Answer for: When you hear or see the word "kiwi", what do you think of?

#1 Kiwi fruit  

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kiwipete 1 year ago

No! Kiwi fruit is always "kiwi fruit." Kiwi by itself refers either to the bird or the person. Saying, "I'm going to go eat a kiwi" will get you some strange looks down here, mate.

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Aoterra 1 year ago

Hi kiwipete - thanks for your feedback. I live in Wellington, so I _do_ understand where you're coming from. However, you just need to look at the voting on the answer to see that we (you and I, and other New Zealand based people) are clearly in the minority.

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kiwipete 1 year ago

Aoterra - Cool! I would have thought I was the only NZ dwelling person here. We originally moved down to Wellington, but last winter drove us further north to Auckland. Are you a native kiwi?

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