13 WEIRDEST things about new zealand for an american | oh you kiwis...
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- A few weird things about New Zealand life from an American perspective that I've noticed since living here with you wonderful Kiwis!
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Day, Month, Year is the logical way to express the date. Smallest unit up from left to right. The US way is out of order compared to the English language syntax.
I'd also like to add that I don't think I know anyone that says the date "October 4th".. I know I, and anyone that I know says the date as "4th of October". And why do Americans call it "The Fourth of July" and not July the Fourth"?Sometimes Americans confuse the shit out of me.. 🤣
Sorry to tell you, but most of the world outside of America writes dates the same way NZ does! ... The logical way!!!! 😄
When organising dates in data, it is much easier to write the month beftlore the date...but the year also goes before the month (so biggest number to smallest number). Makes it easier to sort, and you can find everything from one year, then one month, then one day, etc. If you organised everything by the 23rd day, and then month then year, you would have a mess.
But going month date year doesn't help anybody
Year month date is mathematically logical and when used in file names automatically sorts according to the time line
@@paulg3336 That also works and I believe that's the international data standard (i.e. how computers store data).
I understand that some years ago Walmart was intending to opened a series of branches in New Zealand but naturally wanted them to be union free. The right to unionism was explained to them and being a big organisation suggested that an exception could be made in their case. Nope! And now we have zero Walmarts and feel no loss for that.
That's why Kmart exists
You're lucky not to have Walmart there. They are a horrible organization that feeds off the slavery of others
And New Zealand is definitely better off without Walmart!
Kmart and Target are in Australia as clothing stores, both are fairly good
Who needs Walmart when (s)he already has The Warehouse?
Thank goodness they refused to toe the line - imagine trying to treat people like rubbish with the employment laws here.
When you talked about yutes, its actually called a Ute which is short for Utility Vehicle meaning its a multi purpose vehicle.
Oooohhhh, that makes sense=)
@@MorganMarieWolff And they are also largely owned by tradespeople and farmers because they are useful utilities 🙂
Utes are the best vehicles. You can take the kids to school/sports, move furniture, then pack up the back for camping or travelling to big family events. They carry, bbqs, dogs, the odd stray sheep, hay bales, groceries, garden waste to the dump, timber & tools for building, tiles, bricks, & a bath for home reno. Mine has a Canopy (Topper in USA) so my gear doesn't get stolen or damaged from weather & can come off for moving big stuff. Plus it has a tow bar for pulling a trailer. Anyway I better stop...we love our utes.
Like a pick up truck?
@@howudoin8282 Hard to draw the line where a ute ends and a pick up starts. Utes are more like a car in terms of driving and handling and were originally based on a car undercarriage. Now the terms are interchangeable in NZ.
The date thing - I'm in NZ and say the 3rd of May, so we write it as we say it. :)
We don't have many high rise apartment buildings because they fall over when the earthquakes happen. Just ask someone from Christchurch or Wellington. Buy a house with a tin roof and made of wood unless you want it to come down on you.
I agree about the American Clothing lol. I think everyone wears the University sweatshirts since they seem retro and the lettering is actually nice. The takeaways are actually nice in NZ, especially Fish & Chips. Most of the time, the takeaways that have those photos of the menu, are actually the best.
Strange to complain about clothing that is designed and made in China. That's probably why so many American words.
Pineapple usually gets shipped to NZ in cold storage with leaves & it helps with ripening. However once here in Distribution the leaves can get wet due to condensation & changing temps in storage. So the leaves are cut off because of the surface Mould on the leaves. This does not affect the fruit inside. However if mouldy leaves are left on too long it speeds up rot going to the fruit.
Tops of pines can contain seeds, so it is a requirement that they are trimmed if to come to NZ. They are also inspected at entry by MPI and any sign of bugs will result in fumigation.
Just protecting our environment.
Pineapple tops are cut off for biological pest control and so we can’t propagate them either
The date thing made me laugh, as a kiwi I'd tell you its the 4th of October, we mostly say it the same way we write it!😊
I cam here to say this, I would absolutely say the 4th of October not October 4th
I don’t understand why the month is said first & not the day.
