quoted 18 lines happy thanksgiving!> > > happy thanksgiving!
> >
> > Thanksgiving was six weeks ago, depending on where you live.
>
> Or doesn't exist at *all* if you don't live in North America.
>
> Not to point fingers, but it really amazes me how insular people can be
> when it comes to stuff like this. Americans are particularily notorious
> for this sort of thing, but I've seen similar attitudes in people from
> other countries as well (including right here in Canada): the assumption
> that everything in the rest of the world is exactly like it is at home, so
> doing something like sending out greetings regarding an American holiday
> to an international forum seems totally normal to them.
>
> I once had a discussion with a U.S. resident who couldn't understand why
> we didn't celebrate the 4th of July in Canada. I then told him that we
> have a 1st of July holiday instead, and that just confused him even
> further. Sigh.
Try explaining to them that it's summer in Australia right now. Er, or
about to be. Er, for various values of "summer".
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