Österreich down under

sueddeutsche.de ^ | 12 November 2010

[Oztrich Boy]

"Austria" oder "Australia" - wo ist denn da bitteschön der Unterschied? Die Südkoreaner bescheren dem G-20-Gipfel einen Mini-Eklat. Mit einem Dirndl.

Australien, das Land mit den Alpen? Und das Land, in dem die Frauen diese knallbunten Folklore-Kleider tragen? Nein, eigentlich nicht, in Südkorea aber schon. Denn: Zur Begrüßung der Weltelite anlässlich des G-20-Gipfels hatte die örtliche Stadtverwaltung Puppen der teilnehmenden Polit-Elite aufgestellt - und Down Under mit Österreich verwechselt. Klingt ja irgendwie auch ziemlich ähnlich dieses "Austria" (Österreich) und "Australia" (Australien)~~~~

[Oztrich Boy]

[BenLurkin]

Hussein sez “In Austria they speak Austrian and in Australia they speak Australian.”

[thulldud]

I used to get confused about them, too.

But I eventually learned the difference...somewhere back in 4th grade, I think it was.

[thulldud]

Hussein sez “In Austria they speak Austrian and in Australia they speak Australian.”

In Australia they actually speak "Strine".

[AnAmericanMother]

Australian Tracht. There's an interesting concept:

[bboop]

Daring to mention what no one else seems to notice — this is in GERMAN. Any translation available? Ich kann dassnicht zu lesen.

[Oztrich Boy]

Daring to mention what no one else seems to notice

Nobody on FR reads the articles anyway

But do a Google recent news search for "Julia Gillard" and "Austria" and the story will becmoe clear.

[Oztrich Boy]

http://www.google.com/news/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=au&hl=en&q=julia+gillard+austria

[E. Pluribus Unum]

babelfish

[Oztrich Boy]

Babelfish doesn’t appear to have settings for either Austrian or Australian, so I’m not sure it would be much use

[passionfruit]

“Hussein sez “In Austria they speak Austrian and in Australia they speak Australian.”

Don’t they speak German in Austria?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Click the link. It translated it from German to English, as well as babelfish ever does.

[Oztrich Boy]

Did you really need a web program to translate

Australien, das Land mit den Alpen?

The gist of the article was pretty clear.

[Frantzie]

Yup. In a few spots near the Italian border they probably speak Italian.

[Hoodat]

Obama Thinks ‘Austrian’ Is a Language

[greatplains]

I was able to read almost all of it - that’s encouraging, I haven’t lost as much of my German as I had thought.

[odds]

Don’t know about German, but soon, you (may) will have to learn an array of Asian languages and more no-European languages in Australia. I wonder if we have to do the same in Japan, for example.

[odds]

no European = non-European languages