DAVID C LADO, DEPT OF NEUROSCIENCE wrote:
>
> Actually, I have wanted to visit down under. All those comercials about
> Australia and talk of kangaroos and koalas roaming the city streets
> got me interested in a visit (as soon as I find it on a map).
Generally, Kangaroos are not found on city streets. And the last time I
saw a Koala crossing the road immediately outside my Suburban home was
over 20 years ago.
> What I want to know is how Australians react to american accents.
Generally, favourably. Australia is about the only place on earth where
a significant number of Americans migrate to, and become citizens.
Imagine Southern California without the guns and gangs, but with even
more Eucalyptus trees.
> Round about here, someone shows up with a foreign accent and it's an
> instant babe-magnet. I wanna know because the way I figure it
> (judging from the comericals), Australia is just chalk full of beaches
> blanketed by 6 foot tall beautiful blond women (with just the funniest
> accents you've ever heard ;).
Not true. Some are taller than 6 ft, (Elle McPherson comes to mind),
some are considerably shorter (like Kylie Minogue). Some are Brunettes,
some are Redheads. There are spectacularly beautiful women whose parents
hailed from Vietnam, or Peru, or even Chicago, Illinois. And although
the beaches are full of them, they're also found in other places too.
They like American men because (as one Aussie lass of my acquaintance
said) "Americans are just so sweet and innocent."
And she was talking about a pair of US Marines....
> I wonder if you can keep a kangaroo as a pet (just a little one).
Yes, but you need a licence, and unless you're a professional park
ranger, forget it. It would be a bit like keeping a Deer as a pet.
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