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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread . #5380 08/18/00 06:54 AM 08/18/00 06:54 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen OP Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen   OP Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Re: Elementary, my dear Quordlepleen #5381 08/18/00 10:33 AM 08/18/00 10:33 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York These sobriquets eluded many of us, too, at the beginning, but we put our heads together in the "graduation" thread here in Miscellany and figgered it out (empirically, mind you). Take a look. Re: Elementary, my dear Quordlepleen #5382 08/18/00 04:06 PM 08/18/00 04:06 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 W william enthusiast william   enthusiast W Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 the more you post the higher in rank you get, it seems. the titles aren't very friendly, are they! never mind, you're not a stranger to us! Re: How does one cease to be a "stranger"? #5383 08/18/00 07:57 PM 08/18/00 07:57 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... J Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus   old hand J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... well, I posted this in another thread before seeing this, but the post requirements are: for newbie, 25; for journeyman, 50; for member, 100; for enthusiast, 200, and for addict, 400. I'm guessing the next one is at 800. . #5384 08/18/00 10:05 PM 08/18/00 10:05 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen OP Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen   OP Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Re: Elementary, my dear Quordlepleen #5385 08/18/00 10:16 PM 08/18/00 10:16 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky >>nga whakawhetai kia koe, kia ora mai. "Whatever will be, will be"? "Wherever you go, there you are"? I'd bet money--almost--that it is something similar to one of these. Incidentally, Max, I have absolutely no clue as to which homophone you'd like me to switch. nga whakawhetai kia koe, kia ora mai #5386 08/20/00 11:40 AM 08/20/00 11:40 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia B Bridget addict Bridget   addict B Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia >Here in NZ a campaign has been started to encourage all NZers to use whatever Maori they know, so nga whakawhetai kia koe, kia ora mai.< Having just come back from my first ever trip to New Zealand (why does snow fall the day before your ski trip ends?), I have to say I was impressed by the amount of Maori used in the papers. There were a couple of articles I simply didn't understand because I didn't know what key words meant. The Bledisloe Cup match was also preceded by the Kiwi national anthem in Maori and then in English, but I noticed that the players didn't look too comfortable singing in Maori. When were the Maori words written, and do they match the English words in meaning? (The only one I recognised was Aotearoa.) kia ora #5387 08/20/00 11:44 AM 08/20/00 11:44 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia B Bridget addict Bridget   addict B Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia When I was growing up, I'm sure Kia Ora was the name of a brand of orange drink. Used to be advertised at the cinema by a procession of wodnerfully shaped cartoon birds who sang 'We adore a Kia Ora.' Or something like that. So why do I think it means 'Good morning'? . #5388 08/20/00 11:49 AM 08/20/00 11:49 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen OP Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen   OP Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 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. 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