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A generic term which causes no offence at all. Poster was attempting satirical 
humour...

lcdpublishing wrote:
> Uh-oh,  "Down Under" is a put down?  I never realized that at all.  I 
> always thought it referred to as being on the southern half of the 
> planet we all live on.
> 
> If it is a put down, could someone clarify this and explain what it 
> actually means?  I communicate with many folks all over the planet and 
> I certainly don't want to use certain phrases that I believed to be 
> harmless when in fact they are nasty.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
>>>> 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.
> 
>