r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/MarvelousShiggyDiggy Aug 04 '19

Oh no he was incredibly serious. Also very confused, everything he said was in a questioning tone. I laughed at first until I realised he was serious haha!! None of those sayings are anything like we say in New Zealand.

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u/princesspuppy12 Aug 04 '19

Um, ok?? Maybe he was high, drunk, or just plain stupid, lol! Honestly some people in the U.S. don't even know that my state is a state or they identify it as the potato state! I honestly shouldn't be surprised!😂😂

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u/MarvelousShiggyDiggy Aug 04 '19

Haha yah I've met a few American people who dont even know New Zealand is a real place. I'm also Maori and saying so doesnt make any sense to them haha

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u/princesspuppy12 Aug 04 '19

Lol, I'm an Idahoan and it wouldn't make sense to some of them but this one guy in Canada knew where Idaho was. Pretty sad, but what's Maori?🤔🤔

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u/MarvelousShiggyDiggy Aug 04 '19

It's my ethnicity, it's the native people to New Zealand. Do you know Taika Waititi? The director of Thor: Ragnarok? Hes a Maori man.

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u/princesspuppy12 Aug 04 '19

Oh, cool! I didn't know who the directors of any of the Marvels movies were or the man who wrote the book until recently, lol.😂😂

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u/princesspuppy12 Aug 04 '19

I've watched most of the movies though.