Australia, we don’t know you, but we love you, say our American friends

I understand quite a bit as a result of this post. None of it flatters you.

dlowan wrote:

Cute but inaccurate....a globe in space has no under or over.....the only under is towards the centre of gravity. It's a northern hemisphere linguistic imperialism....or hegemony.

Please don't forget that the World revolves around America (and by "America" I mean the US). Thus, it's accurate enough.

Ticomaya wrote:

Do you (Aussies) pronounce Australia as "OZ-tralia" or "AHSS-tralia"?

Neither, if I ger AHSS correctly...I read it as arse.

I guess that makes Warsaw the capital of America.

dlowan wrote:

We say Osstralia......Aus rhymes with boss.

Yes, so do I.

So why don't you say Ossies ("Aus-ies"), and insist that it be "Ozzies".

dlowan wrote:

I guess that makes Warsaw the capital of America.

Doesn't.

Builder wrote:

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What gives you that idea?

The simple fact that most Nortes confuse Australia with Austria.

Continents apart, you understand?

I understand quite a bit as a result of this post. None of it flatters you.

Ticomaya wrote:

dlowan wrote:

We say Osstralia......Aus rhymes with boss.

Yes, so do I.

So why don't you say Ossies ("Aus-ies"), and insist that it be "Ozzies".

Well, that brings us back to the whole Oz thing.

Also, it's English, remember.

Bough.

Through.

Trough.

Enough.

Need I say more?

We aren't here to flatter Builder fer crissake, are we?

My link appears to have failed when I tried to give a link to Oz magazine....google it. I believe it all began as a satire upon my fair land. Then it moved to Britain and satirized that.

...and by saying I don't like the name "Bob" I've ensured a steady stream of half-witted uses of it in my future.

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

Actually it would be like the French calling themselves "Europeans"

No it wouldn't.