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From:E. Notagain <ecg321@...>
Date:Thursday, January 23, 2003, 6:25
>Melbourne
... one of two places in Australia my closest friend has ever heard of. (I'm very familiar with the geography of Southern Australia, though I've neither been to Aus., nor have I met anyone from there.)
>And on another note, and addressed to any who hears it, do Americans not >use 'ring (someone) up' and Brits not use 'call (someone) (up)' to mean >to communicate over the telephone? I was reading something the other day >which made use of Americans use of the latter and Brits the former to >the exclusion of the other... In Australia, both are used.
Generally the thing about Americans is true, though much less so among some of the geekier types. *points to self and shrugs. again.* --Erin Notagain-- "I'm sorry, I just don't speak mumblish."