Hi Zec, I totally agree with you. However, this then highlights an anomaly in the forums. australians do not have a forum to call their own and that there are language forums here I would like to submit that nv3 creates an australian language forum. Given that there are many germanic language forums, German dutch and afrikaans to mention the main three, it is only proper and non discriminatory, that there should be an Australian language forum. the evidence to support this is as follows;
Australian English (AusE, AuE, AusEng, en-AU
[1]) is a major variety of the
English language and is used throughout
Australia. Although English has no official status in the
Constitution, Australian English is Australia's
de facto official language and is the
first language of the majority of
the population.
Australian English started diverging from
British English after the founding of the
colony of
New South Wales in 1788 and was recognised as being different from
British English by 1820. It arose from the intermingling of children of early settlers from a great variety of
mutually intelligible dialectal regions of the
British Isles and quickly developed into a distinct variety of English
Australian English is relatively homogenous when compared with
British and
American English. The major varieties of Australian English are sociocultural rather than regional, being general, broad and cultivated Australian. There is however some regional variation between the
states, particularly in regards to South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia. These differences come down to different preferences for word usage, as well as some pronunciations. The australian Language even has its own dictionary. given that, it is surely a recognition of a seperate language
I am certain that there is broad Australian community support for such a forum and request that one be set up so that Trainz fans from Australia can converse with each other in a language and environment supportive of their cultural and linguistic roots. This is an earnest request and not mischief making.
Regards
Pete