icepick wrote:
Yes, we tend to incorporate many words from other languages, but never translate the spelling to English. We simply assimilate their word(s). I guess you could say we are on the way to developing a Creole.

I know what you are saying about Australia, but I see that as more evidence of influence. Face it, you folks don't behave like a Commonwealth. You behave like we do for the most part. Australia, Canada, and Israel are three nations I see as being extremely similar to America. It's like we were all cut from the same mold. The nation we all hail from originally, Great Britain, not so much. None of us are that much like the Brits where our nations are concerned if you stop to think about it. We are all highly independent, very determined, and make our presence known in a big way. I'm sure you know what I mean? It's not clear which one of us started that trend as you might think either. Yes, it was us, but only because of the revolution. I don't believe such a definite leader exists from the group in the post WWII era though, and that's the period where it counts. These cities that keep popping up around the world that they are calling Americanized could just as easily be from Australia, Canada, or the modern parts of Israel.

I'll bet you know what I mean about that, don't you? Europe is out. So 19th century. We represent the west, these four nations.

Tim
Hi Tim

Australia, although it started out a convict colony, is built on many different races...... in the early days it was Italians, Brits, Irish, Germans, Dutch, Greeks etc... I remember even going to school with a Russian. Nowadays we have every race under the sun.... when the stick was stuck into the hornets nest in Vietnam we got inundated with Vietnamese, then in Afghanistan and  Iraq.... we have been inundated with Muslims.  So you can safely say we have every race here.... Its often been said that we follow America..... and I can remember that when they started getting rid of the workers and making a whole lot of useless bosses.... folks were angry because they said we were following America. Too many chiefs and not enough Indians.... workers were pushed beyond their limits.  So not all things that come out of America are good.  So if America goes down, so will Australia.  Now Australia is filling up with Africans.... and we are getting many economic asylum seekers from Sri Lanka.... coming in by the boatload.  How long Australians can support this I don't know...... because many of them come here and never work, they live off taxpayers. One I read about made me so angry.... never worked for 19 years that he had been here, married a woman so he could stay here and promptly had 7 kids.... all living off Australian taxpayers, while preaching hatred at the mosque and death to infidels.  smiley: devil  Better get off that subject I get too annoyed.

I think your wrong about the Brits..... they are no different from us, and they have every race there too.  They do like to hang onto pomp and tradition, which is really something I like about England.  They are also a strong minded individualistic race of people, no different from the US or here.... although Aussies are far more laid back for the most part. 

So I wonder how Obama is going to fair in Africa after bombing the heck out of them with his drones..... and if there will be an attempt on his life while he is there. It certainly appears as if he is anticipating it.

Pen

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