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The entire speech is magnificent. I did enjoy my travels Pat_B. Aboriginal culture is fascinating, particularly rich in the sense of the lands spiritual significance, though (in the light of the Martin Luther King speech) there are areas in the outback where Aborigines are living in third world conditions.
posted by
robdon67
on February 15, 2007 at 11:59 AM
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Hope your Val N Tim was everything you hoped Dave
posted by
robdon67
on February 15, 2007 at 11:55 AM
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The Lincoln Memorial & MartinLutherKing's ENTIRE speech...
I AM impressed. So many of us hear only the "I have a dream" paragraph or two, and there's so much more that is every bit as important to people everywhere. I'd probably have picked up your accent as Aussie -- I have always wanted to visit the country -- strangely, I want to see the outback. I'm drawn to indigenous people, here in the US and elsewhere. A student from Australia came to the campus one day and demonstrated the didgerido (spelling?) and it was amazing. It is good to hear you enjoyed your visit. :)
posted by
Pat_B
on February 14, 2007 at 3:51 PM
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robdon,
thanks for sharing.
posted by
richinstore
on February 14, 2007 at 6:49 AM
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 HappyVal 'n' Tim's Day
~ Blimey, you did connect. I sometimes feel like that and it's great when it happens. |
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on February 14, 2007 at 3:53 AM
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thank you thank you thank you
posted by
robdon67
on February 13, 2007 at 10:37 PM
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Well Kasthu when I was in the US there were a number of times when people couldn't place my accent at all. For example I was sitting in Washington Square, after having wandered the Village trying to find the literary vibe, when a guy came up to me and said "Heyhowyudoin?" To which I replied "Pretty well mate how about you." To which he replied "hey dude you from England or something?" I'm not sure that Australia registered with him when I explained where I was from but he did inform me that he was looking to offload some reefers. I declined the kind offer and he wandered off towards the people in those strange little dog walking enclosures. Some peoples' knowledge of Australia was Steve Irwin related and they tended commiserate with me as though Steve was a close relative to me. This amused me! I guess I was initially surprised that my accent was a mystery but I didn't mind really. It made for funny stories when I came back home.
posted by
robdon67
on February 13, 2007 at 10:37 PM
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Excellent post .
posted by
afzal50
on February 13, 2007 at 5:32 PM
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Touching post, Rob...
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on February 13, 2007 at 5:29 PM
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I have a question...
And it has nothing to do with your post, I'm sorry. But it does kind of have to do with your travels to the US. Today I was at Macy's, which is where every tourist to New York comes to shop, standing in line behind an Australian woman. The clerk asked her, Where are you from? Sydney? She said, Melbourne. When you were here, did you ever run into that kind of thing, where people assumed you were from a certain city because you're Australian? How did you react? The woman I stood behind seemed kind of ok with the assumption, probably because she gets it all the time.
posted by
Kasthu
on February 13, 2007 at 2:29 PM
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