Antipode/antipodeans
Who are antipodeans and where are they from?People from NZ and OZ, right? Wrong!
The antipodes of any place on Earth is the region on the Earth's surface which is diametrically opposite to it. Two points which are antipodal to one another are connected by a straight line through the centre of the Earth.
The UK, in fact, has no land-antipodes. Nor does Australia for that matter. NZ, on the other hand, is antipodal with parts of Spain and Portugal.
So unless you are Spanish/Portuguese, the Kiwis aren't antipodean, and the Aussies aren't antipodean at all!
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