give a girl some warning if you're posting really funny material like that!!! I almost spat my rootbeer all over my new keyboard and monitor!!! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
Lol, Im sorry sweety, but Im glad you find it funny, Im haunted by the fact one of our neighbours may have, at one stage, had sex with my sweater!!!!
Dayum!!! Give a girl some warning if you're posting really funny material like that!!! I almost spat my rootbeer all over my new keyboard and monitor!!! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
Lol, Im sorry sweety, but Im glad you find it funny, Im haunted by the fact one of our neighbours may have, at one stage, had sex with my sweater!!!!
higgimonster
11-12-2002, 10:39 PM
Originally posted by slave
Lol, Im sorry sweety, but Im glad you find it funny, Im haunted by the fact one of our neighbours may have, at one stage, had sex with my sweater!!!!
:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
To quote the best:
"The sheer mechanics of it are mind-boggeling" -Austin Powers
Lol, Im sorry sweety, but Im glad you find it funny, Im haunted by the fact one of our neighbours may have, at one stage, had sex with my sweater!!!!
:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
To quote the best:
"The sheer mechanics of it are mind-boggeling" -Austin Powers
replicant_008
11-13-2002, 01:03 AM
Kiwis - a kiwi is a small native flightless bird which is a national symbol of New Zealand. Hence, New Zealanders refer to themselves as kiwis.
Australians and New Zealanders have a fierce sporting rivalry being close neighbours (in the same way Queensland and NSW have a sporting rivalty, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, the Mets and Yankees for that matter).
New Zealanders are a lot like Canadians - we tend to get overshadowed by our more well-known neighbor. We have our own culture and we are proud of our acheivements. Often our neighbors claim some of our folk as their own - mainly because a lot of kiwis are in Australia and a lot of Australian are in NZ (in fact until about 15 years ago you could fly between each country without a passport if you were a NZ or AU citizen) eg Russell Crowe, Neil Finn, Jay Taurima, Lisa Chappell, Rebecca Gibney were all born in NZ. In the same way many of us don't realise that Neve Campbell and William Shatner are Canadian Born.
Having said that - away from both NZ and AU - kiwis and diggers have fought wars as ANZACs, and we have an affinity and friendship with each other esp when I travelled around the world you could always count an Australian, South African and Canadian as being folk you have a beer with and become friends...
Incidentally, POM is a Australasia term for an Englishman - it comes from POME ie prisoner of mother england which is where the sons of the sheep stealers, the convict kids across the ditch are descended...
:finger:
kidding but you get the picture - we bag them as descendants of criminals and the scum that settled and they bag us as the sheep shaggers... it's only natural...
Australians and New Zealanders have a fierce sporting rivalry being close neighbours (in the same way Queensland and NSW have a sporting rivalty, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, the Mets and Yankees for that matter).
New Zealanders are a lot like Canadians - we tend to get overshadowed by our more well-known neighbor. We have our own culture and we are proud of our acheivements. Often our neighbors claim some of our folk as their own - mainly because a lot of kiwis are in Australia and a lot of Australian are in NZ (in fact until about 15 years ago you could fly between each country without a passport if you were a NZ or AU citizen) eg Russell Crowe, Neil Finn, Jay Taurima, Lisa Chappell, Rebecca Gibney were all born in NZ. In the same way many of us don't realise that Neve Campbell and William Shatner are Canadian Born.
Having said that - away from both NZ and AU - kiwis and diggers have fought wars as ANZACs, and we have an affinity and friendship with each other esp when I travelled around the world you could always count an Australian, South African and Canadian as being folk you have a beer with and become friends...
Incidentally, POM is a Australasia term for an Englishman - it comes from POME ie prisoner of mother england which is where the sons of the sheep stealers, the convict kids across the ditch are descended...
