November 10, 2025Nov 10 May I test your knowledge fine A fellow ACADEMICS I had a work colleague come to me last night and tell me he travelled on a holiday only 3 hours from Australia to a French speaking country ? I said what ??? There's no french speaking country 4 hours from the eastern side of Australia! He said the police even wear french police caps and they have the French flag up I saud don't lie to me I'm an academic He then said he went a little further 4 hours away from Australia to an American country !! I said what ...yes Now please gentleman and fellow ACADEMICS Do tell me which country is these I am speaking ?
November 10, 2025Nov 10 8 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said: I'm an academic An academic you say? What about New Calendonia?
November 10, 2025Nov 10 24 minutes ago, Will B Good said: There are roughly 2000 languages, 1000 spoken on just one island? It just so happens that a couple of days ago I was looking at linguistic diversity and: https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/papua-new-guinea-has-more-living-languages-than-any-other-country If NC has 2000 languages about 1970 of them are imported/dead according to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Caledonian_languages
November 10, 2025Nov 10 According to Google the closest French-speaking territories to Australia are New Caledonia and French Polynesia, both French overseas collectivities and countries. Other nearby French-speaking places in the region include Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna.
November 10, 2025Nov 10 Popular Post 2 hours ago, georgegeorgia said: Do tell me which country is these I am speaking ? An academic that was absent the day they taught grammar?
November 10, 2025Nov 10 George , you learn something new everyday on ASEANNOW , hope you did not bet him on it , and buy yourself an Atlas for Christmas regards Worgeordie
November 10, 2025Nov 10 4 hours ago, georgegeorgia said: May I test your knowledge fine A fellow ACADEMICS I had a work colleague come to me last night and tell me he travelled on a holiday only 3 hours from Australia to a French speaking country ? I said what ??? There's no french speaking country 4 hours from the eastern side of Australia! He said the police even wear french police caps and they have the French flag up I saud don't lie to me I'm an academic He then said he went a little further 4 hours away from Australia to an American country !! I said what ...yes Now please gentleman and fellow ACADEMICS Do tell me which country is these I am speaking ? Sad when you dont know where you went.
November 10, 2025Nov 10 Popular Post 4 hours ago, georgegeorgia said: May I test your knowledge fine A fellow ACADEMICS I had a work colleague come to me last night and tell me he travelled on a holiday only 3 hours from Australia to a French speaking country ? I said what ??? There's no french speaking country 4 hours from the eastern side of Australia! He said the police even wear french police caps and they have the French flag up I saud don't lie to me I'm an academic He then said he went a little further 4 hours away from Australia to an American country !! I said what ...yes Now please gentleman and fellow ACADEMICS Do tell me which country is these I am speaking ? Thay monkey really Bitch slapped you, or have you always been that thick
November 10, 2025Nov 10 4 hours ago, Enoon said: It just so happens that a couple of days ago I was looking at linguistic diversity and: https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/papua-new-guinea-has-more-living-languages-than-any-other-country If NC has 2000 languages about 1970 of them are imported/dead according to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Caledonian_languages Good quiz question...555
November 10, 2025Nov 10 6 hours ago, Nemises said: New Caledonia. 2 hour flight from Brisbane. Been there, 💩🕳️ And from what i saw it is a pretty and pleasant island. I want to go back someday.
November 10, 2025Nov 10 Wow! Not sure how you could post this without doing a bit of checking first. AI The flight time from New Caledonia (French Caledonia) to Australia varies by destination, with the average direct flight being around 3 hours. For example, a direct flight from La Tontouta Airport (NOU) near Nouméa to Sydney (SYD) takes an average of 3 hours and 21 minutes, while a flight to Brisbane (BNE) is shorter, averaging about 2 hours and 34 minutes. The closest American territory to Australia is American Samoa, a U.S. territory in the South Pacific Ocean. There are no nonstop flights from American Samoa to Australia, so the flight time will depend on the layover. For example, a flight with a stopover in Nadi (NAN) can take around 7 hours and 50 minutes, while a trip to Melbourne with a stop in Apia could take about 9 hours and 35 minutes.
