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In case anyone was wondering (as I was) why the nationality of the founder matters: this is about a project called KiwiIRC, not about a New Zealander. Which ma
by vosper 5y ago
In case anyone was wondering (as I was) why the nationality of the founder matters: this is about a project called KiwiIRC, not about a New Zealander.
Which made me think: To a New Zealander, Kiwi is our word for ourselves (or the bird). You'll never see BritishIRC or AustralianIRC. It's odd to see a part of our national identity used like that.
(Not being too serious here: I also am well aware that our Kiwifruit exporters have done such a great job of branding that people overseas forget the "fruit" part, and just call them "Kiwis". So we did it to ourselves! Also, the bird came first)
- yreg 5y agoTIL kiwifruit is called kiwifruit.
- 0xbadcafebee 5y agoAlso TIL kiwifruit is from China ("Chinese gooseberry")
- sebastialonso 5y agoTIL, in my country the fruit's name _is_ kiwi.
- dsr_ 5y agoI suppose you could re-brand yourselves "Silver Ferns".
- dogma1138 5y agoKiwi fruit is originally from China, its a Gooseberry. The name kiwi fruit seem to have come from US servicemen stationed in NZ and Australia during WW2 similarly to how Americano became a name for a coffee drink which is just a diluted espresso since the Americans stationed in Italy were used to weaker coffee and found espresso too strong.
- chris1993 5y agoIt was named 'chinese gooseberry' until Hort NZ rebranded it but they are unrelated botanically (European gooseberry is Ribes uva-crispa, Kiwifruit is Actinidia deliciosa).
- phillipstar 5y agoThe project name derives from the fruit. The fruit is not NZ specific. "Kiwifruit is native to central and eastern China." Besides, perhaps the author just likes kiwifruit?