Months are bigger than days but smaller than years, so they belong in the middle, no matter what format you use. Writing month/day/year makes exactly as much sense as writing the time as mins:hours:seconds.
Exactly what I was thinking, Nice.
Yet Americans say 4th of July, not July 4th, go figure.
Kiwi fruit was chosen for its main benefit of being able to be picked when not ripe. It has a longer shelf life. This enables long distance shipping overseas without rotting before they arrive. Yes there is some cold storage but far less required than most fruits that we export. Same with avocados I believe. Pip fruits and citrus can go off very quick once picked.
Chinese Gooseberry Muuuaaaate
@@cookdislander4372 Kiwi fruit. Even the Chinese know the two fruits are relatives, not the same.
The "Chinese takeaways" originated in the 1960s as a kind of extension of what fish and chip shops offered and the "Chinese" was mostly southern Chinese styles altered to suit NZ tastes and available ingredients (kinda like "chow mein" in the USA) - they're generally cheap and pretty tasty. Some of them these days are now owned by more recent Chinese immigrants and will have a separate Chinese language menu with authentic Chinese dishes if you know to ask. There were very few actual Chinese restaurants in NZ cities offering authentic Chinese cuisine until the large Chinese immigration began in the 90s, first from Taiwan, then Hong Kong, followed by those from the PR China most recently.
So there has always been a kind of distinction between "Chinese takeways" and "Chinese restaurants".
To add to the above - takeaways are a mixed bag . Some do very nice food despite looking a bit seedy, others look good but their food is so bad a hungry dog won't eat it.
Why Kmart is doing fine here is that in the late 70s someone in Australia licensed Kmart as a franchise and the same company does Kmart NZ they have been completely independent of the US Kmart for years
Ah, that makes sense=)
Me and my neighbor were discussing our K Mart's that closed here in the States(SC)10 years ago or so the other day. We miss them.
California lost it's last Kmart last Christmas Eve. I believe New Jersey lost theirs earlier this year. There's less than ten left, and they are up towards Michigan and or Wisconsin.
The all knowing oracle of knowledge Wikipedia may have a more concise answer.
@@MorganMarieWolff Yes, and in Australia we have Target also, and they are definitely nothing to write home about. Target, Kmart and Big W are all basically all the same, with slight differences in brands stocked.
Kmart is much more popular than Target here.
"It's the 16th of October 2022"
And it's logical to write the date in order of size.
And Kiwifruit grow better in New Zealand.
Yup I found that weird living in the states too. Day, Month, Year. It's in logical ascending order. The U.S. was such a contradictory place for a kiwi like me to live in. Yes it's a first world country that prides itself on innovation but at the same time they resist change so passionately that they refused to adopt things that make life easier just because it's different. I bought a newish car there. The speedo was in miles. You go to the supermarket, things are in pounds and ounces and most people seemed to be paying in cash. It was like living in some kind of alternate steampunk reality where some things were frozen in the 1950s.
Various commenters are commenting about how non-US date formats (d/m/y) are more intuitive than US formats (m/d/y), and I agree ... but you know what's an even better format? I kicked off a web-development career some years back, and learned tons about date formats, and by far my favourite is yyyy-mm-dd. Why? If you have a bunch of text files with dates in their titles, and sort them by their title, then you also sort them by date. Both at once. So much easier.
"Ute" without a "y".
Because we don't say "October 4th 2022", we say "the 4th of October 2022" so the date is written the way we say it.
Limited high-rise buildings because of the high earthquake rate in NZ.
the prime minister that was caught speeding wasn't driving. she was running late and was rushing to catch a plane, the car even had a police escort but some people were up in arms about it.
No. She gets blamed too much. The pm continuously assured Kiwis the vaccine was totally safe so it's been awesome no one dying from the ultra safe vaccine that is 100% effective oops 96.7% effective, well maybe 95%. Let's not fuss over some stupid efficacy rating.
