Australia vs. Austria. - Page 1
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author: Morten I. Larsen
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2014, 08:37:07 pm
content: A friend posted this picture of a toy car, that she found among her sons toys. It made me think of Dave.

author: DJ
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 25, 2014, 08:57:51 pm
content: The problem is all these European countries sound similar.Take sweden and Switzerland for example:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/10443266/Chinese-confuse-Sweden-with-Switzerland.html

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2014, 09:16:39 pm
content: Slovakia and Slovenia anyone? A lot of mixup happen - wrong anthems have been played, wrong flags displayed...

author: nitro2k01
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2014, 11:00:33 pm
content: Do you mean Austria and Austraigha?

author: romantronixlab
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2014, 11:52:50 pm
content: Quote from: staxquad on May 25, 2014, 10:34:08 pmI think that exactly what happens.

author: staxquad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2014, 12:18:30 am
content: Quote from: romantronixlab on May 25, 2014, 11:52:50 pmOnly the Dumb (and Dumber) don't know the difference between Australia and Österreich.The confusion is language dependent.Sverige shouldn't be confused with Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Svizra or Confoederatio Helvetica

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2014, 12:25:55 am
content: Gut-tag mate! Lets put anozer bratvurst on zee barbie!

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 26, 2014, 01:47:20 pm
content: Quote from: Stonent on May 26, 2014, 12:25:55 amUnd pop open da Foster's-Austrian for bier!

author: jpb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2014, 03:10:33 pm
content: Quote from: daqq on May 25, 2014, 09:16:39 pmWhen I was growing up they were part of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia respectively so I have had to unlearn all the geography I learned at school.The names (or at least their Romanisation into English) of a lot of cities have changed as well - all very confusing (e.g. Bombay becoming Mumbai, Peking becoming Beijing and so on).

author: hneve
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2014, 03:59:58 pm
content: Quote from: jpb on May 26, 2014, 03:10:33 pmHmm. Beijing duck. Nah doesn't sound right...Guten tag, mein name is Hans, ich habe einen grossen schwanz.Sent fra min SGP311 via Tapatalk

author: gxti
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2014, 04:18:37 pm
content: Quote from: GreyWoolfe on May 26, 2014, 01:47:20 pmI think Austrians might be even less fond of Foster's than Australians.

author: calexanian
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2014, 09:02:26 pm
content: At least people know where you ancestral lands are. When I say my family is from Armenia people get confused!

author: jpb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2014, 09:39:11 pm
content: Quote from: calexanian on May 26, 2014, 09:02:26 pmOne of my friends from college is half Armenian. I think in the UK at least more people are aware of the Armenian massacres during the first world war. It was a news item very recently because of the anniversary:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/23/turkey-erdogan-condolences-armenian-massacre

author: staxquad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2014, 09:49:54 pm
content: Quote from: gxti on May 26, 2014, 04:18:37 pmFoster's was created by two Irish American brothers, William M and Ralph R Foster, who arrived in Melbourne from New York in 1886.I prefer Cooper's myself if drinking Australian brew (Cooper came from North Yorkshire, so that would have Scottish brew influence)nothing seems to be straight up national

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2014, 01:36:19 am
content: AUS vs AUTDoes that help? !!

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2014, 05:14:31 am
content: Quote from: staxquad on May 26, 2014, 09:49:54 pm"I could do with an Emu,how about you?"

author: con-f-use
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 27, 2014, 11:10:29 am
content: Just wow.