Re: AOL? Do What?!

["Chris Young" <unsatisfactory@bigfoot.com>]

On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 09:36:36 -0500, Rubywand (of comp.sys.sinclair "fame")
wibbled on for an age:

> Mark Cummings writes ...
> > 
> > I don't know about other countrys, but in Australia, AOL try to palm
> > themselves off as if AOL stood for Australia On-Line. They even try to act
> > like Aussie's in their piss weak commercials. In the whole commercial the
> > word "America" is not mentioned even once. What's the problem, are they too
> > gutless to advertise their real name.
> > A person or company who hide behind some kind of alias will never earn my
> > respect.
> > 
>  ....
> 
>      Actually, it is Australia On-Line. They just call it "America On-Line"
> here so we won't know it's a foreign company.

Um... so why do they call it America On-line over here and not, for
example, Angleterre On-line (or something)?

Chris
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