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11-12-2002, 02:44 PM
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Kiwis?
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?
 Greetings "The Kiwi n00b" I-Tech 
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11-12-2002, 03:16 PM
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Kiwi is just a nick for our fellow AF'ers from New Zealand.
Primera Man is the biggest of em all. 
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11-12-2002, 03:43 PM
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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
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11-12-2002, 04:16 PM
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11-12-2002, 04:56 PM
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People from Wisconson are Cheeseheads
People from Illinois are FIBs People from the upper penninsula of Michigan are Yoopers
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11-12-2002, 05:06 PM
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11-12-2002, 08:00 PM
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And never EVER mistake a Kiwi for an Aussie.
 TRUST me on that one.  If I have to explain Aussie, we're in trouble. 
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11-12-2002, 08:11 PM
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But maybe you could explain it to all the new people here. Not me, cause I already know, just the new guys. yeah....
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11-12-2002, 08:43 PM
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11-12-2002, 10:01 PM
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11-12-2002, 10:34 PM
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But I agree, that was pretty damn funny
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11-12-2002, 10:36 PM
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11-12-2002, 10:39 PM
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To quote the best: "The sheer mechanics of it are mind-boggeling" -Austin Powers
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11-13-2002, 01:03 AM
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Kiwis and Orstralians
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...
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