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Topic Options #5380 - 08/18/00 02:54 AM . Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top #5381 - 08/18/00 06:33 AM Re: Elementary, my dear Quordlepleen AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: 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. Top #5382 - 08/18/00 12:06 PM Re: Elementary, my dear Quordlepleen william enthusiast Registered: 07/12/00 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! Top #5383 - 08/18/00 03:57 PM Re: How does one cease to be a "stranger"? Jazzoctopus old hand Registered: 07/03/00 Posts: 1094 Loc: 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. Top #5384 - 08/18/00 06:05 PM . Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top #5385 - 08/18/00 06:16 PM Re: Elementary, my dear Quordlepleen Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11613 Loc: 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. Top #5386 - 08/20/00 07:40 AM nga whakawhetai kia koe, kia ora mai Bridget addict Registered: 06/27/00 Posts: 444 Loc: 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.) Top #5387 - 08/20/00 07:44 AM kia ora Bridget addict Registered: 06/27/00 Posts: 444 Loc: 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'? Top #5388 - 08/20/00 07:49 AM . Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8947 Members 16 Forums 13866 Topics 222213 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members michor, Daksh1, geoffhargreaves, Guadalupe, may2point0 8947 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 44 Guests and 5 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) wofahulicodoc 65 LukeJavan8 53 may2point0 19 Tromboniator 3 geoffhargreaves 1 jheem 1 Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8438 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6799 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400

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