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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread What's in a name? #138885 02/09/2005 12:11 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ Vernon Compton enthusiast Vernon Compton enthusiast 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 02/09/2005 12:27 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel 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 02/09/2005 12:36 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ Vernon Compton enthusiast Vernon Compton enthusiast 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 02/09/2005 1:55 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel 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

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