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stands alone." flight of the dis-conchords thirsty new zealanders got a bit of shock recently , when a coke machine—on which the coca-cola company attempted to combine te reo maori (a native new zealand language which has been growing in popularity) and english. the vending machine read "kia ora, mate
," "kia ora" meaning "hello" in te reo maori and "mate" being english for, well, "mate" (or "buddy," "pal"). unfortunately, in te reo maori, "mate" means "death." so coca-cola, in perhaps an inadvertent case of truth in advertising, was saying, "hello, death." the night watched time was, "watching paint...
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