:finger:
kidding but you get the picture - we bag them as descendants of criminals and the scum that settled and they bag us as the sheep shaggers... it's only natural...
speediva
11-13-2002, 01:54 AM
Yogs: I'll have you know my monitor is a PC monitor ;)
And it looks like Replicant is back to his traditional posting style ;) Yeah! :D
And it looks like Replicant is back to his traditional posting style ;) Yeah! :D
DVSNCYNIKL
11-13-2002, 08:47 AM
Originally posted by replicant_008
Kiwis - a kiwi is a small native flightless bird which is a national symbol of New Zealand. Hence, New Zealanders refer to themselves as kiwis.
Australians and New Zealanders have a fierce sporting rivalry being close neighbours (in the same way Queensland and NSW have a sporting rivalty, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, the Mets and Yankees for that matter).
New Zealanders are a lot like Canadians - we tend to get overshadowed by our more well-known neighbor. We have our own culture and we are proud of our acheivements. Often our neighbors claim some of our folk as their own - mainly because a lot of kiwis are in Australia and a lot of Australian are in NZ (in fact until about 15 years ago you could fly between each country without a passport if you were a NZ or AU citizen) eg Russell Crowe, Neil Finn, Jay Taurima, Lisa Chappell, Rebecca Gibney were all born in NZ. In the same way many of us don't realise that Neve Campbell and William Shatner are Canadian Born.
Having said that - away from both NZ and AU - kiwis and diggers have fought wars as ANZACs, and we have an affinity and friendship with each other esp when I travelled around the world you could always count an Australian, South African and Canadian as being folk you have a beer with and become friends...
Incidentally, POM is a Australasia term for an Englishman - it comes from POME ie prisoner of mother england which is where the sons of the sheep stealers, the convict kids across the ditch are descended...
:finger:
kidding but you get the picture - we bag them as descendants of criminals and the scum that settled and they bag us as the sheep shaggers... it's only natural...
You know, I've been trying to put my finger on who exactly replicant reminds me of when he posts. He reminds me of Tim "The Toolman" Taylor's neighbor, I forget his name.:D :) :D :D
Kiwis - a kiwi is a small native flightless bird which is a national symbol of New Zealand. Hence, New Zealanders refer to themselves as kiwis.
Australians and New Zealanders have a fierce sporting rivalry being close neighbours (in the same way Queensland and NSW have a sporting rivalty, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, the Mets and Yankees for that matter).
New Zealanders are a lot like Canadians - we tend to get overshadowed by our more well-known neighbor. We have our own culture and we are proud of our acheivements. Often our neighbors claim some of our folk as their own - mainly because a lot of kiwis are in Australia and a lot of Australian are in NZ (in fact until about 15 years ago you could fly between each country without a passport if you were a NZ or AU citizen) eg Russell Crowe, Neil Finn, Jay Taurima, Lisa Chappell, Rebecca Gibney were all born in NZ. In the same way many of us don't realise that Neve Campbell and William Shatner are Canadian Born.
Having said that - away from both NZ and AU - kiwis and diggers have fought wars as ANZACs, and we have an affinity and friendship with each other esp when I travelled around the world you could always count an Australian, South African and Canadian as being folk you have a beer with and become friends...
Incidentally, POM is a Australasia term for an Englishman - it comes from POME ie prisoner of mother england which is where the sons of the sheep stealers, the convict kids across the ditch are descended...
:finger:
kidding but you get the picture - we bag them as descendants of criminals and the scum that settled and they bag us as the sheep shaggers... it's only natural...
You know, I've been trying to put my finger on who exactly replicant reminds me of when he posts. He reminds me of Tim "The Toolman" Taylor's neighbor, I forget his name.:D :) :D :D
I-Tech
11-13-2002, 10:22 AM
Thanks for replying everybody! ;) I guess I am now a kiwi professor - next to the king: P-Man!!! :smoka:
taranaki
11-13-2002, 12:59 PM
Originally posted by DVSNCYNIKL
You know, I've been trying to put my finger on who exactly replicant reminds me of when he posts. He reminds me of Tim "The Toolman" Taylor's neighbor, I forget his name.:D :) :D :D
"Well actually Tim,the man Ithink you are looking for is called Wilson."
