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On Jan 21, 10:07�am, (Steve Pope) wrote:
> Horry > wrote:
> >On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:03:01 +1300, bob wrote:
> >> On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:55:34 +0100, (Victor Sack)
> >> shouted from the highest rooftop:
> >>>A few handy hints: a kiwi is a bird, the little thing in your grocery
> >>>store is called a kiwi fruit.

>
> >> Correction: a kiwi is not only a flightless, two legged bird native to
> >> New Zealand, it is also the name used for a flightless, two legged human
> >> inhabitant of New Zealand.

> >They're Kiwis, not kiwis.

>
> So is a Kiwi a New Zealander of European descent, or any
> New Zealander?
>
> (And is it in fact capitalized? �Usually one does not capitalize
> brit.)


That would depend on whether one is a marine biologist or a dumb
*******... in your case I strongly suspect the latter.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brit