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Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions

From:Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>
Date:Thursday, March 22, 2001, 1:37
> Waaah! It's at times like this I wish there was another New Zealander > on this list so we could bore the rest of you lot to tears while we > debated the merits of being a Pakeha New Zealander or a European New > Zealander. The NZ Census occured only a month after Waitangi Day, our > national day when our media debates ritually debates whether we are > proud of being a nation or ashamed of what we did to the others before > us to become a nation. The census asked us about our ethnicity, whether > we were European New Zealanders or something else. Previous census > forms had defined my tickbox as European New Zealander/Pakeha. I ticked > Other and defined that as Pakeha, knowing full well that others who > resent the whole guilt trip over ethnicity also ticked Other and wrote > in New Zealander. >
Hm, now I'm in the mood for a nice bowl of puha and pakeha =) Anyway, at least I know there's one person on this list besides me who can appreciate a nice piece of toast thickly covered in marmite. =) -------ferko Ferenc Gy. Valoczy Suurt chugunikka peene ahjo suhe et toukka. Virtual Votia - Vaddjamaa Internetaza: http://www.geocities.com/uralica railways page: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3976/ 25kV 50Hz: http://www.mp3.com/25kV50Hz