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[Robert Brockway]

On Wed, 2 May 2007, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

I wrote:
>> I come from Australia so no doubt integrating in to Canada was easier for
>> me than it would be for someone from Egypt or even eastern Europe since I
>> already spoke English as a first language and found the pervading culture
>> similar to what I was used to at home[1].
>
> Some smartass people might claim that isn't English. :)

ROTFL.  You know I actually did look over that sentence to see if I should 
reword it :)

>> As an example, I was at a picnic here one day and we were packing up the
>> car.  When asked, I suggested to a friend to she her bags in the boot.
>> She stared at me like I'd just arrived from Mars.  Why would anyone store
>> there bags in a boot?  My wife translated this to "trunk" for her.
>
> I guess Australia is a bit too British there.

Only after living in Canada for a while did I realise how similar Britain 
and Australia are culturally.

> Wouldn't it be boring if everything was the same?  What would be the
> point of moving then?

You are quite right.  Part of the reason I wanted to live in Canada was 
because things would be different.

So where are you from originally Len?

Cheers,

Rob

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