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Old 11-01-2015, 02:56 PM
Zaps
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Originally Posted by raymo View Post
I have sometimes wondered how far back our love affair with American terminology goes.
Australia was already very deliberately and self-consciously attempting to turn itself into "America Downunder" when I first visited a long time ago. It bemused me then and it still does now. Is there something so inherently wrong with traditional Australiana that it must be dumped in favor of Americana?
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