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One of the areas where ANZ is miles ahead of North America in terms of civil rights, is that when a reference to a romantic partner holds connotation of it being a same-sex lover. Kiwis (and presumably Aussies) routinely find that talking about their partners while travelling in North America often gets a look that means one of several things.

"Oh, I didn't know you played softball."

I *think* Jenny Fitch is married with a kid, but you know, stereotypes abound. But she's the only softball player I could name off the top of my head."


"Aren't you supposed to be wearing a mesh shirt and leather pants?"


Yes, I sucked it up and Googled "mesh shirt leather pants" - this was by far the least uncomfortable image that came up.


"Are you ALLOWED to be in a store that isn't the Home Depot?"



So anyway, my point is there's this connotation in North America when you talk about your partner, but in New Zealand it could mean your husband, wife, common law, fiance, boyfriend, girlfriend, or Rarotongan pool boy.

Apparently I've become somewhat acclimatised to New Zealand because I had a total brain fart when dealing with a client in his 70's.

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From: Delegarde, Dustin
Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2011 3:36 p.m.
To: KYLE; PG; SIMPLE DOG OWNER
Subject: Holy Awkward


Client: “Dustin - we finally meet! We’ve spoken on the phone, and I’ve met your partner.”

Dustin: “How did you meet Kyle?”

Client: “Umm, your audit partner – XXXX . . . But that's a very modern response”

AWKWARD TURTLE


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For more on the awkward turtle, see cute college kids explaining it here.

[Oh, DAMMIT. Youtube is now full of ridiculous videos of idiots trying to do an awkward turtle. There used to be a cute Asian kid showing you how to do it. Now it's just a bunch of nerdy high school students posting their entire lives to Youtube.]

Sorry, readers - you'll have to watch this instead.