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Just when all my efforts to bring back Australianism’s into the conversation of regular Australians seems to be paying off, in comes news that we are now actually located in North America. Bugger - you think someone could have told us (perhaps Rudd and Swan did know and that’s why SA did so badly in the budget).
A pop-up advert from Classmates.com shows that we sit in with Arkansas (is that pronounced like ‘R-Kansas’?) and Illinois (is that pronounced like ‘Ill-in-noise’?) and Connecticut (pronounced ‘Connect-eye-cut’?). You liddle bewdy!
Personally, I’m wondering exactly where Jefferson High, Lincoln High and JFK High are located; any Adelaidians want to guess which suburbs?
Seriously…
If you are going to try database marketing on a mass scale, like classmates.com is doing, for goodness sake conduct even some preliminary research!
[...and the US wonders why the world seems to always laugh at its expense and hate it so much. Personally, I love the people, but hate its cultural imperialism and sheer geographic and historical stupidity. How can you expect us to take you [as a country, not directed at any individuals] seriously?)
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Marc 05.15.08 at 2:54 am
Never, never pronounce the “s” in Illinois!
Now, where’s Australia again? Isn’t that where they have the Alps?
Craig Harper 05.15.08 at 3:03 pm
Hey Lee. I spose it could have been worse. Don’t most Americans think Australia is the same as Austria!