Yanks have got a habit of stickin' their nose in (not pointing at anyone in particular **angel face 
How the US has hidden its empire
The United States likes to think of itself as a republic, but it holds territories all over the world โ the map you always see doesnโt tell the whole story.
@zanadoo_56 wrote:
I think America is still very ignorant about Australia.
Some years ago I was at the Melbourne Zoo admiring the koalas. An American tourist said somewhat dismissively, "We've got these in America." Silence all round, after a gasp or two. Finally the tourist continued ".....at the San Diego Zoo." There was much laughter after that. She might have meant she knew koalas were native to Australia and simply that the San Diego Zoo had some.
But at the San Diego Zoo itself....anyone remember this embarrassing incident from only two years ago:
I think that was funny. She was just having a joke with you all.
Hadn't heard of the San diego zoo thing, that was just sloppy research. They didn't mean harm, they made a mistake. I am just surprised none of the dancers spoke up and questioned what they were being hired for as they would have known that it was a NZ performance.
As to American knowledge, some know a lot, some don't. Back in the early days of the internet (think 1996) I spoke to a lot of Americans online. At that time most were college students or people in education and their knowledge was excellent. I was surprised at how many had in fact actually been here.
Times moved on and now every man & his dog is on the internet, so what can you expect. You'll get a range of talent.
It's easy to be critical but if we pulled up stray Australians and asked them for a run down on what they know about some other countries eg some of the smaller ones in Europe, I'm betting we would only get the bare basics, if that.
