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From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: What's a kiwi?
Message-ID: <289@rti-sel.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 16:31:25 EDT
Article-I.D.: rti-sel.289
Posted: Thu Jul 11 16:31:25 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 12:41:13 EDT
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In article <35@uw-june> edtking@uw-june (Ewan Tempero) writes:

>BTW, a kiwi is an animal that eats roots and leaves ( no commas there )

A kiwi bird eats earthworms and insects, not roots and leaves.

>                        ... It is also the symbol of a small country
>with the tendency to annoy the American government a lot and more
>importantly it's the symbol of a very well know brand of shoe nugget.

You mean Nicaragua? :-) The term 'shoe nugget' is interesting; is that
a New Zealander variation on shoe polish? We used to get Kiwi shoe
polish in the U.S.A., but I haven't seen it on the market for years.

>[No prizes for guessing the country that first started exporting this
>fruit but who knows what it's real name is ( before said country stole
>it and marketed it under their own name )]

I've also heard it called a Chinese gooseberry. The botanical name for
it is Aclinidia chinensis. Not sure if it really originated in China,
though.
                          -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly