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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread . #55863 02/08/2002 7:13 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Contradictory images #55864 02/08/2002 8:11 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Which gallery, Max? Can't see anything new ... Email me if you'd rather. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #55865 02/08/2002 8:41 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Contradictory images #55866 02/09/2002 1:48 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia "Te Wai Pounamu" - translation and pronunciation please. I'm only up to Aoteroa (sp?). stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Contradictory images #55867 02/09/2002 4:04 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England "Te Wai Pounamu" - the Water or River of Greenstone. Or the South Island for those less poetically inclined. It was the only place that the genuine article nephrite jade was available to the Maori, and then only in a few small pockets. The Arahura and Taramakau Rivers on the West Coast(from memory) are where most of it comes from. But there are small deposits elsewhere. The jade is a considerably darker green than the Chinese equivalent. The South Island is also called Murihiku from time to time, although the name really refers to the southern parts of the South Island. The Maori had a, shall we say, malleable approach to geography. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Contradictory images #55868 02/09/2002 8:21 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 the South Island What's the Maaori name for the West Island? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Contradictory images #55869 02/09/2002 8:45 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Ahitereiria. Or Manly, take your pick. The idiot also known as Capfka ... 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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