In January, I was taking the skytrain home and started chatting with some arb girl. After a few minutes she asks me "where is your accent from? Is it Australia or New Zealand".
For those of you that don't know South Africa, New Zealand and Australia are serious sports rivals and I believe that most of us would take it as an personal insult if we were referred to as any of the other nations.
So I set her straight and told her that I was from South Africa. Her reply was "really! I have a friend from South Africa". So I replied "that's great, from which city?” To which she replied "Kenya". At this point I just walked up and went and found another seat, I could not stand that level of stupidity. Now just in case there is anyone that does not understand why I reacted like this then have a look at the map. This is a map of the African continent; it clearly shows that Kenya and South Africa are separate countries.
I stopped taking geography at the end of Grade 9. So my main source of geographical knowledge comes from TV news, documentaries and books. What amazes me is that I have a so called 3rd world education and I know these little things. Yet some one with an education from a so called 1st world country has no clue that Kenya is a country? Please Explain!
I am out
NQC
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