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Zack Widup wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Ted Smith wrote:
> 
>> After reading the various replys to my original comment I apologise
>> for upsetting anyone and it was not my intention to start a diatribe
>> on the subject.
>> It's just that we in Australia are sensitive to being put down (Eg.
>> references to being "down under") and naturally have the desire to set
>> things straight.
>> I shall stick to purely technical matters in future.
>> Ted
>>
> 
> I have many Aussie friends, both here in the USA and overseas via the 
> radio and Internet.  Most don't seem to mind the terms "down under", 
> "Oz", etc. at all.  
> 
> Those who live in the USA now often wonder why they can't find Vegemite 
> in the grocery stores.  Especially with a Kraft plant right here in the 
> town where I live. All I say is that it's not a perfect world.
> 
> Zack

Here in Texas we have a grocery chain called "Fiesta".  There, you can 
get all sorts of international foodstuffs, including Vegemite.  (You 
can also get Marmite if you are British).  If you did not grow up with 
the stuff, I do not recommend it.   I've tried it and it is NASTY.


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