Fair enough for that. The driver should be responsible, but did she pressure them to drive fast?
@@barrynichols2846 Yeas she did as she was due at an All Blacks match that evening, but instead of sticking up for the Driver she dropped him in it without a moments hesitation. That was former primeminister Helen Clark
@@kharsis666 Helen Clark is horrible she disrupted our country by opening the gates to China making it easy for them to get in our country but that wasn't the same for other countries and when she lost to national she didn't care bout us kiwis she picked up and left for America ,but now now she's back cause they didn't want her anymore like the UN dropped her now jachinda is going down the same road if she loses she's got a job hooked up overseas too.
Yeah, she lost my vote for it :(
Why don't we have more apartment blocks to provide affordable housing? Because we actually have building and rental regulations in New Zealand, so constructing and leasing apartments is really quite expensive! 😅
@Pete we DO want more, except for rich NIMBYs
Because apartments are a bit depressing lol people here like a bit more space
Cos almost all the world would say it’s 4th of October 2022.. but I get it American , you gotta flip the switch wrong way 😂🤣
Your videos are great, am gonna be moving to NZ shortly so I use em as a precursor to things ahead .. good fun, subscribed!!
but what about 4th of July?
Day, month, year seems more logical to me, smallest to largest / First to last. But if you're taught one way your whole life then it would be weird to think of writing or saying the date any other way than you're used to I guess
To you it’s October 4th, to us it’s the 4th of October - like the 4th of July, see?
Tell your family back in the US that NZ is 4 hours behind California but it's tomorrow 😃. Countdown tried to become Target some years ago, but the clothes were getting soiled by kids touching them while they're eating the free food from the produce aisle.
It's also common for people to open chocolates and eat them while shopping and just scan the wrapper at the checkout. So everything was getting soiled and sticky.
Also another weird thing you could mention is having to look right when crossing the street.
Hey Paul! lol I have tried just about everything at this point! Oh, that's pretty gross, glad they didn't stick with that! Good point, and when driving=)
kiwifruit were not as they currently are. in china, they were non-commercial - not as large and longlasting. In 1927, kiwis developed them into hayward kiwifruit, which are the global standard today, accounting for 80% of the world market. kiwis called kiwifruit "chinese gooseberries" when selling them locally and into the uk. then when the exports started going to the us, turners and growers renamed them "kiwifruit" to give us credit for inventing them. nz is the worlds largest exporter of kiwifruit. they were designed to grow best in a particular region of nz - te puke. nz has the worlds largest research facility, and has developed varairties such as: gold, red and berry.
They were renamed kiwifruit because "Chinese" would have guaranteed zero sales in the US
Chinese gooseberries are vastly different from kiwi fruit, after decades of selective breeding. There should be pics on Net; also different from Cape gooseberries which we grew in our home garden in Auckland.
We don't say October 4th 2022, we would say the 4th of October 2022
Kiwis say "4th of October". Saying it the other way is an Americanism.
And most of those Chinese places are good.
I have heard that they're pretty good, sadly probably hard to escape gluten at them though=(
@@MorganMarieWolff I should've said good, for the price. Obviously they're not haute cuisine lol
@@MorganMarieWolff Don't be scared of the Chinese Takeaways. They are more often than not re-purposed fish and chip stores that haven't been renovated since the early 80s. At least you are being spared all the ugly laminated fish posters that crowded the walls of fish and chip takeaway stores when I was growing up. Gluten free options are almost non-existent throughout NZ fast-food places.
@@MorganMarieWolff yeah being unable to have gluten basically means no takeaways at all here lol although Hells Pizza does a seed base that isn’t bad. I sometimes have fried rice and chop suey from Chinese but there will be a smidge gluten in the soy sauce and I’m not meant to have garlic and onion either… but I don’t react too badly so can’t be too much gluten in it. I miss having lemon chicken but it’s battered so can’t.
