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10-06-14, 15:45
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Canadia?
On the return leg home from attending D-Day ceremonies in France, Australian PM Toy Abbott dropped by the Canadian War Memorial in Ottawa. He gave a speech expressing his feelings at being in "Canadia" (http://www.torontosun.com/2014/06/09...-canadia-gaffe), and has been roundly criticised back home for embarrassing us and offending his hosts. Has it received any coverage at all in Canada?
PS In a further embarrassment, his minders staged his conference standing in front of a Ram Kangaroo, because it would be nice for the viewers at home to see an Australian contribution to the museum! 
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10-06-14, 17:40
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Hi Tony.
I am not aware of any coverage on the topic out this way at all, but then we are pretty laid back out here on the prairies and would have been excited he actually stopped by for a visit at all! We only get upset when visitors shout slogans to the crowds from balconies, or our own Prime Minister flips the bird to the general population out the train window as he races through town. David
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10-06-14, 21:38
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No offence taken. Canadians are scrupulously polite and apologetic, even when we are supposed to be offended. Nice of the handlers to feel compelled to pose him in front of a Kangaroo. I doubt there are any artifacts (except for maybe a Staghound) that have any Australian connections.
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10-06-14, 21:57
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Nobody Noticed Anyway
Most Canadians wouldn't really be concerned anyway. I have found that my Australian visitors actually know more about Canada and Canadians than some of our closer neighbours. Visit Whistler B.C. and find half the people there are from Australia.
Jess
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10-06-14, 22:43
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When I was in the Philippines many years ago there were a few times when I told people that I was from Canada, and was asked “what state (of the US) was that in?”
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11-06-14, 02:51
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John
When I was in university, I worked in the Yukon one year for a major Canadian Company that had an accounting office in Toronto. They used to send my mail to 'Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ontario".
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11-06-14, 05:30
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I love the laid back way of you Canuks... very similar to us. An American comedian on local radio here described Australians as "Free range Canadians"
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11-06-14, 07:02
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At least he knows who we are, even if he does talk funny.
No, I do not take any offense at this.
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30-06-14, 03:57
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Aussies as free range Cdns...ya gotta love it, surprised it came from an American..but its good.
Canada. Canadians... Canadia... simple slip of the tongue...nothing more.. no offence taken..
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02-07-14, 17:56
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Quote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIOM9kpTaho
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02-07-14, 20:46
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Kangaroos
Gents,
Kangaroos are actually a Canadian invention by Major General Simmonds of NWE WW2 fame. Are there , were there any Kangaroos in Australia ? .... Actually we like your Prime Minister very much as we do all Australians. What's his name again ? 
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03-07-14, 15:36
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One of the great things about YouTube is that every gaffe made by politicians will be preserved for posterity, as an endless source of amusement for future generations. Tony Abbott's "suppository of all knowledge" is hard to beat, especially from a Rhodes Scholar, but my own personal favourite is Julia Gillard's mispronunciation of the word "hyperbole". I now use it myself at every opportunity, and given that she's a big footy fan in my home town of Melbourne, I'd like to see the AFL Grand Final renamed the Hyper Bowl, as an enduring tribute to our first female PM. This would be in keeping with the Australian practice of commemorating Prime Ministerial stuff ups, like the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre, named after PM Harold Holt who drowned while in office in 1967.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xFrOxUFL-c
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