WHATS IN A NAME!!

[jimtheworzel]

thanks sam

[jimtheworzel]

[Kea]

Sholls, you are incorrect because if you call a kiwi an Aussie you will get a sharp something...I'm quite fed up with being called an Aussie or even worse a South African!

Oh, Kea, I'd never dream of calling a New Zealander an Aussie... I've known too many of the former! I can even tell the difference between north & south island accents; sadly, I suspect I'm in a minority. ;)

That's Ok Sholls, I was really just warning everyone that if they weren't sure to find out first.....people always assume Kiwi's are Aussies but the accent is quite different though Aucklander's tend to sound like Aussies...and behave a bit like them :-X
Even I've mistaken people from Auckland as being Aussies...but I didn't say so just thought it.

It is very safe to call NZer's Kiwis and Australian's  Aussies but I don't use the word Pom unless the person is very annoying because I believe it is meant as a derogatory term.

I believe Pakistani's used to refer to themselves using the term Jim's post suggested but didn't say, until it was made into a derogatory term but I'm not sure of the history there.

[GrannieAnnie]

I don't mind being called a Yank and your post got me wondering about the origins of it and I found this on Wikipedia which summarizes the distinctions ( attributed to E.B. White):

        To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
        To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
        To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.
        To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
        To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
        And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.

or who still uses an outhouse."