We wear American apparel because that’s all rebel sports sells lol. And yes Chinese takeaways are the best the uglier shop the better
The green part of a pineapple when replanted grows another pineapple. So then the farmers get to easily continue their crops if they cut the top off straight away and use it 😊
But that will affect the climate, don't ask me how but rest assured, it's messing with the climate
The real reason for global warming everybody leaving the bloody door open and letting all the hot air out. You know you should have listened to your mothers!
Literally, things that are made in China will eventually come to New Zealand. Those American college hoodies have been popular in New Zealand probably because they are made in China. There are lots of Chinese traders and merchandisers working in New Zealand retail field bringing up stuff from China and selling them in New Zealand.
Ute is short for Utility vehicle. Usually used on farms, builders and off roading. It's not spelt Yute, but Ute.
Because, I actually say 4th of October, I don't say it the other way around. Just saying 😉 I was only just complaining about the fact they remove the leaves off the top of pineapples here. It is because bugs and creepy crawlies can hide in them and it is another way to stop pests from entering NZ - space too I expect. It is really interesting to see your take on NZ.
DD/MM/YY (big endian) and YY/MM/DD (little endian) are more logical than the US format of MM/DD/YY, middle endian is just illogical, period.
You wouldn't write "three thousand one hundred and twenty five" as 2513... at least 5213 is just the reverse of 3125.
KiaOra... I'm a New Zealand Maori... and I must say, I LOVE KMart 🤦♂️😂😂😂 Also, I drive a "Ute"... it's more cause I live in a small tiny rural town, and having a 4x4 truck makes sense... And, we also do Thirsty Thursday too...🍻🍻🍻 and I gave up smoking but 8 years ago... and my brother is a Q.C at a huge Kiwi Fruit factory in Te Puke...😂 So, you pretty much told the world my entire life...😂 I love your vids, keep it up
So, to anyone reading
The only shop NZ needs is Aldi or Lidl.
Just to say...4th of July.
Aldi would be great!! Spot on=)
As a kiwi we don't celebrate American holidays, so things like 4th of July & thanksgiving doesn't really matter here
@@mystikalmadness8739 as a fellow Kiwi, I was pointing out how they write the date, month,day,year but their most well known holiday is day month year.
@@DomingoDeSantaClara r/wooosh lol that went right over my head hahaha
@@mystikalmadness8739 we all have those days mate.😉
You only say the date in that order because that’s the way you are used to reading it. We say date, month year.
I'm a Kiwi girl. I saw your thumbnail and wholeheartedly agreed before seeng the video! 😂
Utes = Utility vehicles.
lol Thank you, I guess everywhere is pretty weird but it's fun to poke fun=)
Becsuse we say 4th October 23
Also, just gonna add that Americans evidently said it just like us Kiwis (and presumably the British) at some point in history, hence you celebrate the "4th of July" and not "July 4th". 😆
re dates we do write how we say: eg 4th of October 2022 = 4.10.22.... Also day to month to year is logical.
spelt 'Ute', short for Utility Vehicle. Used by tradespeople or going grocery shopping, picking up kids from school lol.
the US equivalant would be a 'pick up' truck.........
it's not the images that have people switch from smoking it's the cost
Ah I suspect that most in the Anglosphere, say day month year which when you think about it day month year is again logical
In Scotland, our local chip shop is run by a Chinese family, they serve both traditional chip shop fare (fish, haggis, black/white/red puddings....) but also an extensive Chinese menu.
I'd say the 4th of October.
Idk if anyone else has mentioned it but I am sure you have noticed we say "24th of October" rather than October 24th so we *do* say it and write it in the same order 😂😂😂 awesome video
We say 4th October 2022 and KMart is now and Australian company. The Kiwifruit was developed here from a very small fruit from China. The original looks quite different from today’s kiwifruit. We originally called them Chinese gooseberries.
Hmmm I actually find it super weird that the cigarettes boxes in the US don't have the cancer images??? What? In South America is completely normal since forever, and yes the campaign is important to try to repel consumers
We would say the 4th of October not October 4th. So we are already doing what your suggesting - saying it the way we write it.
