11-26-2007, 04:32 AM
Anyone having Deja Vu?
Well, I dunno if my version of deja vu is anything like yours, but the other day when I saw the word Amerika in this thread I did suddenly flash back to an international poetry-forum where I was quite active for a number of years -- Brits, Aussies, Canadian-nationals primarily, many of whom were in the education field, and several of whom were scattered around the world as far afield as Korea (ackkk!), the UAE (ackkk! ackkk!), and France of all places (ackkk! ackkk! ackkk!)
Ha! Lots and lots of political head-bangin', believe me. But no one took offense.
Annnyhow, my reason for having brought this up just now is the fact that in much of the world, those with a bone to pick, or a tongue firmly planted in cheek, refer to us as (now, promise not to take offense -- the only reaction I'm going to allow here today is a smirk and/or deep belly laugh) --merkins - something that if you're unfamiliar with the term can most likely be found in Wikipedia.
Well, I dunno if my version of deja vu is anything like yours, but the other day when I saw the word Amerika in this thread I did suddenly flash back to an international poetry-forum where I was quite active for a number of years -- Brits, Aussies, Canadian-nationals primarily, many of whom were in the education field, and several of whom were scattered around the world as far afield as Korea (ackkk!), the UAE (ackkk! ackkk!), and France of all places (ackkk! ackkk! ackkk!)
Ha! Lots and lots of political head-bangin', believe me. But no one took offense.
Annnyhow, my reason for having brought this up just now is the fact that in much of the world, those with a bone to pick, or a tongue firmly planted in cheek, refer to us as (now, promise not to take offense -- the only reaction I'm going to allow here today is a smirk and/or deep belly laugh) --merkins - something that if you're unfamiliar with the term can most likely be found in Wikipedia.