@zanadoo_56 wrote:
Re the woman at the zoo - to be honest from the tone of her voice she was NOT making a joke. Far from it.
I agree bad research made the San Diego Zoo look pretty stupid but they really blotted their copybook with this, "The zoo initially doubled down on their mistake, responding to criticism by saying Maori dancers were native to both Australia and New Zealand before later apologising for their mistake". I know that zoo has had a very successful Australian native animals display for years which is why I think such a mistake was so unblievable.
It's also very likely Aussies don't know as much about America as we think we do. I've already discovered friends in the UK know less about Australia that I expected....even when the news is very topical.
I am afraid that we do not register much , if at all, on the average American's radar - also on home soil is a matter of upbringing whereby one is either American or generic foriegn
