Happy Birthday, USA

Thanks!

I'm reminded of the kid's song about 'make new friends, but keep the
old...'

May we always cherish our dearest, oldest friends.

The_Beast

Happy Birthday to You Happy Birthday to You Happy Birthday USA Happy Birthday
to You

> From : Your mates Down Under

Thanks!

I'm reminded of the kid's song about 'make new friends, but keep the
old...'

May we always cherish our dearest, oldest friends.

The_Beast

Ditto to that.........)

Thanks.

Embarrassing thought - When is Australia/New Zealand's official
'birthdays'?

On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 19:20:34 +1000 "Alan and Carmel Brain"
> <aebrain@webone.com.au> writes:

> Embarrassing thought - When is Australia/New Zealand's official

<grin> you're just pointing out that the Aussies on the list are more
aware of other nations than many Americans--but everyone knows that
already.

Q: What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? A: Bilingual Q: What do
you call some who speaks 3 languages? A: Trilingual Q: What do you call some
who speaks only one language? A: American

My question is, is Australia Day a bigger celebration than the Queen's
Birthday, or vice versa?

> On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 19:20:34 +1000 "Alan and Carmel Brain"

> Q: What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages?

I am English and therefore Bi-lingual English and FORIEGN.
"Excuse me could you tell me the way to..." "Scuze senior, no comprende?"
"EXCUSE ME, COULD...YOU...TELL...ME...THE WAY...TO...
"
> My question is, is Australia Day a bigger celebration than the Queen's

In our family, Australia day is my Father's Birthday, so the Aussie's publish
a new stamp for his birthday, he is quite touched that such a great country
would choose to recognise such a humble man in this way...

From: "Glenn M Wilson" <warbeads@juno.com>

> Embarrassing thought - When is Australia/New Zealand's official

New Zealand : Feb 6th - "Waitangi Day"
celebrating the signing of the treaty of Waitangi between the Maori and the
Pake Ha (Europeans) in 1840.

Australia : Jan 27th - "Australia Day"
commemorating the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.

A good guide to US/Australian Holidays is at
http://usembassy-australia.state.gov/holidays.html

Australia day has more significance for us- the QB is just another
holiday.

> New Zealand : Feb 6th - "Waitangi Day"

For completeness sakes...

Canada's 'birthday' is July 1st (yes, it was us this week too...), and that
celebrates, quite literally, the 'birth of the nation' - Confederation,
when the separate British colonies that became Canada (well, the first
ones... more joined later) all signed up - July 1, 1867.

<trivia> Speaking of Confederation, Canada's last joinee was Newfoundland,
which was a separate independent British colony until 1949.

> From a military trivia point of view, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment

They have an honoured tradition dating back a *long* time, to the first
founding by Royal Proclamation in April, 1795 - including the capture of
Detroit in 1812, Ogdensburg in 1813, and the capture of Fort Prairie du
Chien in 1814 and then showing up those high-falootin' Canadians by
getting into battle much earlier than the Canadians during the WWI (including
fighting at Gallopili - the only "Canadian" regiment there);  they're
also
the only non-Scottish troops to ever garrison Edinburgh Castle.

They didn't become "Canadian" until 1949, after all the other regiments. There
have been a couple of regiments founded after that, but they're part of the
regular forces, and regular regiments always take precedence over reserve
regiments. So, the poor Royal Newfoundlanders are rated last, despite the fact
that their traditions go back a lot farther than most of the other regiments
in the army...

In fact, they claim to be the longest serving Canadian regiment, despite being
last on the list...
</trivia>

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On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 23:41:46 +0000 "Richard Kirke"
> <richardkirke@hotmail.com> writes:
"Perdo'n Sen~or, no hablo I'ngles" Then if an American, after a pause with a
confused look on one's face ther eis a moment of epiphany and you say:
"YOU-O (point with index finger to victim) TELL-O ME-O (point at self)
WAY-O TO-O...."

Related by a (Now) bilingual Mexican-(now)American.  And not with
rancor, just gentle humor about cultural assumptions. She discovered she had a
boatload about Americans when she came here.

I blame the Media. <grin> They keep telling us that the world is learning
English for business. But then I * always * blame the Media.
<LOL!>

Best I should stop this now.

Gracias,

On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:34:18 -0500 Doug Evans <devans@nebraska.edu>
writes: <snip>
> Thanks again, all. Continued patience while we struggle with this

Yeah, that is a word that still has not been clearly defined.

> The_Beast
Friends and family often have differences of opinion/view.  I know that
from my mongrel situation. The important thing is to grow past them. Ain't
easy but necessary. And that is about as optimistic as I get. <grin>