It's dangerous saying things like this, but honestly I think it's a sign of the generally low education level of the people living in my area. They get virtually all their knowledge of the world from television and I suspect a lot of the parents probably aren't aware that this isn't an Australian custom.
With the recent immigrants, I think it's understandable - they are trying to fit into a new culture that to them probably seems virtually indistinguishable from America - but with the ones who have lived here all their lives, I really think it comes from only learning about the world from television - bear in mind I know people around here who think that George W. Bush is the leader of Australia and John Howard is some sort of deputy.
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It's dangerous saying things like this, but honestly I think it's a sign of the generally low education level of the people living in my area. They get virtually all their knowledge of the world from television and I suspect a lot of the parents probably aren't aware that this isn't an Australian custom.
With the recent immigrants, I think it's understandable - they are trying to fit into a new culture that to them probably seems virtually indistinguishable from America - but with the ones who have lived here all their lives, I really think it comes from only learning about the world from television - bear in mind I know people around here who think that George W. Bush is the leader of Australia and John Howard is some sort of deputy.