fujikochan wrote:
The character above actually looks a lot like Robyn Hitchcock.
Robyn Hitchcock? Hm, you'll have to give me a picture of her for that, I have no idea what she looks like!
Nice name-linking, pluto! Yes, I knew that already (hey, I'm Dutch myself!), and I also know a bit more. Here's the story: When Captian Cook (yes, Cook, not Hook) explored New Zealand, it was originally going to be called Zeelanda Nova, but he settled for Neiw Seeland (neiw means New in Dutch, and seeland means Sealand). Unfourtunately, due to a spelling mistake, it was interpreted as Neiw Zeeland, and they didn't argue because they thought that it was named after the Dutch province, not because it was surrounded by the sea as originally intended by Cook. So really, New Zealand should be called New Sealand!
Anyway, I'll tell you guys the winning name later on.
04 Nov 2006, 2:24 am
