# Coldfire, say it ain't so...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-say-it-aint-so/165752>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 1, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-say-it-aint-so/165752 "2003-04-01T17:59:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-say-it-aint-so/165752/41 "2003-04-03T12:53:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Apollyon \*  
> \*\*Perhaps “…when it was discovered by Europeans in 1642” would be more correct as I don’t think the polynesian peoples who had been here for 400+ years at that time thought it to be lost. 😃 \*\*

Ever so right, my Kiwi friend. How Euro-Centric of me. 🙂

Thanks for the explanation Spiny, I stand corrected.

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**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-say-it-aint-so/165752/42 "2003-04-03T13:24:51Z")

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> ## \*Originally posted by Floater \* \*\*quote:
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> ## Originally posted by Apollyon I once had a US vendor tell me that I’d have to deal with their European distributor because “New Zealand is a scandinavian country”.
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> That would probably be because Sjælland, the largest island in Denmark, is called Zealand in English. \*\*

I dunno about that. It seems to me that an American who was aware of the name of ANY place in Denmark would probably be geographically savvy enough to know that New Zealand is a distinct place.

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