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I've seen the word "kiwi" used to refer to the fruit in the US, which just seems odd to me, like calling a pineapple a pine. In my part of teh world its a kiwif
by markdown 1y ago
I've seen the word "kiwi" used to refer to the fruit in the US, which just seems odd to me, like calling a pineapple a pine. In my part of teh world its a kiwifruit, not a kiwi.
A kiwi is a New Zealander. In fact while they're both named after the bird, the bird is more often called a kiwi bird than just a kiwi.
- rat87 1y agoYes us Americans just say kiwis instead of kiwifruits. Not too many kiwi birds or New Zealanders in the states so there's not much confusion
- zimpenfish 1y agoUK people also mostly just call it "kiwi" instead of "kiwifruit". Similar lack of kiwi birds but we do have a fair few kiwi people (at least in London.)
- IAmBroom 1y agoAmerican here. I can state authoritatively I've never confused a greenish fruit with an expatriate of a peri-Australian island.
- ZephyrBlu 1y agoAs a New Zealander, it seems like everywhere other than NZ the default is calling it a "kiwi" instead of "kiwifruit"
- mr_toad 1y agoI’ve never heard of anyone calling it a kiwi bird, in NZ or anywhere else.