Thursday, March 19, 2009

twenty questions

I passed my Citizenship test today and now, as long as my UK police check comes back accurately (clean), I can apply for and obtain Australian Citizenship. I answered my 20 multiple choice questions, all correct, in around three minutes. A little slower than Niall, my Irish work-colleague-stroke-mate. I put that down to him having more correct A and B answers and me having more correct C answers. Therefore I had to read more than he. My personal favourite question was about a horse race (what did Phar Lap win? The Davis Cup, Melbourne Cup or Wimbledon?) closely followed by one about Mateship which, according to dictionary.com is

1. the state of being a mate.
2. Australian. a mode of conduct among Australian men that stresses equality, friendship, and solidarity.

Wikipedia also has a bit to say about mateship. I find it all a little peculiar for the reasons Wikipedia details. I mean, it's not a real word...

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