I can imagine my face if an american would say "I'm from North, South Carolina".......
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I can imagine my face if an american would say "I'm from North, South Carolina".......
How about 'northern lower Michigan?'
As someone stated there's a big difference between states, and the further south you go you start running into county loyalties as well. I was at a rally in Tennessee with some local rescue workers complaining about saving 'idiots that float down from Hickman County.' That said one of them had been tanker in the Army and lived a number of years in Germany.
Which is actually a good description of parts of Michigan. If you're from Traverse City, Alpena or Mackinaw City I'm not sure how else you'd describe it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregor-y
That's how I try to explain where the Sno*Drift rally is located, near Atlanta, MI.
[quote=555-04Q2]This is a conversation I had with an American from Florida when I was in Dubai a few years back:Quote:
Originally Posted by "D-Type":1mebznv0
Yank: "Hey there. Noticed your accent. You from Australia?"
Me: "No boet, I'm from sunny South Africa."
Yank: "Oh ok." <blank stare for a few moments> "Where's South Africa?" <he asks with a serious face>
Me: "Erm, at the bottom, you know, southern part of Africa."
Yank: <another blank stare for a few seconds> "Oh yeah, yeah, ok. I think I got it."
Me: Turned and walked away before I burst out laughing in his face. Idiot.[/quote:1mebznv0]
So you chose one American to bash the whole country. Amusing to see this as South Africa, the country ranks way down in knowledge of Math, Sciences and Reading.
I find it difficult to believe what you are telling us. It's one thing talking about Southern Africa. Another to locate and know about South Africa. Like NI and ROI.
I wonder what you would do in the Bayou to get yourself out? Would you be in Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas? Where. Maybe in Biafra, Zaire,Tanganyika and Zanzibar,Abyssinia. How many variations of Congo are there and how many of your citizens of South Africa could place and name without using Google where in the continent they are or even what they were formally known as.
We found how to get to the moon. Did you? Oh yes, you hosted the World Cup, but, we did that before you in '94. :D
Don't expect much from a country who elected Obama.
Or, for that matter, one that contains you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roamy
Merry Christmas.
It was a great help for me too. A cousin in Bristol sent magazines on soccer I think they were called Shoot and Goal. They had articles on the UEFA cup which I believe was the 'Fairs cup" and others. Then the World cup.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rollo
I would just draw a big circle around most of Europe and write "former Roman Empire" at the top. :laugh:
Or "Germany."Quote:
Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
(I'll just let myself out...)