[LMB] OT: re ANZAC
CatMtn at aol.com
CatMtn at aol.com
Sat Dec 1 15:50:14 GMT 2007
In a message dated 12/1/2007 12:34:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
mckeownb at optusnet.com.au writes:
I have never seen ANZAC used over here except of course for ANZAC Day
or in its historical sense. I would have thought that the Australian
Military not
to say the New Zealand would be offended by its use in any other way.
(Speaking as a member of a military family)
M:
Wouldn't calling the Australian or New Zealand modern military persons
ANZACs be something like calling someone in the US Air Force a member of the US
Army Air Corps?
Mary
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