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Pa Marmo 

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PostPosted: Tue May 09, 2006 10:39 pm
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I was watching an overseas news report about the Beaconsfield Mine rescue and nearly laughed my head off when the reporter said " In breaking news the miners have finally been set free from the beaconsfield mine which is in a secluded part of Tamzania, Australia". It makes you wonder do these people even know where we are.
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Dr Alf Andrews Pisces

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PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:31 am
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Another report I saw said that the incident occurred in "Beaconsfield, Australia".

I'm sure there would be millions of Australians who wouldn't have known where Beaconsfield was before this happened.
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Dr Alf Andrews Pisces

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PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:33 am
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By the way, nuxta ... EVERYONE knows that Tamzania is in Austria Laughing
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Pa Marmo 

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PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2006 6:46 pm
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Dr Alf Andrews wrote:
By the way, nuxta ... EVERYONE knows that Tamzania is in Austria Laughing


The good thing is Dr Alf, if the yanks decide to attack us they wont know where we are.
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skaman Taurus

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PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2006 8:48 pm
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magpie greg wrote:
I was amazed that part of the news was how other nations reported the news.

WTF?

Is the cultural cringe still about? We can only justify our importance by what others see and think about us?

Who cares.


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blackmissionary Cancer

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PostPosted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:31 am
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Dr Alf Andrews wrote:
Another report I saw said that the incident occurred in "Beaconsfield, Australia".

I'm sure there would be millions of Australians who wouldn't have known where Beaconsfield was before this happened.


Out near Berwick, isn't it? Wink
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David Libra

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PostPosted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:53 am
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It happens. I still remember when the bushfires hit Canberra a few years ago, the Herald Sun report showed a map of Canberra, mis-spelling several suburbs almost comically (and by the way the map was useless, because if the fires had been where they said they were, my house would have been burnt down Razz) and we probably get names wrong occasionally, like during the tsunami report, some of those Sri Lankan towns would have been easy to mis-pronounce.
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PostPosted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:55 am
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What do you remember about when the bushfires hit Canberra a few years ago the Herald Sun report showed a map of Canberra mis-spelling ?
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