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From: Chris Ridd on 5 Jul 2010 12:58
On 2010-07-05 17:42:06 +0100, Pd said:

> Adrian C <email(a)here.invalid> wrote:
>>>> The new 8 GB iPhone 3GS is available, and its NZ price dropped somewhat
>
>> However, not too far away in that part of the world is UAE, Dubai.
> Where exactly do you think New Zealand is?

Middle earth, innit?
--
Chris

From: Ben Shimmin on 5 Jul 2010 15:46
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid>:
> Adrian C <email(a)here.invalid> wrote:
>> >> The new 8 GB iPhone 3GS is available, and its NZ price dropped somewhat
>
>> However, not too far away in that part of the world is UAE, Dubai.
>
> Where exactly do you think New Zealand is?

And, rather more alarmingly, why do all the people I've ever met from there
pronounce my name `Bin'?

b.

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From: D.M. Procida on 5 Jul 2010 17:05
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:

> Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid>:
> > Adrian C <email(a)here.invalid> wrote:
> >> >> The new 8 GB iPhone 3GS is available, and its NZ price dropped somewhat
> >
> >> However, not too far away in that part of the world is UAE, Dubai.
> >
> > Where exactly do you think New Zealand is?
>
> And, rather more alarmingly, why do all the people I've ever met from there
> pronounce my name `Bin'?

I presumed that someone called "Ben (or Bin) Shimmin" would probably be
Jewish, but apparently Shimmin is Manx rather than Hebrew.

Daniele
From: Peter Ceresole on 5 Jul 2010 17:22
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:

> And, rather more alarmingly, why do all the people I've ever met from there
> pronounce my name `Bin'?

Because that's how you tell a Kiwi from a Kanga. 'Bin' and 'Bayn'.
--
Peter
From: Ben Shimmin on 5 Jul 2010 17:26
D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>:
> Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:
>> Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid>:
>> > Where exactly do you think New Zealand is?
>>
>> And, rather more alarmingly, why do all the people I've ever met from
>> there pronounce my name `Bin'?
>
> I presumed that someone called "Ben (or Bin) Shimmin" would probably be
> Jewish, but apparently Shimmin is Manx rather than Hebrew.

You are most certainly not the first to make that presumption, and no
doubt you will not be the last.

Shimmin is amongst the most common of Manx surnames, I think, and means
`son of little Simon'.

`Benjamin' means something like `son of my right hand' in Hebrew.
(I'd rather have been a Benedict, to be honest, but you've got to work
with what you're given, I suppose.)

b.

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shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors,
secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
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