We write the date first because it is the most changed number and when you look at it you can identify it quickly as its the first number...also, we usually say the day first such as the 16th June 2023, just as it reads in legal documents
A ute ( no y, short for utility ) was initially created to “ Take my wife to church on Sunday, and my pigs to market on Monday “
Most of the pineapples that are sold in NZ are Dole , an American brand. If they cut the foliage off it is probably so they don't pay to ship a useless part of the fruit halfway across the planet
No, it's bio security requirement by MPI.
Regarding the American t-shirts, it's because NZ retailers bought the excess production from the USA at a discount and sold it here at cheaper cost.
hehe Yute... just Ute lol, as someone said below it means Utility Vehicle and is basically a pickup in the states.
You should definitely try the Chinese Takeaways... some are meh but some are amazing! ask your friends for recommendations
because i would say as a Kiwi ''today is the 21st of October'' - not that weird is it?
for the Chinese takeaways they're pretty good we love our sweet and sour pork they aren't like good food or anything but it's cheap tasty and easy, also its utes not yutes lol and no I don't know why its spelled that way. lovely video always fun to see the differences between here and the states
Because it is the 4th day of October so the rest of the world say the 4th of October and write it 4/10/22. Just because the US turned it around for efficiency doesn't make it correct, but hey we are used to the US being different, and unwilling to follow the rest of the world, still using imperial units when the rest of the world are using SI units.
There are a lot of newer apartments in Auckland. The taller ones are at Downtown or near Downtown. There are some (3 to 6 stories) near the Downtown suburbs. They remove or "relocate" the old buildings Downtown or near Downtown suburbs. Those apartments are actually more expensive than houses because they locate in expensive districts. The crook part of New Zealand government is those cities/towns councils are not keen to approve cheap apartments on land with a lower value.
Ute is spelled without the y, it originated because farmers needed a practical vehicle for work but would be suitable for taking their wife to town at the weekend.
lol that makes sense, no one wants to go on a date night in a dirty big truck=)
Date dd/mm/yyyy is the logical way, just like metrics. The USA military knows this
We say 4th of October lol
So time is different in different countries? Who would have thought!
NZ is about 18 hours ahead of USA. I travelled from NZ to the USA with a seven hour stop in Fiji. I left 1.15pm on my birthday and arrive in the usa same day, same time. But lost a few days coming back to NZ .
Why do we go to so much effort to grow kiwifruit? Because you Americans pay us top dollar for them, of course! 😁
So crazy too, kiwis are pretty exotic in the USA, don't find them in fruit salads much because they're expensive over there too!
Mostly we say the date as 4th of October. I dont usually say October 4th. That may just be me though.
Not just you all New Zealanders do.
I read that Walmart was interested in setting up here in NZ but wanted to be union free. Fat chance of that, workers rights are protected here and when the big W made non union worksites a condition of moving here they did not get their way no matter their clout elsewhere, so no Walmart.
We have target here in Australia as well, never had it back home in NZ, but the Warehouse is so much better anyway.
You would obviously write the day first because it voes from smallest to biggest, day(24 hrs) ,mounth (29-31 days) an dyear of 365 days.
Since Steven Adams went to play basketball in the US, basketball has grown massively in popularity in NZ, this seems to have kicked off a love affair with some demographics in NZ who thenbuy the replica shirts. Marketing be what it is picks up on this and floods the market with similar product and if the price is right suddenly half the people are wearing shirts and sweaters for fashion and not for any affiliation. Replica rugby jerseys are quite expensive imo and that is possibly what prevents them from being such a fashion item, more reserved for die hard fans.
That makes sense! Thanks Ian=)
Mostly they are cheap imports at markets and the cheap Asian stores (university tshirts and some sports tshirts). I reckon most people who wear them don’t support the sports team or university. It became extremely fashionable to have Chicago Bulls gear when I was at high school, so that stuff was super expensive.
