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On 25-4-2011 23:32, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson<nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>>> What I want to know is, where the hell is *new* zeland named after?!
>
>> Wikipedia can answer that question for you - look at the main article on
>> place names for New Zealand.
>
>> I'll resist saying "GIYF"....whoops. ;)
>
> I get the feeling that Andrew wants to engage in smalltalk,
Nowadays mostly in Haskell.
> as if we
> were all talking in person in the same room, in which case such questions
> would make sense. (This might also explain the grammar problems.) Of course
> since this is not a live conversation done in real-time, and the very means
> by which the question is posted can be used to search for the answer (ie.
> the internet) makes the question just sound lazy.
1) he spelt it wrong, that precludes googling.
2) the first hit for Zealand is the Danish Island, which is not the answer
3) the second line in that wikipedia article is:'Not to be confused with
Zeeland, the Dutch province after which New Zealand is named.'
4) yes he is lazy
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Apparently you can afford your own dictator for less than 10 cents per
citizen per day.
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