Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!wfi 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 References: <35@uw-june> Reply-To: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 22 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