In the 90's basketball was massive here, I think mainly due to the success of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, I had several Bulls merchandise and Air Jordan's, my high school basketball team was called the Bulls
Much like teenagers these days who wear band shirts and have no idea who the actual band is 😢
the chinese take aways also sell european takeaways (ie. fish and other seafood and chips) burgers, never seen one with pizza though
I'd say "4th of October". I don't get why Americans would say October before they say the 4th. I mean isn't it obvious if it's October? The 4th is more important really.
In New Zealand, The Warehouse (a New Zealand company) is worse than K-mart.
True that!!! If anyone gifts me anything from Warehouse it means they hate me.
We say first of October not October the first for example.
this is y we grow kiwi fruit even tho its not native. "At 40% by value, kiwifruit was the highest value horticultural export crop in 2021 with 622,550 tonnes valued at $2.71b FOB, exported to 54 countries"
Hail Morgan, the new Queen of stand-up satire!! Loved that presentation - the timing and humour really on point. Secretly between you and me... I know you weren't actually complaining. Hehehe... 😂 Oh, and the mike drop? Perfect! You do realise that what you thought, and finally flattened, wasn't a fly, but in fact a nano-bot that followed you from the States... just sayin'... 10/10 for this video!💖👍🏻
lol OMG thank you so much Piano Man! To be honest I kinda went out on a limb here as a tester of sorts to see if anyone would be too offended (previous comments from Kiwis indicate a bit of let's say misunderstanding) but it seems like it went well! I'll have to continue my American sassiness in the future🤗 Also, I KNEW it was weird that the fly had a tiny metal collar with questionable engraving🧐🇺🇸😳
@@MorganMarieWolff You've made my day! Until next time...
The thing is we don't necessarily say the month first as in may, 22 -1974 we often say the day first therefore 22 of may 1974
I think it is only the USA that writes month/day/year, most write as we do day/month/year but some also write year/month/day.
Sorry ur wrong about the date thing...lol...day month year makes sense...month day year doesn't.
Utes, short for Utility Vehicle
Just found your channel. Had a really good laugh how you describe Utes or "yutes" lol. Had to pause and tell my car enthusiastic family who also had a bloody good laugh lol.
Will definitely be going through your videos for more laughs. Awesome.
From Dunedin in the South Island(not Florida). Interesting to hear what other people think about the country.
Best country in the world lol.
Edited to add that yes I have subscribed. Awesome humour.
Hey Sian, lol I do know NOTHING about cars....hence all the comments correcting even the spelling=) So glad you are enjoying! Hard to know what different people think is funny so I am focusing on what I think is lol happy you do too! That is the one city I have not been yet, will have to check it out. Let me know if you have any requests or ideas for more videos and thank you for subscribing=)
Americans say 'The 4th of July'.
Because we say 4th of October, not October 4th.
Most of sports clothing are in bulk wholesale and sold cheap here. We have a lot American design tees with even stuff from way back. Even tees with Eagles on it for California, the syymbol for Cali is a bear now. Don't be surprised. Look at the year on the shirts and you see how long ago that was. Sadly, most Made in China.
7:45 Isn't this the same America that celebrates the FOURTH OF JULY?
just wanted to add, a lot of people in NZ have family in the US who send them all the random college and sports clothing
There’s a target in Australia…I’m a kiwi living in Brisbane Australia and it’s slightly better than NZ
I haven't been to Australia yet but will in the next few months so I will have to check it out!
Some of the best fish and chips is made in Chinese Takeaways. They look sketchy to you, but that is what they look like. The $15 specials are awesome value. These are the places to get a mixed tray of Chinese food and a pile of fish and chips for a mixed gathering. (Warning, never buy the sweet and sour fish!)
Forget you are a nutritionist for a while!
It's ute (said 'yute'). Not Kiwi *rolls eyes* Kiwi*fruit*. Kiwi= the bird. Kiwifruit= Chinese Gooseberry.
American date formats are like American Spelling... just plain weird.
write the date the way we say the date...
