Maori Proverbs & more

[Scott F. Kiesling]

EFTPOS is a common term in NZ and Australia.It's an acronym for Electronic
Funds Transfer Point Of Service. Same as a debit card. They're way ahead of
us down there.
SK

On Sunday 24 February 2002 06:03 pm, you wrote:
>    Greeting from Rotorua, New Zealand.
>
> THE REED BOOK OF MAORI PROVERBS--1963, revised 1987, reprinted 2001.  Just
> in case Fred Shapiro missed the 1987 edition.
>
> EFTPOS--That's right.  Our tour guide showed us a misspelling--maybe I
> copied that.
>
> PIZZATATOES--"Potato skins filled with our own pizza sauce," as the Round
> Table Pizza menu has it.  But it is not trademarked, as are other menu
> items.
>
> 911--I researched the first use of "911" in New York City.  I did other
> words, too.  I do this scholarship for free.
>
> TAKEUNDER--"Colloquially referred to as a "takeunder"...
> RED HERRING, December 2001, pg. 102, col. 2.  (catching up on reading--ed.)
>
> IRON TRIANGLE--"Making a mint inside the 'iron triangle' of defense,
> government, and industry." RED HERRING, December 2001, pg. 63, col. 2.
>
> (About a week to "bungee"--ed.)

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Scott F. Kiesling

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