"Thank you Anne."
Because as far as Americans are concerned the only Australia there is to
them is "down under" never a South Australia or Western Australia.
GRIN
SA for the American would certainly be South America and WA would be the
state of Wa****ngton in the US of A.
GRIN
Anytime we use USA is gonna be US of A - if we are overseas or talking to
internationals on the Net, USA is easier for Americans on paper but when
speaking 'America' is usually first choice for an American because USA is
foreign to our ears and that's because America is just (4) syllables and
USA is (9) syllables.
LOL
We don't distinguish North and South Americas for what happens to Canada?
Though they'd like to be separate Canadians do realize they are on the
North American continent. And it's only Quebec that feels separate not all
of Canada. And what about Mexico and Central America? All on the North
American continent.
GRIN
I am a seventh-generation American and it is easier NOT to use boundary
lines when keeping the Peace.
--Manaia
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--- On Mon, 7/14/08, Anne Chambers <anne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Steve Hayes wrote:
>
> >
> > On the other hand Australians do sometimes refer to
> SA, and one is not sure
> > whether it is South Africa or South Australia, so I
> try to remember to either
> > spell it out or at least use RSA.
> >
> > But I slipped up in this instance.
> >
> >
> >
> I use ZA (for South Africa) and SA (for South Australia) -
> if I remember...
>
> --
> Anne Chambers,
> South Australia (born in South Africa)
> anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com