Wilson Wilson jnr,to be exact.Played by Earl Hindman.
AND YOU'LL NEVER SEE HIS FACE 'CAUSE IT'S:bloated: :silly: :cyclops: :toothless
You know, I've been trying to put my finger on who exactly replicant reminds me of when he posts. He reminds me of Tim "The Toolman" Taylor's neighbor, I forget his name.:D :) :D :D
"Well actually Tim,the man Ithink you are looking for is called Wilson."
Wilson Wilson jnr,to be exact.Played by Earl Hindman.
AND YOU'LL NEVER SEE HIS FACE 'CAUSE IT'S:bloated: :silly: :cyclops: :toothless
YogsVR4
11-13-2002, 01:17 PM
Originally posted by I-Tech
Thanks for replying everybody! ;) I guess I am now a kiwi professor - next to the king: P-Man!!! :smoka:
Careful If dont use the word King in conjunction with P-Man. It might go to his head. ;)
Thanks for replying everybody! ;) I guess I am now a kiwi professor - next to the king: P-Man!!! :smoka:
Careful If dont use the word King in conjunction with P-Man. It might go to his head. ;)
DVSNCYNIKL
11-13-2002, 01:18 PM
Originally posted by YogsVR4
Careful If dont use the word King in conjunction with P-Man. It might go to his head. ;)
w3rd!:D
Careful If dont use the word King in conjunction with P-Man. It might go to his head. ;)
w3rd!:D
ragt20
11-13-2002, 04:51 PM
Originally posted by taranaki
"Well actually Tim,the man Ithink you are looking for is called Wilson."
Wilson Wilson jnr,to be exact.Played by Earl Hindman.
AND YOU'LL NEVER SEE HIS FACE 'CAUSE IT'S:bloated: :silly: :cyclops: :toothless
thats the one...wonder if replicant can change his screen name to Wilson...:hehehe: :D
"Well actually Tim,the man Ithink you are looking for is called Wilson."
Wilson Wilson jnr,to be exact.Played by Earl Hindman.
AND YOU'LL NEVER SEE HIS FACE 'CAUSE IT'S:bloated: :silly: :cyclops: :toothless
thats the one...wonder if replicant can change his screen name to Wilson...:hehehe: :D
speediva
11-13-2002, 05:24 PM
Originally posted by YogsVR4
Careful If dont use the word King in conjunction with P-Man. It might go to his head. ;)
I thought everyone knew that Heep is King and I am Queen??? :confused: :bloated: :finger:
Careful If dont use the word King in conjunction with P-Man. It might go to his head. ;)
I thought everyone knew that Heep is King and I am Queen??? :confused: :bloated: :finger:
replicant_008
11-13-2002, 06:20 PM
:huh:
"A rose would be a rose by any other name..."
Or in my case, an old man with a prediliction for rambling notes...
if being Wilson would to infer that you think me wise then thank you for the flattery if it means that you think me to be an old man espousing irrelevant trivia then I'll go hide...
And no I won't be Wilson as a screenname it would be too confusing to have more than one screenname on different forums...
Though none of you have seen my face... maybe I am Wilson after all...
"A rose would be a rose by any other name..."
Or in my case, an old man with a prediliction for rambling notes...
if being Wilson would to infer that you think me wise then thank you for the flattery if it means that you think me to be an old man espousing irrelevant trivia then I'll go hide...
And no I won't be Wilson as a screenname it would be too confusing to have more than one screenname on different forums...
Though none of you have seen my face... maybe I am Wilson after all...
ragt20
11-13-2002, 06:23 PM
Originally posted by replicant_008
:huh:
if being Wilson would to infer that you think me wise then thank you for the flattery
Though none of you have seen my face... maybe I am Wilson after all...
that's the one I was thinking of :D
:huh:
if being Wilson would to infer that you think me wise then thank you for the flattery
Though none of you have seen my face... maybe I am Wilson after all...
that's the one I was thinking of :D
taranaki
11-13-2002, 11:36 PM
Originally posted by replicant_008
Though none of you have seen my face... maybe I am Wilson after all...
post it up for us then.Unless you are Rodney Hide,in which case,don't bother.:D
Though none of you have seen my face... maybe I am Wilson after all...
post it up for us then.Unless you are Rodney Hide,in which case,don't bother.:D
kris
11-14-2002, 02:02 AM
I thought a kiwi was a fuzzy fruit?
