Originally Posted by
vbroucek
You have forgotten that most yanks do not know anything else than AMERICA... Last time I met one, and told him I am from Australia, he asked me if it was close to Barcelona... I guess, he was guesing that Australia was city, not in states and the only city outside of states he knew was Barcelona...
By the way, is that proper queensy english, "... that Australia was city", "not in states", "only city outside of states". To me, you sound like a native Asian speaker who has trouble with when to use articles.