Talk:Contiki Tours
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Sounds too much like an advertisement. Needs to be revised to make it neutral, enciclopedia-style article.
[edit] It's a copyvio anyway
but see the entry at Wikipedia:New Zealand Collaboration of the Fortnight#Contiki Tours for even more info. Moriori 02:35, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] "tiki tour"
I've removed the section on Contiki being the source of "tiki tour". Orsman's '98 dictionary suggests that the phrase comes from a company of the same name, as opposed to a contraction of "contiki tour". He also notes that the use of the term "tiki" in brandnames was not uncommon in the past (e.g., Tiki-tape). The contiki link makes a good story, but at the moment it seems a little too close to original research, I think. --Limegreen 11:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Etymology
Is the name taken from Kon-Tiki?--ZayZayEM 08:16, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
- Most probably. Although as far as I'm aware that is knowledge privy to the founder. As to whether "contiki" on its own has entered the language, it follows a fairly strong linguistic tradition of words being contracted (and turned into nouns where appropriate, although not here obviously). My connection keeps timing out, so I'm struggling on the evidence front just now.--Limegreen 08:29, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