Better late than never.
Better late than never.
primera man
11-14-2002, 02:04 AM
Originally posted by I-Tech
Thanks for replying everybody! ;) I guess I am now a kiwi professor - next to the king: P-Man!!! :smoka:
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Thanks for replying everybody! ;) I guess I am now a kiwi professor - next to the king: P-Man!!! :smoka:
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/images/smilies/wave.gif
replicant_008
11-14-2002, 02:13 AM
That's what is known here as a kiwifruit. We have to call them a kiwifruit to distinguish them from the native bird - obviously in the US, you don't need to differentiate the two so hence you refer to them as kiwis.
Kiwifruit are a hybridised version of a fruit originally from Asia - which was previously called a chinese gooseberry. Harvey Turner from Turners and Growers - who were the folk who trailblazed the markets for the little fuzzy brown fruit - dubbed the 'kiwifruit' as at the time. China was an enemy of the US (Korean War Era) and the name chinese gooseberry was considered not a good marketing name.
New Zealand kiwifruit are now branded as Zespri. Predominantly, the variety grown here is Hayward but the new Yellow Zespri is beginning to become popular too. The Hayward variety is very similar to the variety called Chico in California.
Kiwifruit plants are unusual in having male and female plants - to produce fruit on the female plants you need to have a male in proximity. The other thing is that bees don't find kiwifruit pollen particularly attractive either so you need to spray a sugar solution on the odd branch to get them to pollinate (a small part different branch each day to fool the bees)...
Regards
Rep (former Horticulturalist)
Kiwifruit are a hybridised version of a fruit originally from Asia - which was previously called a chinese gooseberry. Harvey Turner from Turners and Growers - who were the folk who trailblazed the markets for the little fuzzy brown fruit - dubbed the 'kiwifruit' as at the time. China was an enemy of the US (Korean War Era) and the name chinese gooseberry was considered not a good marketing name.
New Zealand kiwifruit are now branded as Zespri. Predominantly, the variety grown here is Hayward but the new Yellow Zespri is beginning to become popular too. The Hayward variety is very similar to the variety called Chico in California.
Kiwifruit plants are unusual in having male and female plants - to produce fruit on the female plants you need to have a male in proximity. The other thing is that bees don't find kiwifruit pollen particularly attractive either so you need to spray a sugar solution on the odd branch to get them to pollinate (a small part different branch each day to fool the bees)...
Regards
Rep (former Horticulturalist)
tazdev
11-14-2002, 03:41 AM
Originally posted by saturntangerine
I thought everyone knew that Heep is King and I am Queen??? :confused: :bloated: :finger:
And I'm the court Jester:silly:
I thought everyone knew that Heep is King and I am Queen??? :confused: :bloated: :finger:
And I'm the court Jester:silly:
slave
11-15-2002, 06:00 PM
Originally posted by kris
I thought a kiwi was a fuzzy fruit?
Better late than never.
Ha ha, no a Kiwi is a small flightless bird, a good symbol for the New Zealand air force!!! :flipa: :devil:
I thought a kiwi was a fuzzy fruit?
Better late than never.
Ha ha, no a Kiwi is a small flightless bird, a good symbol for the New Zealand air force!!! :flipa: :devil:
Jimster
11-15-2002, 06:13 PM
Originally posted by saturntangerine
I thought everyone knew that Heep is King and I am Queen??? :confused: :bloated: :finger:
and I am the overlord:devil: :devil:
I thought everyone knew that Heep is King and I am Queen??? :confused: :bloated: :finger:
and I am the overlord:devil: :devil:
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