@NZSocietyUK@BBCSport@BlackFerns Origin
mid 17th century (in pundit (sense 2)): from Sanskrit paṇḍita ‘learned man’, use as noun of paṇḍita ‘learned, skilled’. pundit (sense 1) is first recorded in the early 19th century.
@JenniWard5 Origin
mid 17th century (in pundit (sense 2)): from Sanskrit paṇḍita ‘learned man’, use as noun of paṇḍita ‘learned, skilled’. pundit (sense 1) is first recorded in the early 19th century.
( For Ruby Tui, another with strong connections to Samoa)
@GeHegmann@RheinmetallAG@welt The strongarm of the FreeWorld so you are. (So said from far away in New Zealand). All Power to You All,( such times Now).
@rynkrynk Everyday since 24 Feb '22 Oleksandra.
I dont know what to do to staunch a kind of survivor guilt deep inme. I grew up with a ptsd soldier Dad.
80 years ago today he was one of a few tanks unharmed 62 tanks in final assault on Italo German Forces in Desert West of Suez.