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age34act12 t1_jdqj0hm wrote

Reply to comment by thin_veneer_bullshit in Joined this forum because of all the people asking me what I’m doing by trgrantham

I've never heard this kiwi comment. If a yank called you a kiwi to your face is this considered to be a racist or ignorant statement??? Does that mean NZers are fruits

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thin_veneer_bullshit t1_jdqqplm wrote

The kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand. The fruit is named after it (much later). Typical NZ slang has NZers referring to themselves as Kiwis. Our dear dear cousins across the ditch (aussies in case that not immediately obvious) call us that, where as we call the Aussies ( or bogans). Yanks is abbreviation of Yankees, a affectionate nickname taken from WWI (I believe) when US soldiers served alongside the Brits and her colonial lackeys... I mean subjects. All slang is pretty much affectionate, not meant to be a diminutive or derogatory... mostly.. ;-)

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