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Post by Taliesin on Jun 19, 2014 17:36:50 GMT -6
Now that would make sense.
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Post by SellennaeAlara on Jun 19, 2014 17:43:38 GMT -6
Not numbats, they aren't a huge national symbol/icon for us. It'd be more like calling us kangaroo's since they are more like a national icon and everyone knows them. In the first world war the symbol for the NZ military was the Kiwi, and those soldiers became known as kiwi's which is probably where it started. That's kinda a cool fact; thanks. No; we would not be gophers. We would be Eagles, which would be weird. |
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Post by Taliesin on Jun 19, 2014 17:50:12 GMT -6
Flying around pooping on things. Yup, that would be weird!
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Post by sjfaerlind on Jun 19, 2014 18:30:19 GMT -6
Taz!!! Why on earth did you bet your beard?!?!?!?!?!? Alas...t'is a tragedy of epic proportions!!! Sooo .. ummm... will you go for the dwarf beard after the tragic onset of alopecia?  |
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Post by TAZ on Jun 19, 2014 23:06:00 GMT -6
Yeah, but WHY Kiwi of all things? That'd be like all Aussies referring to themselves as... I dunno, numbats? Or Americans calling themselves gophers? Or Africans flamingos? Ha ha. the symbol of the kiwi was used by South Canterbury Batallion in the late 1800's. in WWI NZ troops were called diggers (as we were) Pig Islanders (derogatory) & N Z'ers, the Aussies affectionately referred to them as Kiwi's due to the picture of the kiwi, which had, by then, spread to all Batallions, and to differentiate them from our own troops which had for a long time used the name Digger. By the end of WWI the name Kiwi was used by all allied troops. hope this helps |
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Post by Taliesin on Jun 20, 2014 7:17:18 GMT -6
Most informative. Thanks, TAZ! |
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