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Thread ID: 130252	2013-04-02 18:04:00	New Names for North & South Islands?	B.M. (505)	PC World Chat

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1335197	2013-04-03 02:42:00	Renaming - cui prodest? The I would expect you all to say Roma, Firenze, Italia, parmigiano reggiano, pecorino, spaghetti bolognese, etc., instead of spag bol, rome, florence... Hey, is it hard to pronounce? Tough!:banana	Sanco (683)
1335198	2013-04-03 02:44:00	At least you CAN pronounce it - only a little 'hard' to do so, where as, I can't pronounce it at all! After living in this land for 20+ years, I can't even count up to 3 (yes, it's THREE) in Maori. Maybe, I don't really bother to learn! Or, maybe there isn't any incentive to learn that language! :D Heh - I can't even count up to one :p edit - that's one in Maori. I can count up to one in English ;)	Nick G (16709)
1335199	2013-04-03 03:07:00	I'm so happy that I'm not the worst! :) :D	bk T (215)
1335200	2013-04-03 03:11:00	I can count to ten in Japanese, does that count? (no pun in 10 did)	Gobe1 (6290)
1335201	2013-04-03 04:10:00	Whilst we are all having a bit of fun with the idiocy of the suggestion we shouldn’t loose sight of the fact that this is a Government initiative and they even changed the law in 2012 to accommodate the nonsense. Quote from article: . “The NZGB Act was amended in December 2012, and now provides for alternative naming”. And guess who will be paying for the nonsense. Yep, you and me again. To prove, would you say, yes I.	Cicero (40)
1335202	2013-04-03 04:55:00	I can count to ten in Japanese, does that count? (no pun in 10 did) I can count higher than that in Japanese :p but only four in Maori. :illogical	pcuser42 (130)
1335203	2013-04-03 05:25:00	How about we call them....wait for it "North Island" for the top one and "South Island" for the bottom one??Big problem there. Apparently the Earth is overdue for flipping the magnetic poles around. When this happens the tourists will get confused as North will be South and South North!	Jen (38)
1335204	2013-04-03 05:32:00	Big problem there. Apparently the Earth is overdue for flipping the magnetic poles around. When this happens the tourists will get confused as North will be South and South North! Oh well - at least we'll have a government department (?) ready and waiting with name suggestions...	johcar (6283)
1335205	2013-04-03 07:10:00	100's or 1000's of NZ's mention - if sometimes gramatically incorrectly (e.g. waka rather than "whaka") a maori name daily, for regions, and certainly for Auckland suburbs, - Remuera, Pakuranga, Takapuna, Papatoetoe, Manurewa, etc. Some Maori place names over the years have evolved to a abbreviated daily form of slang - Rema's, Old Pap, Rewa, etc. Possibly happen to lengthy - if ever adopted Maori names for treasured NI/SI. If any islands or territories I get confused with and their accompanying regions or countries is the UK - or is it the British Isles - or Great Britian - or whatever they supposed to be...	kahawai chaser (3545)
1335206	2013-04-03 07:13:00	100's or 1000's of NZ's mention - if sometimes gramatically incorrectly (e.g. waka rather than "whaka") a maori name daily, for regions, and certainly for Auckland suburbs, - Remuera, Pakuranga, Takapuna, Papatoetoe, Manurewa, etc. Some Maori place names over the years have evolved to a abbreviated daily form of slang - Rema's, Old Pap, Rewa, etc. Possibly happen to lengthy - if ever adopted Maori names for treasured NI/SI. If any islands or territories I get confused with and their accompanying regions or countries is the UK - or is it the British Isles - or Great Britian - or whatever they supposed to be...lets not forget that it also differs from tribe to tribe	plod (107)
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