November 10, 2025Nov 10 7 hours ago, georgegeorgia said: had a work colleague come to me last night and tell me he travelled on a holiday only 3 hours from Australia to a French speaking country ? New Caledonia. Visited the island on the Fairstar, the fun ship 🚢
November 10, 2025Nov 10 GG, can I suggest that if your knowledge of geography is appalling as it seems, that you become a radio amateur like myself 🙂 For us radio hams, it's a must to know every country in the world, big or tiny, what language(s) is spoken, the name of the capital city and smaller cities etc. We even know what kind of weather these countries experience.....
November 10, 2025Nov 10 7 hours ago, georgegeorgia said: I had a work colleague come to me last night and tell me he travelled on a holiday only 3 hours from Australia to a French speaking country ? He probably meant to say Austria
November 10, 2025Nov 10 8 hours ago, Watawattana said: According to Google the closest French-speaking territories to Australia are New Caledonia and French Polynesia, both French overseas collectivities and countries. Other nearby French-speaking places in the region include Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna. Wallis and Futuna is also a French overseas collectivity and closer to Australia than French Polynesia.
November 10, 2025Nov 10 1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said: He probably meant to say Austria Don't think so, he is from Brisbane
November 10, 2025Nov 10 Author I might go there if it's true that it's only 3 hours from Australia. I would like to eat real french food and say " Au revoir " and look at french Artechiture I may have to find a travel agent hopefully they know where it is because I asked many who gave never heard of it . Let's repeat it please New Caledonia
November 11, 2025Nov 11 11 hours ago, georgegeorgia said: I might go there if it's true that it's only 3 hours from Australia. I would like to eat real french food and say " Au revoir " and look at french Artechiture I may have to find a travel agent hopefully they know where it is because I asked many who gave never heard of it . Let's repeat it please New Caledonia google is your friend
November 11, 2025Nov 11 12 hours ago, georgegeorgia said: I might go there if it's true that it's only 3 hours from Australia. I would like to eat real french food and say " Au revoir " and look at french Artechiture I may have to find a travel agent hopefully they know where it is because I asked many who gave never heard of it . Let's repeat it please New Caledonia I don't know if you do any scuba, but a few people have told me that they believe that French Polynesia has the best dive sites in the world.
November 11, 2025Nov 11 3 hours ago, Watawattana said: I don't know if you do any scuba, but a few people have told me that they believe that French Polynesia has the best dive sites in the world. Yes. Several of my ex coworkers were ex navy and had served in the pacific and were quite active divers. They had been to several islands/sites
November 11, 2025Nov 11 Author 4 hours ago, pomchop said: google is your friend Your living in the past old man and your excused for that ..it's chatgpt now !. It never ceases to amaze me the old guys who don't keep up with technology,please no excuses because your old
November 11, 2025Nov 11 Popular Post 32 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said: Your living in the past old man and your excused for that ..it's chatgpt now !. It never ceases to amaze me the old guys who don't keep up with technology,please no excuses because your old right...you're the one asking travel agents and apparently never heard of new caledonia....with age for some comes wisdom.
November 11, 2025Nov 11 When the French were testing nuclear weapons in Mururoa , the Aussies were crying, claiming it was in their "backyard".
November 11, 2025Nov 11 23 hours ago, simon43 said: GG, can I suggest that if your knowledge of geography is appalling as it seems, that you become a radio amateur like myself 🙂 For us radio hams, it's a must to know every country in the world, big or tiny, what language(s) is spoken, the name of the capital city and smaller cities etc. We even know what kind of weather these countries experience..... All achieved in less than 5 minutes with an internet search.
November 11, 2025Nov 11 French Polynesians speak a French that is very understandable to people from mainland France (unlike Quebecers), but they roll their "r"s, which sounds strange to me, being French myself. P.S.: I thought only Americans didn't know geography; but I was wrong, some Australians don't either.
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