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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread What's in a name? #138885 02/09/05 12:11 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ V Vernon Compton OP enthusiast OP Vernon Compton enthusiast V Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ We're not Australians, OK Cherie: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3181723a10,00.html Then test yourself here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/quiz/questions/0,5961,1408517,00.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What's in a name? #138886 02/09/05 12:27 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 9/10 - got the flower wrong! Does that entitle me to take the pistachio, mite? :) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What's in a name? #138887 02/09/05 12:36 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ V Vernon Compton OP enthusiast OP Vernon Compton enthusiast V Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ I didn't even know we HAD a national flower. I only got that one right because it's was the only NZ flower on the list. I got the question about the federation wrong. I never knew that Fiji once considered being part of a menagerie of three with the ANZACs. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What's in a name? #138888 02/09/05 01:55 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 yeahbut - you gotta know what's a flower and what's a local term for a house of ill-repute or whatever the others are! I landed two fairly lucky guesses, of which the other island was one. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,374 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 162 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,562 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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