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But but but Angel....do you really expect a border guard to be able to correct you on such a fine linguistic point?! [snob-e] (O dear, I can hear all the border guards blowing raspberries at me from here!)
I only ask because whenever I cross the border and get asked my nationality, I say, "Canadian" - and they've never corrected me, either.
I would always answer "Canadian" if asked my nationality; if asked my country of origin, I would answer "Canada." To me, the former question begs for an adjectival answer, and the latter for a noun.
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> ...what is someone from New Zealand called?
Umm
David?
Max?
CapK?
etc.
All of which are technically more correct than "New Zealand". It may not be a typo in that guy's book - but you can bet it was a typo in the book he got it from.
What a bunchacrap. If 3 million of them think they're New Zealanders - then they're New Zealanders.
So, is a person from Zealand a Zealand? Nope - they're Zealanders.
Rubie - tell the guy stales reckons he's a cretin.
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However, in "Nationality" on my passport, it has "New Zealand". Since I've never held another nationality, I don't know whether this is just a short hand or not.
On mine it has 'British Citizen' which can be shortened to 'British'. I'm beginning to suspect that 'New Zealand' may be correct - despite what people say or think.
Question: What do you call people from the Greek island of Lesbos? Lesbosians Hands up all those who thought of something else?
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Talk about coinkydinks -- my crossword this morning had the clue "Native of New Zealand" and the answer was Maori!
Do I get a prize ? Or is the operative clue-word Native?
(Sigh - I never win anything she muttered sipping her sundown glass of whine.)
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Do I get a prize ?...(Sigh - I never win anything she muttered sipping her sundown glass of whine.)
But wow, you ARE our prize! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
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Don't waver, Rubrick. The question as posted was: If someone from Australia is an Australian, then what is someone from New Zealand called?
If someone from Australia is called an Australian, then someone from New Zealand is a New Zealander. If you were to say someone from Australia is Australian, then some from New Zealand possibly would be New Zealand.
D'oh! This is true. That's what I should have said!! Oh, and to think that I wasted everyone's time and made them all clock up extra posts through my slipshod interrogative statement!
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Aw, geez--I just noticed the date of your originating post. You got us all! Congrats, she said shamefacedly. Ya danged Ireland!
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