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Austria is no fan of free speech, I see.

Aussies Pull Chirac-Bush-Queen Elizabeth Threeway Billboards

That may be the first time I’ve seen the word “Aussie” used to refer to an Austrian. Anyone else?

Austria is no fan of free speech, I see.

I didn’t know that “free speech” applied to public displays of pornography.

That may be the first time I’ve seen the word “Aussie” used to refer to an Austrian. Anyone else?

I’ve seen it lots of times.  Most recently in the article I linked in this post.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Most recently in the article I linked in this post.

Where?

No, you used it as an “inhabitant of Austria.” Which is apparently correct; a google news search showed a bunch of hits for it (though not as many as “Aussie AND Australia” had). I’ve just never seen it before, and it threw me off.

Didn’t I use “Aussie” as an “inhabitant of Australia?”

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Oh, duh! (slaps head)

Still, dictionary.com defines an “Aussie” as “a native or inhabitant of Australia,” as does wikipedia. I’ve just never heard it any other way.

Uh...the headline?

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Well it threw me off too.  I saw “Aussie” and read all the subsequent “Austria’s” as “Australia.”

Man oh man, I thought I was talking about Australia.

You’re right, I’ve never seen “Aussie” applied to Austrians either....

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

Rob’s recently listened-to songs:

Well that’s a terrible picture.  I was expecting something a bit more “artistic” than that.  Kind of reminds me of my liberal friend’s photo shop job of Kerry and Bush getting it on.  It was a tasteless picture but was actually pretty funny and the work was a lot better than the Austrian pic.

You’re right, I’ve never seen “Aussie” applied to Austrians either….

I “Google-News-ed” it and received a couple dozen links, so it can’t be entirely wrong.

Well, ABC used it...and tricked me into thinking that this was happening in Australia.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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