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nautilus

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:17 pm Post subject: teaching nationalities. New Zealand?

So today I had my students make a chart showing Countries, nationalities, and languages. eg.. China- Chinese-chinese Peru-Peruvian-Spanish U.S.- American- English Brazil- Brazillian- Portuguese. etc. However I was stumped when it came to New zealand. So I filled in the nationality "Kiwi" as the official nationality. So the whole class was repeating in unison "Kiwi, k-i-w-i. etc. Is that correct?

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Samantha

Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject:

I don't think so it should be: New Zealand-New Zealander-English Kiwi is just a nickname like calling someone from the States a Yank

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Ekuboko

Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:49 pm Post subject:

Yeah, but "Kiwi" doesn't have any negative connotations though.. Was funny whenever an Korean English teacher I used to know talked about my nationality being "New Zealandian."

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Summer Wine

Joined: 20 Mar 2005
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Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:49 pm Post subject:

New Zealand - New Zealander - English/Maori

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Ya-ta Boy

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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:07 am Post subject:

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doesn't have any negative connotations though

I doubt the New York Yankees think 'yankee' has a negative connotation.

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sheba

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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:28 am Post subject:

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New Zealand - New Zealander - English/Maori

yep

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joeyjoejoe

Joined: 24 Sep 2006

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:07 am Post subject:

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Samantha wrote:

I don't think so it should be:

New Zealand-New Zealander-English Very Happy

Very Happy

Kiwi is just a nickname like calling someone from the States a Yank Smile

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it's more like calling someone from the united states a 'sepo'

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Samantha

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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:12 am Post subject:

Joey...."a sepo" what's that? I don't think I have ever heard that term before. I mean I know a couple of other terms for different nationalities some may be offensive some maybe not but Sepo is not one I've heard before.

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Col.Brandon

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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:24 am Post subject:

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Joey...."a sepo" what's that? I don't think I have ever heard that term before. Smile

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I mean I know a couple of other terms for different nationalities some may be offensive some maybe not but Sepo is not one I've heard before.

C-o-c-kney (or in this case Aussie) rhyming slang - Septic tank/Yank

Damn this stupid-arsed swear-blocker

DAVE: TREAT US LIKE ADULTS FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!!!

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Samantha

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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:29 am Post subject:

ah ok...I've heard of the Rhyming slang before...the one that I like is a greyhound that is a fun one and those are very very prevalent here in Korea

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ilovebdt

Joined: 03 Jun 2005
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:35 am Post subject:

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sheba wrote:

Summer Wine wrote:

New Zealand - New Zealander - English/Maori

yep

ditto that

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cruisemonkey

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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject:

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ilovebdt wrote:

sheba wrote:

Summer Wine wrote:

New Zealand - New Zealander - English/Maori

yep

ditto that...

So... Canada - Canadian - English/French/Coast Salish/Haida/Bella Coola/Tsimshan/Tlingit/Tagish/Kaska/Tutchone/Blackfoot/Dakota/Cree/
Beothuk/Dene/Mohawk/Michif/Ojibwe/Inuktituk/Thule... etc., etc. Wink

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nautilus

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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:07 pm Post subject:

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sheba wrote:

Summer Wine wrote:

New Zealand - New Zealander - English/Maori

yep

"new zealander" is singular though.Refers to one person. In the same way you would say "he is a frenchman", you could say he is a new zealander."

But plurally, you say, "They are French". NZ has no group noun.

Surely you don't say "those people are new zealander". Or "This car was made in new Zealand. It is a New Zealander car.".
or I like New Zealander music".

??

How about "New Zealandic".
Zealandish.
Zealandian.?

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Horangi Munshin

Joined: 06 Apr 2003
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject:

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cruisemonkey wrote:

ilovebdt wrote:

sheba wrote:

Summer Wine wrote:

New Zealand - New Zealander - English/Maori

yep

ditto that...

So... Canada - Canadian - English/French/Coast Salish/Haida/Bella Coola/Tsimshan/Tlingit/Tagish/Kaska/Tutchone/Blackfoot/Dakota/Cree/
Beothuk/Dene/Mohawk/Michif/Ojibwe/Inuktituk/Thule... etc., etc. Wink

Wink

They're official languages are they?

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Ekuboko

Joined: 22 Dec 2004
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:34 pm Post subject:

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nautilus wrote:

"new zealander" is singular though.Refers to one person. In the same way you would say "he is a frenchman", you could say he is a new zealander."

But plurally, you say, "They are French". NZ has no group noun.

Surely you don't say "those people are new zealander". Or "This car was made in new Zealand. It is a New Zealander car.".
or I like New Zealander music".

??

How about "New Zealandic".
Zealandish.
Zealandian.?

"These people are New Zealanders."
Nothing wrong with that.

The adjective to describe something from New Zealand (not a person) is just New Zealand.

e.g. "I like New Zealand music."

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