Does anyone have Brent's new contact details? Howard Moore...
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shaun_ollard
Oct 2, 2003 9:25 am
I live in auckland but i would like to move to seattle for a number of reasons. Any advice would be greatly appreciated Shaun...
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Gary & Theresa Roberts
zkgwr
Oct 2, 2003 11:20 am
hi everyone.. nice to find a kiwi forum over here.. i am a wellingtonian.. married to a texan.. we moved back here in feb and have been getting back into life...
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sassyangelkiwi
Oct 2, 2003 2:03 pm
I'm in the North East, New Jersey) and I keep getting asked what part of England I am from!! When I say im from New Zealand, they reply, well you DO have...
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Stephen Ansley
stephenansley
Oct 2, 2003 4:19 pm
Yeah, I'm living in Baltimore now, but was in Texas for a few years. In both places it has been far more common to be asked "are you from England". I honestly...
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sassyangelkiwi
Oct 2, 2003 5:35 pm
I was once asked after correcting somebody that im from NZ that "Is'nt that somewhere near Arizona?" lol.. donna Stephen Ansley <stephenansley@...>...
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McPherson R
nzguysf
Oct 2, 2003 5:58 pm
Interesting comments on dialects. I am usually labelled as a brit here, as a yank in Nu Zealand and as a kiwi in the UK. I must admit to having spent a lot of...
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fghayashi
Oct 3, 2003 2:55 am
Aloha from Honolulu, Just wondering if anyone is living here in Hawaii? Hawaii is a great place for Kiwis, mainly because if the close connection between our...
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Neil Morrison
neils_morr
Oct 3, 2003 3:20 am
Bring an umbrella and gumboots. NM ... From: "shaun_ollard" <shaunollard@...>...
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Neil Morrison
neils_morr
Oct 3, 2003 3:26 am
My reply, "I'm from the New Zealand part of Australia". NM ... From: Gary & Theresa Roberts hi everyone.. nice to find a kiwi forum over here.. i am a...
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sassyangelkiwi
Oct 3, 2003 1:12 pm
LOL ROTFLMAO Neil Morrison <neilsmorr@...> wrote: Bring an umbrella and gumboots. NM ... From: "shaun_ollard" ... Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject...
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sassyangelkiwi
Oct 3, 2003 1:17 pm
ooooh.. *makes sign of cross to 'prevent evil' at you* JK... ...lol i get asked that a lot actually... *evil myth perpetuator*!!!LOL Donna. Neil Morrison...
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bob brewer
bobbrew2002
Oct 3, 2003 2:07 pm
I'm in Tyler several times a year. Parents are getting on in years so I'll be back there more frequently as time goes on. I'll probably be back there after I...
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bob brewer
bobbrew2002
Oct 3, 2003 2:09 pm
If you come right now bring a light jumper for morning and evening.. It hasn't rained in yonks or so they tell me. I'm here (in Seattle) for a couple of weeks...
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Neil Morrison
neils_morr
Oct 3, 2003 4:12 pm
It will. Wait till you see the Snoqualmie Falls in full flood. I've known it to rain for so long up here you start to think you're at the bottom of a fish...
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normansmithnz
Oct 6, 2003 8:32 am
Hi all and welcome to another week and your letter from home. The week has started on a high for my wife and I with the birth of our third grandchild in...
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Brenda Frazer
kiwigal12001
Oct 6, 2003 10:06 am
Today in the Home Depot, we were asked where we were from, and when I said NZ, he said he didn't even know where that was! Brenda ... From: Stephen Ansley To:...
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Brenda Frazer
kiwigal12001
Oct 6, 2003 10:15 am
Hi, I'm also from Wellington, but married to a Brit and we live in New Orleans. My cuz lives in Humble Texas though, and he's married to a Texan. Brenda ... ...
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sean A
seanabbott@...
Oct 6, 2003 4:28 pm
better yet is the comment "you speak great English for a New Zealander" .... and they are serious when they say it!!! ... Instant message during games with MSN...
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kiwikane@...
kiwiintheusa
Oct 6, 2003 4:55 pm
I am married to an American and a friend of my mother inlaws once said that to me, "you speak very good english" and both me and my mother inlaw just laughed I...
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karl_buckendahl
Oct 6, 2003 6:30 pm
... I just agreed and ran with it. KARL (now living in Arizona....
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Neil Morrison
neils_morr
Oct 6, 2003 7:19 pm
They don't know where Novaya Zemlya is <G>? Neil ... From: Brenda Frazer Today in the Home Depot, we were asked where we were from, and when I said NZ, he said...
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Ross Keatinge
tetranz
Oct 6, 2003 7:42 pm
Hi all A perception that I've come across several times is that NZ is very close to the South Pole. That is why its often not shown on maps. Its a bit of a...
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Stephen Ansley
stephenansley
Oct 7, 2003 5:19 am
Congrats on the birth mate!! Steve ... a ... cultures -...
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Stephen Ansley
stephenansley
Oct 7, 2003 5:27 am
lol, I haven't come across this myself yet, but my Grandad used to tell the story about how he was over here for training during the second world war. A bunch...
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McPherson R
nzguysf
Oct 7, 2003 5:38 pm
On a recent trip to Home Depot In Serramonte, CA, I was wearing a kiwi style T-Shirt with some comment on NZ (up a mountain, down a beer). While I was carrying...
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D A
kiwibigdave
Oct 7, 2003 6:08 pm
After only a few weeks of trying to explain to people I simply stopped bothering, on the grounds that people who don't already know where NZ is will never get...
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Suzie
wuzbuggle
Oct 7, 2003 7:23 pm
It really shows just how inadequate the education system over here is. I actually knew more about this country's history than my husband did and he has 2...
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Neil Morrison
neils_morr
Oct 7, 2003 11:37 pm
It's always worth a laugh to see one of Jay Leno's bits that he does about this. "Jay Walking", "Battle of the Jaywalk All Stars" and "Point, what's your...
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Neil Morrison
neils_morr
Oct 8, 2003 4:40 pm
Just saw this on Usenet. Can you believe the Nigerian scam letter - from New Zealand???? But it's posted with a Spanish? return email, and from Newsguy.com, ...
