Re: PEDANTRY ALERT was Re: R&R- "American Influence Down Under"

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

Neil Gerace wrote:
 
 Michael McDonald <michael.and.colleen.mcdonald@xtra.co.nz> wrote in
message
 eNto4.424$OZ3.3538985@news.xtra.co.nz">news:eNto4.424$OZ3.3538985@news.xtra.co.nz...
 > Don't forget the 30-50 million opossums, courtesy of that country
across
 the
 > ditch.
 >
 
 If they're opossums, then they're not from Australia. We have the
marsupial
 kind; they're called possums.
 
 just my $0.022 (inc GST)
 
 cheers
 Neil

Actually, they are the same species. They were introduced in NZ in the
19th century for some 
obscure reason. In Australia, we deleted the 'o' for some reason.
Officially, they are
opossoms everywhere. When I was at school (in Subiaco WA), they were
called opossoms.

John McCallum