Cultural Waves

1 posts ยท Mar 21 2002

From: Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@w...>

Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 12:22:49 +1000

Subject: Re: Cultural Waves

> We have second plus generation

> black Caribbean subjects (often Jamaican) and culturally they are

I admit it came as a bit of a surprise when I asked directions from a group of
(obviously African by descendence) people in London and was answered in the
broadest Cockney I've ever heard. It shouldn't have done, but it did.

In Australia, there is a distinct difference between the Old Chinese ( came