A few laughs... still got you American sense of humour... that will change the longer you are here... ;-)
I say 7th of October 2022... that is also the way I write it so.... ;-)
I have to say...I do feel it slipping away!! You must be on to me=)
We DO write the date as we say it. We say it's the 16th of March, not March 16th.
You need to try these Chinese dishes at these places - here in the south, they're more usualy fish and chip shops! Total staple of family treat night when I was young, and love it now - can choose between fish and chips and burgers or chinese food - you have to try lemon fish or chicken, sweet and sour wontons or combination fried rice. Never ever been sick on this
I hate clothing like that and never have worn those awful labeled clothing. Hate all branding, but yeah a shirt may have their little logo, but I'm not into it.
Didn't know that about KMart. Kmart and target were a thing in Australia and was good, but I think those companies long were severed (sold) from the parent US company for Australasia .Now they're owned by Westfarmers of Australia. This was a Western Australia stock firm. They grew big. They've trashed the first Kmarts here and Australia. They also own Target. Target was also good in Australia- great for clothing, tv's, stereos, household stuff. Now it's just as lousy as Kmart and basically the same. (Kmart here and Australia was a department store- tools, lawnmowers, clothing- all sorts. Now, they just stock Chinese stuff n quality- and not the range of item type. Westfarmers own Bunnings hardware- that's everywhere. That's where you get the mowers n stuff.
Utes stand for Utility vehicle
why would you say it's october 4th ?
well, the one you are talking to probably knows the month, so why start by it ? start by the more valuable information the day, then the month, then the most obvious of all, the year.
Furthermore, why wouldn't you just say it's the 4th of october ? It's how we say it here in europe
LOL. Re Dates. You just asked why don't we LOGICALLY say October 4, 2022. Well, because if you use logical progression, it would be correct to say 4th October, 2022. Logical because the sequence goes day, month, year. THAT is logical. Not month, day, year.
Plus... what do you call your Independence day? You say 4th July, don't you? So why don't you say July 4th. I was engaged to an American lady and we had these types of fun discussions all the time. To her "4th July" I would ask, so why not also say "11th September" (or 11/9) instead of what you say as "9/11". Hours of teasing fun! Ha.
Sadly, Americans gave up on spelling words correctly decades ago and now we have words that do not make sense. Tire when they mean tyre (for wheels on an car) Tire itself has a completely different meaning. As does Cheque for financial instrument when Americans say check which already has a different meaning. There are dozens of such examples grey v gray, colour v color etc. Words with different meanings are spelt differently for a reason because they mean different things. It appears to simply be laziness that Americans now cannot spell correctly. I was a manual editor at one stage in my career and had to correct American manuals to avoid errors for users. Oh well... there are greater problems for the world than these. Cheers.
Yeah that's why you have an international time function on your Ph. It's entirely logical when you remember the earth rotates east to west
I think the warehouse, Kmart and farmers are enough departments stores for a country with only 5 million people
yeah/nah, they have always had t-shirts etc with US names like you mentioned.. well they had them when I was a young man and I'm heading toward 70
But we do the day first the month then the year so I would say 24th of Dec 2022 its how we were taught how to say it
I think we would love some of the stores like Target but for now we have Kmart. Maybe one day! We did just get Costco recently
I don't know any Kiwis who say the date the way you do. If asked the date they would say, for example, twenty second of November twenty twenty two. Just as a comparison how many people in the US refer to your independence day as July Fourth, I've always heard it from US contacts as the Fourth of July.
there was a disease the killed all the kiwifruit on. china which left NZ as the only place in the world to have the kiwifruit. the kiwifruit industry done a deal with Italy to supply Europe in our off season and China now has some seed and are starting to grow kiwifruit there's as well.
That's crazy, well I'm glad for that- so yummy=)
No flags, the flag thing in the USA is really weird.
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I think it's the price making for less smokers- no smokers I know are affected by the images 😂
The American teams and school clothes is just because there graphics that are cheap and sometimes the only graphic clothes you can actually get
About the date thing.. I do write the date with the same format as how I say it. 4th of October 2022. So 04-10-2022.