Quoting Gaelyne Gasson to Neil Skepper in message dated 05 Sep 1996:

 NS> GG> Oh, never mind I said.
 NS>
 NS> Try to picture a reverse situation. An
 NS> Aussie spending time in the US then
 NS> returning to their family and spouting
 NS> phrases like "missing you already"
 NS> etc.

 NS> They'd get more than blank looks  8-)

 GG> :-)

 GG> I just heard from a guy who is from Adelaide and spent 3mo in USA.
 GG> Unfortunately, his personality type is one that is more suited to
 GG> US than Oz anyway so I'm sure the govt can work out an exchange
 GG> program. 

Steal his return ticket, quick.  8-)

 NS> GG> have both.  Oh, never mind is becoming a standard.  :-(
 NS>
 NS> Maybe they harbour a resentment towards
 NS> Australia for "taking you away"?

 GG> Probably.  In Mike's case, I think it's also a loss of stature as a
 GG> worldly know it all that bugs him.  He used to think he was quite
 GG> versed in cultures till now.   

Oh I see, had the wind taken out of his sails. You could try humouring him
by conforming to his expectations of what Australia should be like  8-)

 NS> NS> You think with all those orthodontists and speech pathologists
 NS> NS> over there they'd get it right  8-)
 NS>
 NS> GG>    Fersure.
 NS>
 NS> Like, Oh-my-god! Bitchin'!
 NS>
 NS> Ever heard Frank Zappa's "Valley Girl"?

 GG> Enough so I almost slit my wrists.  :-)

It's quite an indictment isn't it?

Cheers,

Neil.

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