> From: "Marc Lawrence" <MLawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Steve Dropkin wrote:
>> If Northern Hemisphere residents
>> (Murkins, at least) refer to Australia, New Zealand, and close
>> geographical entities as "Down Under", do Australians, New
>> Zealanders, etc. have a colloquial reference for Europe or the U.S.?
>
> "Overseas".
Reminds me of the above-fold page one London Times headline when
there was an explosion in the channel tunnel:
"Chunnel Closed, Europe Cut Off!"
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