technically a Kiwi Fruit is a Chinese Gooseberry, the New Zealanders just
decided to rename it and make it there own.
Regards,
Paul Jones
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: Texas (yes it's way OT)
> Robert Payne wrote:
>
> > I know exactly what "furriners" are :)
> > but kiwi (maybe I shouldn't ask) is a new term to me.
>
> Ah, interesting to see strands of nonsense messages converging.
>
> kiwi is a fruit, and it is furry.
>
> From: http://www.allrecipes.com/encyc/terms/k/7137.asp
>
> "kiwi fruit; kiwifruit ...this odd-looking fruit received its moniker
> from the flightless bird of the same name from New Zealand. It looks
> like a large brown egg with a covering of fine downy hair.... The kiwi
> is cultivated in both New Zealand and California."
>
> The kiwi is a major New Zealand export, and by extension New Zealanders
> sometimes are referred to as kiwis.
>
> Bob
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